Anyone have a reasonable opinon about Ibis Mojo's ?

Question

I want to buy one but not sure of which would be the better parts, Avid juicy 7 breaks... Fox tallas front fork... XTR gears & wheel set , etc
Anyone know the ideal set up would will not break the bank, in Euros, of course !

Answer 1

If you're in europe, find some Hope, Magura or Formula Oro's disc brakes, they're supposed to be excelent. Formula made the original Juicy 7 design, and the user review's I've read on them are pretty good.

The Talas is a great fork, but also look at Rock Shock Pike, the added stiffness of a 20mm axle does make a difference, and the price is similar or maybe even cheaper on the Pike.

The new XT hubs looks pretty nice, probably lace them to DT Swiss 4.2 or 5.1 rims if you want a pretty solid rim. Mavic rims are also nice, but I somehow preffer the DT Swiss. I have a wheelset of Mavic 819 rims to XT hubs, and another of DT Swiss D5.1 rimst to Hope hubs, which are also very good. Both wheelsets are good, but the Hope/DT Swiss is better, IMHO, but the XT might be cheaper.

About drivetrain, don't go for XTR or X.0, while niceR than XT or X.9, I think you just pay too much for not many noticeable features.

Tires, well, it depends on where you're riding, so it's hard to say. I have some Kenda Nevegals which I really like, but they're not that fast rollers, although they provide excelent traction.

The Mojo looks like a nice bike, but I'm kinda wary of CF... but that's just me.

Answer 2

The new 2008 XT is getting amazing reviews. Many features on it are NOT on the new XTR. And it is MUCH less...

Check out the Ibis website here:

http://www.ibiscycles.com/mountain/mojo/parts_pick/

They have a pretty solid parts setup for XT and XTR and it's all designed to work well with the Mojo. I've looked around and these are really the best setups for the Mojo.