HDR Teaser

Back in early June Ibis started releasing teaser images for the Mojo HDR. Here’s a look behind the scenes at the shadow image that had guys coming up with all kinds of predictions as to what the new bike from Ibis would be, including:

Glow Worms

There are hundreds of these… ‘glow worms’ in a section of Castlemaine forest. You’ll have to ride the trails at night to see them!

Dirt Farmers

Out scoping trails in the bush this afternoon I came across three old school dirt farmers trucking along without a care in the world. Echidnas are usually insanely cautious around people and burrow at the slightest disturbance – it was an awesome treat to spend an hour or so roaming the hill with them!

Canyon Rebooted

The trail fairies have been busy in Woodbrook. Not the Grand Canyon has had a major overhaul and flows so sweetly now, especially in reverse! Plus somewhere on the Woodbrook loop _night_ riders will come across a VERY cool easter egg… not shown here 🙂

Winter Solstice Night Ride

There’s nothing like a mountain bike ride on a sub zero degrees night or thereabouts to get your blood pumping! Thought I should mark the convergence of the Winter solstice and Super Moon with a night ride – the first on the Mojo HDR 650b.  A cold and clear Winter’s night combined with gripped up […]

2014 RockShox Pike 27.5 First Look

Fitting the 2014 RockShox Pike 27.5 fork on the Ibis Mojo HDR yesterday I was kinda reminded of my first suspension fork – the RockShox Mag 20. With noodle-like 25.4mm stanchions and theoretical 48mm of travel, back in 1992 it was state of the art. Compared to modern forks it didn’t really do much but […]