Ibis Ripmo AF 29 - GX Custom - DVO Topaz Air - Red Savina - 2021

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.

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

• Fork DVO Onyx D1 | 15QRx110 - 160 (29")
• Shock DVO Topaz T3 Air, 210 x 55
• Wheels Ibis S35 Aluminum / 29" / Ibis Hubs
• Tires Maxxis Assegai 29” x 2.5” WT, EXO+ casing, 120tpi
• Brakes SRAM Code RSC
• Brake Rotors SRAM Centerline 6-bolt 200/180
• Cranks SRAM GX Alloy, DUB spindle, 30t Alloy Ring (170mm for S/M, 175mm for L/XL)
• Bottom Bracket SRAM DUB BSA
• Rear Derailleur SRAM GX Eagle
• Shift Levers SRAM GX Eagle
• Cassette SRAM XG 1275 10-52 12 speed
• Chain SRAM GX Eagle
• Headset Cane Creek 40 ZS44/ZS56
• Grips Lizard Skins Charger Evo
• Handlebar Ibis 800mm Carbon Hi Fi Bar
• Stem Ibis 31.8mm (40mm SM/MD 50mm LG/XL)
• Seatpost Bike Yoke Revive Dropper (125mm SM, 170mm MD or 185mm L/XL). Note there is a 250lb rider weight limit on this post.
• Saddle WTB Volt CrMo Medium