Ibis Exie mini review.
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Dave Taylor
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Sh
it, my weight goes from 191 post ride to 201 post binge n beers that night lol
JerseyPete
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Thanks. I am definitely not looking to go fast, just climb at an even slow steady pace. I ride Ramapo/Ringwood, High Mtn and Jungle. I always see people on Switchblades and most say that it is the best climbing bike they had. My concern is that I need to have it precisely dialed in or loose. It sounds like given the pace that I ride, the DW would serve me well even if it is off the peak setup.
Thanks all.
Captain Brainstorm
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I weigh myself like Archimedes, I fill a tub with water to the tippy-top, hop in, and measure how much water I displace.
My Mom said i was dense.
w_b
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So, you have some sort of drip pan rigged under the tub and pour the drippings into a graduated cylinder? You should monetize this setup.
Dave Taylor
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Little update after some rides.FTR a Hightower climbs just fine! My buddy had no problem pedaling up a steep dirt road or tech singletrack. Now, onto the Exie. The rear end/DW link feels perfect. Like it climbs perfect, descends perfect and tracks over everything perfectly. I still need to tinker with the front end. I rode some flat/downhill rock gnar tonight and here is what I came up with. I think I will start by adding 10mm spacer under the stem. Then I want to drop the fork air pressure from 91 to 85 or so to start. Front end felt to stiff/not compliant. I took the one token out and no big difference.I kept backing off the compression but small bump compliance is poor(lower pressure or speed up the rebound?), it felt chattery. I am thinking the increase in bar height and lower pressure will help a bunch.
JonF
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I found the front end a little tricky to set up. First, the reach on the XL is so much longer than anything else in its category, it requires a bit of adaptation from the rider (and maybe tinkering with spacing as you mention) before doing anything more. I find i have to consciously try to weight the front end for grip while out of the saddle since its so much further out there. Currently i'm at 83psi which is only 20% sag and even after some rowdy riding i'm not using full travel (about 1 cm left on the stanchion) whereas i use every bit of the rear all the time. Haven't tried removing the spacer yet. Still can't feel a difference between open/medium on the fork with the selector so i want to fiddle with that before anything else (maybe i'm stuck in trail and can't engage open).
Dave Taylor
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How much do you weigh? I’m 193-5 now. Went from recommended 91 to 88 but may try low 80s next.
JonF
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200# and i always ride with a hip pack with 1.5l water and tools. The 20%/83psi was measured seated. Further, if only 83psi nets me 20%, i could drop it even further and still not be too deep into travel (don't want to be banging up against the mid stroke too often) but it would be nice to unlock that last 1 cm of travel i cant seem to use. BTW, not sure if you noticed but the fork arch will slap the PTL cable on the top of the damper at full bottom out (if you have it positioned to exit at ~11:00 like it comes from the factory). There seems to be enough wiggle room on the top cap that it just flexes away, but still, come on Fox...
fox fork? thats usually the problem. My 38 on my firebird had to go back to fox to be fixed right out of the box. Make sure your transfer port isnt blocked, fork will feel like shit if it is. And since who ever builds fox's forks for them doesnt do it correctly, they are usually stuffed full of excess grease right of the box.
Standard practice is to change the oil and remove the air piston from new. UNLESS you order direct from fox factory. The over greasing is intentional since they don't know how long it will sit on the floor of a shop and how smooth the fork feels from bouncing it on the show room floor is keep to a purchase
As an engineer, I find it rather amazing that they are intentionally sabotaging their own products right from the factory.
Dave Taylor
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Rode the frederick watershed today with 85psi in the front and no tokens. Switched to 2.25 aspens with a tubolight insert in the rear. This bike is way more capable than 120mm suggests. Ripped some gnarly downhills today and it’s on point.
this was in my tire for a few months. Maybe they changed their foam, but mine is still in pretty good shape.
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Dave Taylor
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I changed @Riggedfmx 's tires this weekend and he has these inserts too. We reused them but they definitely have slices and tears from rim strikes and use. How often are you riding at Nassau vs RV/CR? That may tell a story. My front one was considerably better but I just put it in the rear so...
Dave Taylor
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6 month update from the last post. The Ibis Exie is absolutely awesome. The only changes I made since the last post are I in stalled a tannus rear insert(none in the fron) and maxxis aspen 2.4 front rekon race 2.4 rear. I put one tomen back in thw front and run about 83psi. 190 psi rear. I am around 200lbs currently.
I’ve been doing the Gambrill Park night ride which has some pretty aggressive tech and fast/chunky downhills. I also raced the stokesville 60k this weekend. I PRd every descent which I have done on avg 5-6 x. Not little PRs but I took 2 minutes off the lookout descent (previously 15 min. I retorqued everything on the bike once. I even set it up ss for a few weeks.
The Bike Yokes dropper has been bulletproof and the wheels are perfectly true despite some significant rock strikes. I’ll race some XC on it this year but will probably remove the insert and put 2.2s on it. Oh, I added 2 10mm spacers under the stem and it’s really good now.
I’ve been doing the Gambrill Park night ride which has some pretty aggressive tech and fast/chunky downhills. I also raced the stokesville 60k this weekend. I PRd every descent which I have done on avg 5-6 x. Not little PRs but I took 2 minutes off the lookout descent (previously 15 min. I retorqued everything on the bike once. I even set it up ss for a few weeks.
The Bike Yokes dropper has been bulletproof and the wheels are perfectly true despite some significant rock strikes. I’ll race some XC on it this year but will probably remove the insert and put 2.2s on it. Oh, I added 2 10mm spacers under the stem and it’s really good now.
JonF
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I briefly tried 0 tokens but it was very prone to bottoming hard whereas with 1 token I seldom get close to using 100% travel. Amazing how much diff 1 token makes on this fork.
Supposedly the stock DPS has 2 large green token/bands in the neg chamber. Thinking about tinkering with that (remove 1 or 2) to see if that adds a little more top stroke suppleness.
Supposedly the stock DPS has 2 large green token/bands in the neg chamber. Thinking about tinkering with that (remove 1 or 2) to see if that adds a little more top stroke suppleness.
Dave Taylor
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Leaving the one token in with much lower pressure was key for me. I didn't even touch the rebound at all. 100% happy with how it rides now.