New Bike Day!

After swapping between the Yeti SB140 LR, Santa Cruz Bronson, Ibis Ripmo and the Ibis HD6, I could not get over how fun this new Ibis Ripmo is!! It's big enough to handle any trails I ride at any speed and is still easy to move around on and negotiate tricky obstacle's or sections of trail. It will serve has my "big" long travel bike for the next year and I could not be happier! The new Ibis Ripmo V3 with 29er front and 27.5 wheel out back has been absolutely incredible!!

Salt Cycles has the new Ibis Ripmo's in stock now! Call Chris and ask about custom building your dream bike today! # 801-943-8502 The Ibis Ripmo is 150mm rear DW link travel with a 160mm fork and is now available in both 29er and mixed wheels options!

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2025 Ibis Ripmo 3rd generation

[mtbyumyum]

If you haven't tried the new Ripmo with MX (29/27.5) wheels, you really should. It was the single deciding factor for me buying this bike. It changes the way I ride, the way the trail feels and honestly has just made riding so much more fun! I realize this is not a "mullet" video but for me, it sort of is... Riding the SB140 LR and Ripmo V3 29er back-to-back was great but the clear winner was the Yeti... once I swapped wheels on the Ripmo it was game over! The smaller wheel and the softer suspension on the Ibis has been like turning a new page in my riding. I'll be interested to see if this is just a new novel fad in my riding experience or if this is the new normal for me and a long travel bike!

[mikeyp]

Kid has skills. At 5'7" I have several MX bikes and they really work for me and my riding style/trails. I loved my 29ers but too many but buzzes at my height. Keep the vids coming.

[cjd]

Congrats Jason! Beautiful bike. Appreciate all your great videos this year!

[austinado]

Great way to wrap up the year! Thanks for all the killer reviews and POV riding. Love the content! All the best to you and your family in the coming year.
Also; your son's riding skills... WOW. You've done a fantastic job teaching and demonstrating for him, and he rides like he's 25!

[ovtj]

Really cool clip there at the end with your son. Thanks for sharing.

[uberamd]

"Are you really good enough to know the difference?" -- love it! This is the question I ask myself about every upgrade and the answer is almost always: no. Saving 1 second on a 3 minute trail, all for the "low cost" of a $1000 upgrade, seems to be what drives most other bike/component reviews these days.

[NDemanuele]

HNY!
I'm glad you did a review on the mullet version!
No one seemed to do it so far that I've seen on YT.

[mrvwbug]

Mullet vs full 29 is going to depend on your trails. Here on the Colorado front range, our chunky tech climbs favor full 29er all the way, and that is reflected in mullet bikes generally languishing on bike shop sales floors here. The prior generation Ripmo is also probably the most popular bike ridden here. The next most popular bike is probably the SB140LR, since the actual Yeti "lunch ride" is located in Golden and that loop HEAVILY favors full 29 (steep, gnarly tech climb followed by an upper descent which is rooty/flowy and a lower descent which is a mile long high speed gnarfest).

[lushbikes]

followed your channel for a while now its always a nice refreshing change to watch a non e bike related channel

[bryand]

Be had every ripmo including the aluminum and the new one is magic. I rode it for a while full 29er then as a mullet and I don’t think I’ll go back to a 29 again. I can’t tell a difference climbing and it actually gives you an extra low gear because it’s a smaller wheel. On the descent mullet is amazing. I live in Santa Cruz so we have all different trails. This is the perfect bike for me as a one bike quiver that can do it all. I rode lift service with it as well and it can hold its own. Also not too much bike to go ride easy trails with my kids

[jameslee]

Honestly you can make the bike feel more sporty or soft by playing around with the air can like on the RS super deluxe. Slightly more negative volume (combined with slightly more air pressure) will give you a supple initial stroke and more supportive mid stroke

[MarcSullivan-yogy]

It gets even more fun with a full 27.5 setup! Oh wait... Joking aside, 27.5 still offers great acceleration with a decent AL wheel that costs less than half of carbon. Would be cool to see a return to 27.5 up front for size M at least.

[scottflowers]

Agree about in-frame storage. Hopefully it’s a short living trend

[PocketRocket]

Please make a Sentinel V3 Mullet bis Ripmo Mullet video, that would be awesome! Thanks for all the reviews the last year!

[Jon-fw]

Yes Jason! I got the new Ripley frame when it was released in the summer and it’s terrific. I’ve since done the Ripmo conversion - Ibis tuned Float X, 36 fork and the clevis - and think it’s even better this way. Obviously more capable than the Ripley (and the new Ripley is pretty darn capable) and I’m not sure it gives up anything. Still incredibly fun on mellower trails … unlike a lot of 160/150 bikes.

I spent several days in Bentonville on a Stumpjumper 15 Pro. Everyone seems to love that bike. It’s great, no question, but I think the Ripmo is better in every way.I don’t understand that pink bike criticism at all.

I haven’t yet tried the Ripmo in mullet but you make me curious for sure. It’s great in full 29.

[Cartsp]

I KNEW IT 😂!!! I called it haha ! No way is Jason gonna pick another bike over an Ibis no matter how good it is 😂!! Enjoy the bike bro 👊🏽 it looks amazing 🤩 what a bike 🚲

[petedog]

The best day is new bike day. Enjoy. Surprised you didn't go with the Ripley... you could get the linkage and make this frame one, if you desired.

[mikemacpherson]

I picked up a Ripmo V3 in XT build. I am just under 5'9" and got the medium which came with 29/27.5. It felt a little cramped but I swapped in a 50mm stem and a different set of bars and it fits me perfectly now. I'm not a fan of the bars that came with the bike. They seem to be swept back a bit more than I'd like. I put on Race Face SixC 35 bars and couldn't be happier.

[ericmoore]

Given that you like the sportier feel of the Yeti, this would be a great bike to try the Fox Neo electronic shock, which should make it feel just as lively as the Yeti without sacrificing the plushness.

[travelthenarrowtrail]

Congrats on the new Ripmo Jason. Love that color, like a satin green metallic. I just did a video of the Ripmo vs the Sb160. I think it's closer to the SB160 than the SB140. This is why I think you felt differences that the SB140 felt more supportive and the Ripmo more deeper. I may just do an SB140 like you. I wonder how the Ripley would feel at 140mm of travel. Hmmm. I think you like the FloatX because you are lighter weight. But for us heavier guys, the float X is not really good. For heavier riders I recommend the Super Deluxe Ultimate or the Vivid, totally transforms the feel of the Ripmo. I am so 29er guy, but you are seriously convincing me to try it. I bet the bike feels quicker as a mullet. I will say the Ripmo is probably the most versatile bike to date. You can run it at 130 or 140 rear travel as a Ripley. You can also run it as a 150mm or 160mm of travel, you can run it as 29er or a mullet. SO many ways to run it. I like you, don't really like the in frame storage, I never use it on my Ripmo. Ha...