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#1 ·
A jet like the Mojo 3 deserves it's own Picture and Build thread, WHOOT WHOOT!

My build is pretty much an XO1 Werx. I've been running it as a 27.5+ and have posted a review of it for ya!

Ibis Mojo 3 Review | Digital Hippie



 
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#62 · (Edited)
I decided to order the HR740C rims and just have the shop rebuild my wheels using the stock hubs before I pick up the bike. (Speaking of which, does anyone want to buy a set of unused ARC30 rims in late March? lol)

More importantly, does anyone happen to know if the blue accents on the red Mojo3 frame are the same color as the "HD3 Blue" wheel decals sold in the Ibis store?

Edit: answer direct from Ibis = use HD3 Blue.
 
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#71 ·
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr

Just got mine today from Tenafly Bicycle Workshop. Took it out on its maiden voyage shortly after picking it up. Its like my salsa bucksaw and hd3 had a one night stand and this is their super child bike offspring.
Medium, xo1 werx build, with pedals weighed in at 28lbs.
 
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#74 ·
Thanks!

Went out for round 2 today....
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Going to feed the mojo a strict diet of rocks, roots, more rocks and for dessert some kickers and rollers.

Now for a little mini review, only have 15 miles on the bike, and have had it for just over 24 hours. Still in the honeymoon stage of a new bike but I'm digging it, a lot. Preface: I'm no professional and what I would think still a fairly new rider, 5 years. I fell in love with fat bikes,:eekster:, in fall 2014 when I bought my beargrease, flash foward to March of 2015 when i bought my bucksaw. After riding that for a short period of time, I had a love/hate relationship with it. First the hate, and I believe that had a lot to do with me as a rider, out of shape and beginning of the season, which made pedaling a 33lb bike with a lot of rolling resistance quite a chore. What i loved was how easy it was to corner, didn't need to worry about picking a line, and the tires soaked up a lot of the small rocks and roots while the suspension took care of the bigger hits. This is a post of mine from a thread titled predictions for sea otter in april of 2015..
nyrangerfan222 said:
I would love to see a 120-140mm full squish, dw link, 67-68* HA, sub 17.5 chain stay, 27.5x3 tire or 26x3 tire bike. After riding my bucksaw quite a few times I think a bike like that would be perfect for me and my riding style/terrain.

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In may 2015 I bought the HD3 and thought bikes could not possibly get better than this. Rode it all last summer and was impressed with how it handled everything so well, from climbing to descending, and everything in between. I think it took my confidence and riding to another level. I was trying jumps and drops I wouldn't have thought about in years past. Definitely a confidence inspiring rig, but I wasn't using it to anywhere near its potential. Just shows how versatile the HD3 is. Some joe shmo rider in ny enjoying as well as professional riders in the EWS.

Flash foward to Feb 22, 2016 and Ibis finally read my post from the year earlier about what I wanted in a bike and dropped the Mojo 3. I knew I had to have it. Placed an order on the 23rd, got it yesterday and immediately after the first 10 mins on the trail was in love. Love. Love. Love. I swore i wouldnt cheat on my wife but damn this bike makes me feel good. It brought 2 bikes together for me into one. It took the playfulness and confidence inspiring aggressive riding, and excellent pedaling of the HD3 (and improved the pedaling) and matched it with the bucksaws fatter tires but didn't bring along the rolling resistance and weight. The small trail chatter of smaller rocks and roots gets tamed by the low pressure tires and the dialed suspension takes care of the rest. Cornering is excellent, I'm waiting for the bike to slide out but it just holds on and begs for more speed. I feel like I'm carrying more speed in corners and exiting them faster than I would have on the hd3. I definitely feel the mojo 3 pedals better than the hd3 but i do not find the bike to ride any harsher. Its a plush ride on the descents while being an efficient pedaler, absorbing roots and rocks on the climbs. Still so early on in owning the bike but its just my initial feelings. We shall see how I feel after a couple months of riding. Now I'm going to go back to staring at it leaning against the wall in the other room.
 
