First Ride: 2025 IBIS Ripley V5 Bike Review

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Thunder Mountain received a new Ripley and Ripmo the day the bikes were released, and we’ve taken some time to put them through the Sedona paces.

And what a great time it’s been!

Check out our review of the 2025 Ripley V5 and get Mike Raney’s thoughts on how it performs in the technical, slickrock wonderland of Sedona, Arizona.

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[MTB-Ripster]

Good video but just FYI the travel on these is 130/140mm not 140/150mm as stated in the video.

[richardcandelaria]

Hi from Maria & Richard, Mike! Great to see you! And great to see you still at it! Long live TM!

[randifolwell]

Sorry I missed the comment beneath me!

[IIISentorIII]

I have the 140/130 Stumpjumper (28.2 lbs with pedals) and absolutely love this travel range. I think the Float rear shock is probably an improvement over my DPS.

Stunning-looking trail bike for sure.

Cheers from Switzerland

[randifolwell]

Just looked at another review and they said the front fork was 140 and the rear 130? You mentioned 140 rear and 150 front fork. Thanks for the review. We tried this at the Sedona Bike fest.

[johnnnewmex]

The threaded bar thing is kinda cool...makes a lot of sense for the person that isn't into cutting bars on their new bike.

[hardmtnbiker]

Great review and I really like your selection of using the wider rims with Berd spokes. I would definitely do the same.

[havenoutdoors]

This bike looks so good. One of my favorite bikes to date was my Ripmo AF. Trying to pick between this new Ripley or Ripmo.

[bendvorak]

Is the heavier weight do to the different size you where riding?

[danielray]

Super low BB height. Did you notice many pedal strikes? Adequate bb clearance for techy stuff?

[havenoutdoors]

With the new sizing it looks like the new large was the old XL and XL is more like an XXL. At 6'3" the older XL was perfect on my RIpmo AF. Thinking Large is the ticket on the new Ripley and Ripmo?

[NB-ski]

How does this compare to the revel rascal?

[tonyparkin]

They got rid of the stone trap dw link on the rear

[BSE]

then new update is the heavy weight XD

[natemady]

What height are you? Did large work out?

[alainmilot]

It’s 130/140 not 140/150. Quite major as a difference.

[SerafinSanchezBuendia]

Una pena que ibis halla hecho este cambio tan radical en su modelo Estrella, ha hecho recto cómo todas la marcas de bicis actuales, perdiendo la Preciosa curvatura de su tubo superior, en fin una verdadera lástima .😢

[SerafinSanchezBuendia]

Con todos mis respetos, nunca mi intención fue opinar sobre su funcionamiento .
Mi comentario es referente al nuevo diseño de su cuadro, el cual desde mi punto de vista personal ha perdido el encanto que tenia con sus curvas, su Preciosa joroba que le daban en encanto especial a las Ibis .
Ahora todos los cuadros del mercado tienen líneas rectas, da igual que compres ( ibis, Santacruz, transition, yeti, etc etc ) que tiene de especial eso ???.
Compras una bici y solo se diferencia del resto por las pegatinas de la Marca y el anclaje del amortiguador, el resto es igual .
No tiene nada especial adquirir una ibis, ya son como el resto .
Las únicas marcas que sigue fieles a las curvas en suc cuadros son Niner y Evil el resto son todas igual .😢