imschur Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 One of the most important people in my life just happens to own a bike shop. Back in December wheels were put in motion to build a bike from the ground up based on an Ibis Ripley frame. I sold my Jekyll to near what I paid for it. Im recycling the Chris King based wheels from my Rumblefish. Most of the bike will be Shimano XT based. We held out a bit on the hardware to see what the new year would bring. Going to run the same shocks Ibis would supply. Probably a 2x11 XT drive. Im really excited. The picture below is pretty much what it looks like except the wheels. We joked about using the XT Di2. I love the Di2 on my road bike, Ill never go back. The expense and risk for the MTB stuff is over the top even at dealer cost. When i bought the Trek Rumblefish Elite I really thought it would be my last mountain bike. Never thought I would get back to this level at my age, 50 in July. I should have the new bike very soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Cool set of wheels brother glad you are well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Bike looks sick I need to get my fat ass back on my bike, I'm fatter than I've ever been Edited April 30, 2016 by shepp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malig8r Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I agree, the bike looks awesome. I also agree that some of the prices on bikes have gone outrageously overboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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