SHOW FOLLOW-UP
We’re finally able to take a bit of a breather after returning from the show, unloading the van, going through emails and orders, and perhaps most important of all, unloading our precious GOLDEN TOIDY award!
Tom, Hans and I talked after the show about our experience there. We got a lot of great press, had universal positive acceptance of our bikes, and nearly sold out our entire production we have planned for the upcoming year. That was unprecedented in any of our collective experiences at prior trade shows. And we’ve done a lot of them.
So we want to thank all of you who attended the show for the great feedback, the positive press reviews and the confidence-inspiring orders.
And we’d like to thank (most of) you who have piped in about Ibis in the various online discussions, we’re really glad to see our new bikes very well received. They are quite a departure from Ibis of the past, but then again, we’ve done this sort of thing before. The Carbon bikes of the late 80′s, Szazbo Sweet Spot suspension design, and of course the unprecedented and still unparalleled BowTi, not to mention pivotless aluminum Ripley and the SilkTi; all were new technology in the world of bicycles. We think the new bikes fit neatly into the Ibis legacy of thinking a bit outside the triangle.
–Scot
October 4th, 2005 at 9:19 am
Dooode!
So far every answer I get about “what was cool at the show” starts with the new MOJO Carbon… well done!
When do we get ours at Over the Edge?
Ciao
October 4th, 2005 at 9:37 am
The tongue-in-cheek Golden Toidy comment…. is this a way of answering the umpteenth bike site inquiries as to whether or not the Mojo and Silk are made in China or Taiwan?
October 4th, 2005 at 10:00 am
We actually got a full fledged golden toidy, not just the mention I’ve seen batted about.
I think the title was “ran out of money so I decided to start the company again” award or something along those lines.
The bikes are made in a factory called Inda. It’s owned, founded by a guy with a PhD in composites. The factory is in China. They build a lot of elegant products out of carbon. Some of the frames they’ve built but had other manufacturers names on them have won tour de france stages, among other accolades.
October 4th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
Any plans to let the greedy media get their hands on a Mojo to test it out?
October 5th, 2005 at 12:44 pm
Hey Chet
Guess you missed the Vernal exit, eh?
Nice bikes!
October 5th, 2005 at 2:37 pm
Tom et al,
Best on luck on this adventure. The MOJO bike looks sweet.
M Estes
October 6th, 2005 at 7:38 am
Absolutely killer…….where do I send my deposit?
October 9th, 2005 at 3:56 am
guys,
if i could, please let me go on record on behalf of the entire cycling world, and announce the importance of your return.
i was a hothead back in the mid 90′s, and i drove one of your old sales reps up and around the wall trying to get free stuff and help for a devo squad. the truth was, i wanted to spend my green on green, but still wanted a cool bike. maybe his name was john, or jim, or something; he was always very patient with me.
eventually, i acquiesced and scored a ’96 Ti Mojo hardtail, and i’m STILL pounding that thing into the ground to this very day! the bike is untouchable. she looks like an old road whore now, but she still knows how to throw me around in the sack. i’ve tried at various times with a scalpel, blur, and an asr. every time, i come limping back to my basement with my tale between my legs, apologize, throw everything back on the mojo, and lose my ass on ebay yet again.
so in a way, you and i are both mildly responsible for some economical propagation of sweet full boing frames….
we’ve been needing you for a long time. now let’s get sick.
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http://www.christianleask.com