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#76 ·
nyrangerfan222 said:
Thanks!

Went out for round 2 today....
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Mojo 3 by nyrangerfan222, on Flickr
Going to feed the mojo a strict diet of rocks, roots, more rocks and for dessert some kickers and rollers.

Now for a little mini review, only have 15 miles on the bike, and have had it for just over 24 hours. Still in the honeymoon stage of a new bike but I'm digging it, a lot. Preface: I'm no professional and what I would think still a fairly new rider, 5 years. I fell in love with fat bikes,:eekster:, in fall 2014 when I bought my beargrease, flash foward to March of 2015 when i bought my bucksaw. After riding that for a short period of time, I had a love/hate relationship with it. First the hate, and I believe that had a lot to do with me as a rider, out of shape and beginning of the season, which made pedaling a 33lb bike with a lot of rolling resistance quite a chore. What i loved was how easy it was to corner, didn't need to worry about picking a line, and the tires soaked up a lot of the small rocks and roots while the suspension took care of the bigger hits. This is a post of mine from a thread titled predictions for sea otter in april of 2015..

In may 2015 I bought the HD3 and thought bikes could not possibly get better than this. Rode it all last summer and was impressed with how it handled everything so well, from climbing to descending, and everything in between. I think it took my confidence and riding to another level. I was trying jumps and drops I wouldn't have thought about in years past. Definitely a confidence inspiring rig, but I wasn't using it to anywhere near its potential. Just shows how versatile the HD3 is. Some joe shmo rider in ny enjoying as well as professional riders in the EWS.

Flash foward to Feb 22, 2016 and Ibis finally read my post from the year earlier about what I wanted in a bike and dropped the Mojo 3. I knew I had to have it. Placed an order on the 23rd, got it yesterday and immediately after the first 10 mins on the trail was in love. Love. Love. Love. I swore i wouldnt cheat on my wife but damn this bike makes me feel good. It brought 2 bikes together for me into one. It took the playfulness and confidence inspiring aggressive riding, and excellent pedaling of the HD3 (and improved the pedaling) and matched it with the bucksaws fatter tires but didn't bring along the rolling resistance and weight. The small trail chatter of smaller rocks and roots gets tamed by the low pressure tires and the dialed suspension takes care of the rest. Cornering is excellent, I'm waiting for the bike to slide out but it just holds on and begs for more speed. I feel like I'm carrying more speed in corners and exiting them faster than I would have on the hd3. I definitely feel the mojo 3 pedals better than the hd3 but i do not find the bike to ride any harsher. Its a plush ride on the descents while being an efficient pedaler, absorbing roots and rocks on the climbs. Still so early on in owning the bike but its just my initial feelings. We shall see how I feel after a couple months of riding. Now I'm going to go back to staring at it leaning against the wall in the other room.
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Great lil review! I got mine a few weeks ago but have only been able to ride it for a short loop as most stuff is still pretty snowy/muddy. But in that short time, i agree with all of that ^^^^^^! Very confidence inspiring, easy to get it off the ground on rollers, jumps, etc and that hasn't been my riding style...until now! Can't wait to really get into it
 
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#89 ·
I picked my ride Mojo 3 ride today: XT 2x build with Fox 34, 27.5+ 140. Curious if people's build kit comes with the various port covers options, or just the one set? The only spare cover that came with mine is front derailleur port cover. Is anything missing?

[Oh, and it did come with an 11-42 cassette, contrary to what the website is showing now]
 
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#90 ·
Picked up mine today, as well. It's just too bad mother nature decided to screw everything up with a random late March snow storm in VA, so I didn't get the first ride in yet. It's going to be a very long week just staring at this thing!

