Ibis Ripmo X01 Eagle Complete Mountain Bike

Back for a second dose, Ibis' Ripmo X01 Eagle Complete Mountain Bike is hungry for beefy lines, blasting berms, and gobbling up some rock gardens along the way to the podium. This beefy enduro-tuned 29er hit the market and steamrolled last year, so its no surprise to us that its popularity has folks coming back again and again. This long, slack, and, well, massive 29er picks up slack where smaller wheels missed out, bulldozing through the chunder with wagon-wheel feel, all without skipping on its ability to flip around and charge back uphill on a whim for more laps of charging. As you probably guessed from its name, the Ripmo is the mashup of the hard-charging Mojo HD4 and the lively handling Ripley. As such, the Ripmo retains the larger 29-inch wheels of the Ripley, but falls more towards the longer, slacked-out end of the spectrum inhabited by the Mojo HD4. Delving into geometry specifics, you'll find the Ripmo has a quite slack 65. 9-degree head tube angle paired with a 44-millimeter fork offset that makes it inherently more stable at high speeds. If you've been riding on Ibis bikes for a while or even moderately familiar with the brand, you know the DW-Link Suspension sits at the heart and center of all their frame designs. Well, the newest Ripmo is no different, employing the fifth generation of this much-lauded suspension to maintain high levels of efficiency and excellent small-bump compliance when you're pedaling over chunky terrain with roots and rocks aplenty. You'll find 145 millimeters of DW-Link travel out back for a bit more pedaling efficiency, paired with a longer 160-millimeter fork to soak up bigger hits and rowdy trail sections up front. Ibis chose this custom fork offset to increase the bike's trail, which makes it a bit slower to respond to steering inputs, subsequently making it more stable at the higher speeds you'll experience while enduro racing and aggressively pummeling down steep trails. This way, Ibis was able to design the Ripmo w...