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Ibis Ripmo AF SLX

Ibis Ripmo AF SLX
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Active ingredients include: 29" wheels, berm-defying cornering tendencies, and a love for long rides.

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 our long tenure from moun­tain biking's awk­ward ado­les­cence to its cur­rent any­thing-shred­dy era, we've exper­i­ment­ed with steel, aluminum, and tita­ni­um-remem­ber the Bow-Ti, the first super­bike? We 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, we've 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 we 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
We use words like small, medi­um, and large to describe our siz­ing, because it's easy to under­stand, but our 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. Our 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.

REMOVABLE ISCG05 MOUNT
Our option­al ISCG 05 mount is there if you want it, remov­able if you don't.

bike frame with labeled dimensions
Bike Sizes:
SmallMediumLargeX-Large
A. Reach 431mm 458mm 475mm 495mm
B. Stack 613mm 620mm 629mm 642mm
C. Standover 705mm 750mm 750mm 760mm
D. Effective Top Tube 573mm 603mm 632mm 655mm
E. Head Tube Angle 64.9° 64.9° 64.9° 64.9°
F. Head Tube Length 90mm 100mm 110mm 120mm
G. Seat Tube Angle 77° 76° 76° 76°
H. Seat Tube Length 368mm 380mm 432mm 483mm
I. Bottom Bracket Height 341mm 341mm 341mm 341mm
J. Bottom Bracket Drop 30mm 30mm 30mm 30mm
L. Trail 114mm 114mm 114mm 114mm
M. Wheelbase 1185mm 1216mm 1237mm 1262mm
O. Chainstay Length 435mm 435mm 435mm 435mm
Sizes:
Small 152–165CM
Medium 163–175CM
Large 173–185CM
X-Large 183–198CM

Specs

Frame Ripmo AF
Fork DVO Onyx D1 | 15QRx110 - 160 (29")
Rear Shock Select from the dropdown above
Wheels Ibis S35 Aluminum / 29" / Ibis Hubs
Tires Maxxis Assegai 29 x 2.5" WT, EXO+ casing, 120tpi
Bottom Bracket Shimano SLX BB52
Crankset Shimano SLX M7100 24mm spindle, 30t Alloy Ring, S/M: 170mm, L/XL: 175mm
Shifters Shimano SLX M7100
Rear Derailleur Shimano SLX M7100 Shadow Plus
Cassette/Freewheel Shimano SLX, 10-51T
Chain Shimano SLX M7100
Brakes Shimano SLX M7120, 4 piston
Rotors Shimano SM-RT66, 203/180mm
Handlebars Ibis 780mm Alloy
Tape/Grips Lizard Skin Charger
Stem Ibis 31.8mm S/M: 40mm, L/XL: 50mm
Headset Cane Creek 40 ZS44/ZS56
Seatpost Bike Yoke Revive Dropper, S: 125mm, M: 160mm, L/XL: 185mm. Note there is a 250lb rider weight limit on this post.
Saddle WTB Silverado 142
Pedals Sold separately

* Subject to change without notice.

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