The Orbea Occam was great but I felt pretty early on that the linkage wasn’t what I was looking for. I changed all the settings you can possibly change to find a better more plush feeling while not bottoming out to hard but it simply wasn’t there. Early on I decided for another bike, but it took 1,5 years to get it – the Ibis Ripmo V2. The do it all bike that would meet all my demands.
And yes, I fell in love from the very first second. I took all the pictures you can take from out of the box, to first dirt, different backgrounds, different light and so on…
Here we go
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And in action… It climbs similar like the Orbea, but with better traction due to better ground contact. Point it downwards and it’s flying. The 38 fork gives the stiffness I look for up front and the 160mm rear travel is doing a smooth job. The magic is in the DW-linkage. “Only” 146mm travel but with a bottom less feeling. Incredible! I love it!
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