Mojo3 XT 1X build
Ordered on 24 February.
- Frame size: Large
- Pedals: just some old Wellgo Mags I had lying around. Ordering some black VP1's tonight.
- 2.8 NN tires
- Weight (with pedals) 28.08 lbs

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#92 ·
New build

Ordered mine the day they were launched and picked it up this week. Build details:
XO drive train
Guide brakes
Next SL cranks
Custom wheels with Nox Teocalli rims and Hope hubs
Nobby Nics, 2.35 (planning to build second set of wheels for 2.8s)
Weight: 25.5 lbs

The goal was to build a spunky trail bike and the Mojo3 is perfect for that. I've still got my MojoC (1x, 650b) and still love it, but I have to admit that my heart is quickly falling for this new beauty. It goes up and down well, which was important to me. I really wanted a bike that was fun and playful even if the trail isn't technical, and this is definitely that, but it's still amazing capable heading down. It handles the techy climbs and maneuvers well. We're headed to Moab next week, so looking forward to getting more time on it in that terrain.
 
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#93 ·
bizango said:
Ordered mine the day they were launched and picked it up this week. Build details:
XO drive train
Guide brakes
Next SL cranks
Custom wheels with Nox Teocalli rims and Hope hubs
Nobby Nics, 2.35 (planning to build second set of wheels for 2.8s)
Weight: 25.5 lbs

The goal was to build a spunky trail bike and the Mojo3 is perfect for that. I've still got my MojoC (1x, 650b) and still love it, but I have to admit that my heart is quickly falling for this new beauty. It goes up and down well, which was important to me. I really wanted a bike that was fun and playful even if the trail isn't technical, and this is definitely that, but it's still amazing capable heading down. It handles the techy climbs and maneuvers well. We're headed to Moab next week, so looking forward to getting more time on it in that terrain.

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Light and not very fancy either. I like it. Those not rims are calling me for my next build with this bike. A bike like that could replace my ripley if I'm not careful. Lighter and more capable except over long haul climbs and distances is my guess
 
#96 ·
I tend to keep my bikes for a while, so I dig black. It just doesn't get as dated looking as some of the brighter options (not necessarily referring to ibis). You get a choice of decal colors for the Nox rims and I'm happy enough with the black that I picked, but after seeing the frame in person, I realize the white would have been nicely complimentary. After I have thoughts like that though I realize it's time to get out and just ride the darn thing.

For anyone building wheels up, I found that the availability of boost hubs is a bit limited right now. That'll change soon enough, but it was one reason on chose the Hope hubs as they were readily available.
 
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#101 ·
Some Mojo3 porn for ya...

Ride 1
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Ride 2
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26 fairly technical miles so far... already bent the **** out of a hanger, so I'm considering a switch to steel hangers. (Don't forget to keep extras on hand).

I absolutely love this bike! The word "playful" doesn't even begin to describe how it rides. It just owns the trails in every way. Rock gardens, moderate jumps and drops... handles all of the above without flinching, and I've found myself pushing the very limits of my capabilities in just the second week.

Good times!
 
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#102 · (Edited)
Mojo 3 XT 2x build kit (black Large. 50mm stem) = 29.0 lbs with:
XT pedals
Ergon GS1 grips
Fox 140mm FIT4 27.5+ boost (110)
2.8 NN's tubeless
Easton 30 wheelset
150mm Lev dropper
Specialized seat

This is definitely not a 1:1 replacement from my Mojo SL which is much lighter and has a more steep head tube, and larger cockpit . I'd argue the mojo 3 is not mojo anymore, its much closer to the HD3.
 
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#103 ·
End_User said:
Mojo 3 XT 2x build kit (black Large. 50mm stem) = 29.0 lbs with:
XT pedals
Ergon GS1 grips
Fox 140mm FIT4 27.5+ boost (110)
2.8 NN's tubeless
Easton 30 wheelset

This is definitely not a 1:1 replacement from my Mojo SL which is much lighter and has a more steep head tube, and larger cockpit . I'd argue the mojo 3 is not mojo anymore, its much closer to the HD3.
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Interested to hear your impressions of the Mojo 3 compared to the SL. I'm still rocking the SL, but I can't deny that the Mojo 3 is giving me blue balls...
 
