Our penultimate bike in the trail category series continues with the short link theme from last week’s Unno, but adds in one of the most well-known suspension design tags, and names, in the business.

The Ibis Ripmo first arrived back in 2018. Not long after, the Ripmo AF, an aluminum framed update of the V1, came into existence and would provide a crystal ball into the future of the Ripmo. The carbon framed V2 arrived not long after we’d put the crystal ball away and at almost 900g lighter used the same geometry and kinematic layout as the AF, which received a lot of praise for its ride characteristics, aluminum construction and price point.

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