I've always been someone who prefers to work _with_ gravity instead of _against_ it and it showed in my choice of bikes (I'm generally a "quiver of one" guy).
Several years ago, I began to tire of riding bikes that had no interest in doing anything but DH (coil-sprung Nomad, I'm looking at you), and decided to try the new crop of 120ish travel 29ers. Ibis, however, had just come out with the Ripmo which, to me, was the first of these "why not" bikes; 140mm goldilocks bikes that punch both above AND below their weight class.
I've been a huge fan of this class of trailbikes ever since; just so good at everything.
Now, it seems that technology may have evolved to the point where bikes like the Evil Wreckoning and Pivot Firebird (non-enduro-sled 160mm bikes) are starting to feel the same way.
June 19, 2024, 12:17 p.m. - Brad Nyenhuis
I've always been someone who prefers to work _with_ gravity instead of _against_ it and it showed in my choice of bikes (I'm generally a "quiver of one" guy). Several years ago, I began to tire of riding bikes that had no interest in doing anything but DH (coil-sprung Nomad, I'm looking at you), and decided to try the new crop of 120ish travel 29ers. Ibis, however, had just come out with the Ripmo which, to me, was the first of these "why not" bikes; 140mm goldilocks bikes that punch both above AND below their weight class. I've been a huge fan of this class of trailbikes ever since; just so good at everything. Now, it seems that technology may have evolved to the point where bikes like the Evil Wreckoning and Pivot Firebird (non-enduro-sled 160mm bikes) are starting to feel the same way.