http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew A blog from Scot Nicol Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:35:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey Y'all, Lots to talk about after the show in Vegas. But I don't feel like talking about much of it right now. The good news is that after Vegas each year, there is usually a posse that heads up the old I-15 and lands themselves in Utah, just a couple ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=301 Quick Thursday morning update for you all. We're at Interbike, things are quite busy but we have managed to get some new info on our 2009 products up on our website. Check out the new Hakkalügi. Check out the new Ti Mojo LTD. We're only making 150 of them. The new 2009 specs are ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=298 Well, it's the yearly massive push before Interbike. Hence not too much spew happening from Chuck Spew. One of these years we'll learn and actually do things in advance. But not this year. Playing around with booth ideas drew me to visit my good friends at Ink N Burn, a playground of ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=295 Many of you have been waiting patiently to see the new Tranny colors. We're doing a matte clear (non rubberized-looks incredibly good according to me), a granny smith apple green and a burnt orange. Here are a couple of shots of the colored bikes for you to check out. http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=276 Couple of things that grabbed my attention today. First, the Lopes Link first production proto. Gorgeous. Not quite ready for the Ibis store, but they'll be there before the end of September. Second, looking out in my back yard today at my nuclear powered Sunflower. The package said height to 6'. I measured this ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=272 Last weekend arrived with very high expectations attached, and I wasn't disappointed. The Single Speed World Championships were right in my backyard, just over the hill in Napa California. The 400 entries were offered online at midnight January 1 this year, and were sold out three minutes later. So this ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=254 Many of you may remember the raffle we had a few weeks ago, raising $37,505 for cancer research, the winner getting a brand spankin' new Silk SL with full Dura Ace. Those nice folks at Shimano managed to find a brand new 2009 Dura Ace kit for the bike, and the ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=252 Check our boy Brian Lopes winning the Jim Beam Air Downhill in Whistler at Crankworx. Brian piloted his Mojo down the legendary A-Line ahead of  second and third place Greg Minnaar and Chris Kovarik in a time of 4:22.10 Nice Work Old Man! http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=250 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 ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=249 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 ... http://www.chuckibis.com/chuck_spew/?p=247