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#104 ·
I hear ya! The Mojo 3 offers a lot of upgrades over the SL including tapered head tube, boost width spacing, internal routing w/dropper, thru axel on rear, and.. if you're coming from a 9 speed the addition of a clutch derailleur is an amazing improvement with almost silent operation. Of course the 27.5+ versus 26 is the huge change.

The plus tires hook up really well, and so while the geometry of the Mojo 3 isn't as ideal for climbing as the SL, the traction basically makes up for it. Also, even though I was worried the front end would lift on steep technical climbs, it seems okay and the traction and shorter stem seems to make up for the difference (but i'm being very conscious of it to keep my weight forward) . I have a TALAS on my SL, and I often used the low travel setting to steepen the head tube during climbs. I miss that feature since I don't have a TALAS on the Mojo 3, but so far I have been making the climbs without by compensating with more butt-cracking the seat to get my weight forward.

Being able to run super low air pressure is the big benefit, and I was being a bit cocky and let them down to 6psi, and it still rode pretty well but I felt the side walls starting to roll in the corners and under hard breaking -- but still amazing I could ride like that.

I have a large SL, and at 5'9" I was on the edge of medium or large. The Mojo 3 feels a lot smaller in the same size (large) , and the large feels almost small for me with the 50mm stem. I think there may be a general trend of running longer top tube and shorter stem, but also toward smaller cockpits so it makes newer bikes feel smaller. I don't necessarily think the large is too small for me but it just feels small in coming from the large SL and with time I hope to get used to it, but if not I'll go to a 60mm stem and lower my spacers stack.

The more slacker head tube angle definitely changes the steering and takes some time to get used to at lower speed, but at higher speed it feels more confident.

As far as gearing, I ran 22Tx36T on my SL with a 3x setup. I ride a lot of steep climbing single track and used the grannie a lot. My 2x Mojo 3 has a 26Tx42T, which isn't quite as low effective gearing, but it's close. If I had the choice I'd get the 24T small chain ring but it is unclear if that would have even been an option since the XT boost crank seems only offered with 26T. Maybe one day I will replace the rings with the smaller option, but I guess you have to replace both rings together which is a costly change.

Oh, and the bars feel wicked wide for what I'm used to. (I got the riser, which isn't much of a rise so I recommend them over the flat bar). I have ridden between areas where both ends touch trees, so I will probably cut them down by 1-2cm off each end.

In summary, this isn't your old mojo SL by any means. I'd call it 75% of an HD3 and 25% Mojo SL. Honestly the frames between the HD3 and Mojo 3 are not very different, with the same head tube angle and just longer wheelbase on the HD3 to allow for the extra travel. It's the component builds on each that really differentiate the two.

I was likely going to go for the beefier HD3 before the Mojo 3 was announced, but was a little concerned if it was too much bike for what I needed. The Mojo 3 seems like a good compromise that made the decision easier, but it's definitely not the equivalent direct upgrade of the light weight climbing machine that my SL is. As I said before, the Mojo 3 isn't really a Mojo anymore, it's a lot closer to the HD3. If I were Ibis I probably wouldn't have called it a Mojo but if this (geometry, 27.5+) is the trend the trail bike industry is going I can understand why Ibis did it and kept the strong Mojo brand name.
 
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#108 ·
End_User said:
I have a large SL, and at 5'9" I was on the edge of medium or large. The Mojo 3 feels a lot smaller in the same size (large) , and the large feels almost small for me with the 50mm stem. I think there may be a general trend of running longer top tube and shorter stem, but also toward smaller cockpits so it makes newer bikes feel smaller. I don't necessarily think the large is too small for me but it just feels small in coming from the large SL and with time I hope to get used to it, but if not I'll go to a 60mm stem and lower my spacers stack.
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I couldn't agree with this more. same height as you. Might also try a 60mm stem after some more time on it. OEM build minus seat and grips with 2.5 NN's. 2nd wheelset with 2.8 Maxxis Rekon's.........someday
 
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