GEAR-O-THE-YEAR. BIKE-O-THE-YEAR
This just in, and making us very very happy…
Outside Magazine-that little monthly out of Santa Fe with a combined circulation of more than all the magazines in the bike industry combined-just awarded us with mountain bike of the year in their Gear of the Year issue. We got a two page spread, linked below for you to see.
Click on that image for a big ol view of our luscious double page spread. We happy!
One of the things I like about Outside is they really test the products, rather than paying lip service to an actual test, they really get out here and whomp on things.
Here’s a note I got from Editor Aaron Gulley about what they did with the bike.
we rode the hell out of that bike. with nary a mechanical or a complaint.
our test trip was to tucson this year, where we probably logged 200-some miles between four riders over the course of a long weekend. all manner of trail: from tight desert single-track to fire roads with banging, rocky descents.
one of our testers rode the bike at the 24 Hours of Old Peublo a month later, just north of tucson. and once again, the bike held up beautifully. that’s saying something, too: lots of racers bring mechanics and or back-up bikes to those events. but with a little lube, the mojo just kept going strong all night.
finally, i rode the bike on a local race/ride, the San Ysidro Dirt Century. it was a 125-mile race outside of Albuquerque, and i love the bike. my partner rode a hardtail (for the weight savings; his bike is 20 pounds). i got five inches of travel on the mojo and still saved the weight. obviously a big factor in staying fresh.
i also rode the mojo tons around our local santa fe trails, too. i bet altogether, we probably put 1,000 miles on the mojo. and like i said, no failures and no problems.
Not bad, PLUS he used the word ‘nary’. Nice.
On newsstands now.
May 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Outstanding news! The world is starting to grasp what long time Ibis riders have known all along. Congratulations to the entire Ibis crew! My old Mojo is still kicking butt and dusting squid everytime I go out!
May 12th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
And then we have the dolts at Bicycling who did not pick the Mojo as a top 3 in the trail or race bike category. FWIW, I did not buy nor subscribe to Bicycling. I think an ex GF gave me the year’s worth of “reading” as payback for being a bad BF.