Ibis Ripmo AF Aluminum 29″ Complete Mountain Bike – NGX Build w/ Alloy, Large, Metal Ibis

 

The Ripmo AF (Aluminum Frame) brings the award-winning performance of the carbon Ripmo to a wider, rowdier audience. It’s everything we love from the carbon Ripmo, plus a few tweaks. 

IT’S METAL

Over Ibis’s long tenure from moun­tain biking’s awk­ward ado­les­cence to its cur­rent any­thing-shred­dy era, they have exper­i­ment­ed with steel, alu­minum and tita­ni­um — remem­ber the Bow-Ti, the first super­bike? They remem­ber the met­al times too, and it feels good to offer a pre­mi­um ride expe­ri­ence to our broad­en­ing fam­i­ly of rid­ers, cour­tesy of durable, afford­able alu­minum alloy.

MODERN GEOMETRY

With a steep, 76-degree seat tube angle and a rangy but not stratos­pher­ic reach, the Rip­mo AF places rid­ers cen­tral­ly and upright over the bot­tom brack­et. It makes for an effi­cient posi­tion that can go the long haul with­out plac­ing too much weight on its slack, 64.9-degree head­tube angle. A 44mm reduced-off­set fork is more sure­foot­ed on steep descents and stead­ies high speeds. Bet­ter up, bet­ter down.

DW LINK

Since 2005, they have part­nered with sus­pen­sion guru Dave Wea­gle on the dw-link sus­pen­sion plat­form. It pro­vides an unpar­al­leled com­bi­na­tion of climb­ing effi­cien­cy and down­hill per­for­mance, which has been proven repeat­ed­ly at the high­est lev­els of racing.

COIL COMPATIBLE

The Rip­mo AF is com­pat­i­ble with both coil and air shocks due to a more pro­gres­sive lever­age rate. It allows for coil’s lin­ear­i­ty to thrive and we spec air shocks with tunes that pro­vide pop with­out feel­ing too harsh. On the trail, it gives the sus­pen­sion a sup­ple feel through­out the entire­ty of the stroke, enhanc­ing trac­tion no mat­ter how deep you dig.

DVO

Now that Ibis made the frames lever­age rate pro­gres­sive enough for a coil we had to find a coil shock that could han­dle the increased stress of being dri­ven off of a cle­vis. The DVO JadeX is up to the chal­lenge so the Rip­mo AF comes with cus­tom tuned DVO suspension.

2.6” TIRE CLEARANCE

Ibis helped pio­neer the wide rim rev­o­lu­tion, which inspired the new crop of wider 2.4” — 2.6” tires. When paired togeth­er, this com­bo can be run at ultra low pres­sures which results in elbow-drag­ging cor­ner­ing trac­tion with­out sac­ri­fic­ing straight line speed.

PICK YOUR SIZE

Ibis use words like small, medi­um, and large to describe their siz­ing because it’s easy to under­stand, but the ultra low stan­dovers give you the abil­i­ty to size your frame based on reach and preference.

LONG DROPPER POST

What’s bet­ter than a drop­per post? A longer one. The frames are designed to accom­mo­date the longest drop­per posts pos­si­ble. Rid­ers over 5’8 (or 173cm) can eas­i­ly run a 185mm drop­per post, while folks between 5’ and 5’8 (152cm — 172cm) can use a post 125mm or longer depend­ing on inseam length.

SEVEN YEAR WARRANTY

Ibis stand behind their prod­ucts. If it’s their fault, we’ll fix it. Their alu­minum frames are backed by the same 7 year war­ran­ty and excel­lent cus­tomer ser­vice as the car­bon products.

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Specifications:

Frame Specs:

Frame Material	Aluminum
Frame Weight	8.25 lbs / 3.74 kg (size M with DVO Topaz Air)
Wheel Size	29” / up to 2.6″ tires
Front Travel	160mm
Rear Travel	147mm
Shock Specs	210 x 55mm
Boost Axles	148mm rear / 110mm front
Seatpost Diameter	31.6mm
Rear Brake	160mm Post mount / 203mm max rotor
Chainstay Length	435mm
Bottom Bracket	Threaded (73mm English threaded)
Chainline	52mm chainline, 168mm Q Factor
ISCG 05 Compatible	Optional removable adapter
Headset	ZS44 upper / ZS56 lower
Colors	Metal or Red Savina
Sizes	S / M / L / XL
Frame Warranty	7 years

Build Kit:

Fork	Marzocchi Coil | 15QRx110 – 160 (29″)
Shock	DVO Topaz T3 Air, 210 x 55
Wheels	Ibis Aluminum / 29″ / Ibis Hubs
Tires	Maxxis Assegai 29” x 2.5” WT, EXO+ casing, 120tpi
Brakes	SRAM G2 R 4p
Brake Rotors	SRAM Centerline 6 bolt 203mm/180mm
Cranks	SRAM NX Eagle DUB, 30t Alloy Ring  S/M: 170mm, L/XL: 175mm
Bottom Bracket	SRAM DUB BSA
Rear Derailleur	SRAM GX Eagle
Shift Levers	SRAM NX Eagle
Cassette	SRAM XG 1275 10-50 12 speed
Chain	SRAM NX Eagle
Headset	Cane Creek 40 ZS44/ZS56
Grips	Lizard Skin Charger
Handlebar	Ibis 780mm Alloy
Stem	Ibis 31.8mm  S/M: 40mm, L/XL: 50mm
Seatpost	KS Rage-i Dropper  S: 125mm, M: 150mm, L/XL: 170mm  120, 150 or 170mm
Saddle	WTB Silverado 142

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