We’re now shipping all kits with 2009 Fox Forks and also the Mojo Carbon is shipping with a 2009 Fox RP23 rear shock. In addition, we’ve added a new optional shock (see below). The DT Swiss rear shock on the Mojo SL remains unchanged.

There have been some changes to the RP23 for 2009.
I’ll just quote a recent MTBR entry that Hans posted, letting everyone who reads the Ibis Forum there what is the latest:

Compression damping for the Mojo spec Fox ‘08 RP23 is medium. For ‘09 it is low. We weren’t able to use low for ‘08, but Fox has it working nicely for ‘09. The PP is tied in to the compression damping and the ‘08 low did not have very effective ProPedal, plus we couldn’t tell much difference overall other than some wallowing with the low compression build. For ‘09 the low compression build rides awesome. The pro pedal works, but is not as effective in the higher setting as the 08.

If you like a firm lockout, we have another shock called the Fox RPL that has a very plush open setting, 1 level of propedal (like level 2 on an RP23) and lockout (at sag). It’s a no charge option. It’s not on our website or anywhere else yet, we just got them in…

So there you have it.

Ladies and Gents,

A good Samaritan recently got in touch with Ibis World HQ reporting that he’d recovered a stolen Ibis Spanky. I looked it up in our oh so organized archives and found it was first sold in 1997. Let’s just say that the bike was originally sold in the SF Bay Area and remains there. It’s been modified a fair amount from stock, but is apparently a very nice specimen.

If you can describe the bike, the color the size and the mods, we’d love to return it to you. Email me at chuck (over there at good old) chuckibis.com if you think you know who it belongs to.

For giggles, here’s what state of the art looked like back then…

I’ve got a couple of interesting things to note regarding upcoming stuff from Ibis. Interesting to me anyway, maybe you’ll find it all boring as hell.

Hans just succumbed to a lot of pressure on MTBR and posted a picture of the new “Lopes Link”, a new single upper link that replaces the current two links, adds stiffness (sorry, no numbers yet) and only about 10-15g of weight (13g was an actual weight gain on one of Brian’s bikes–but that’s a prototype).
These are going to be available in our three colors (nickel chrome, red or blue ano). They are also retrofitable on the Mojo Carbon and Mojo SL. The cost will be about $100 (including bearings), as they’re difficult to make and there was a lot of R&D expense. The piece is forged then machined like the other links.

Here’s a view of this sexy little beast!

Now, off to other things

Colin our engineer has been busy busy. Here’s some stuff he did a while ago for the Tranny.

Look at this picture. It’s a Tranny top tube showing the removable geared bike routing. Remove those two little screws and pull off the hydraulic stop, then the double gear cable stop slides right off of there. Pretty clean and slick, nice work Colin and Hans.

And here’s a pair of images, one showing the geared cable guide setup…

…and one showing the single speed setup. Yep, the stops on the seat stay are also removable.

We’re still ironing out a few kinks in the Tranny. Not quite ready for prime time. Stay tuned for updates.

A tidbit from our local paper this morning. Paging Joel and Ethan Cohen, your next screenplay is already partially written:

POTTER VALLEY Woman tries to kill mice, shoots self

Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.

A Potter Valley woman wounded herself and a man July 3 while attempting to kill mice with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman, 43, had drawn the gun from a holster under her left arm, intending to shoot mice scurrying across the floor of a small travel trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The revolver instead slipped from her hand and fired as it struck the floor, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The bullet went through the woman’s right kneecap, then hit keys hanging on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer, officials said. The bullet glanced off the keys and tore a hole in the man’s pants.

The bullet grazed the man’s groin before stopping in his coin pocket, where it was recovered for evidence, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The names of the shooting victims were not released.

A couple thoughts:

Clearly neither Darwinism or Intelligent Design are working.

And as Sheryl points out,

“no one ever blames the mouse in these incidents…”