 Ibis was founded way back in 1981 by Scot Nicol (He is also known as Chuck Ibis and that’s a whole other story…). You can read a note from Scot/Chuck below. There are four partners in Ibis Cycles, Scot, Hans Heim, Tom Morgan and Roxy Lo, or five partners if you count both Scot and Chuck.
  When designing the Mojo Carbon, Ibis realised the need for a suspension design which took full advantage of technological advances in the material. So they turned to suspension genius Dave Weagle for help and licensed the dw*link. Offering 5.5" of plush, efficient rear wheel travel, the Mojo Carbon can be built up as an epic/race bike or as one "that is very capable of putting you into situations where you maybe should not venture."
Carbon Mojo:
We’re not afraid to say it, there are a lot of really good suspension bikes on the market. Many of the ones developed in the last few years are particularly good. That said, we like our bike a lot too. The reason being that the Mojo Carbon is lightweight, strong, and delivers excellent overall frame performance. It was designed not only to be low maintenance, but to have ease of maintenance as well. The carbon monocoque construction and DW-Link suspension with short-coupled links give it a precise and efficient feel.
Building with a Carbon monocoque frame and swing arm affords us a great deal of flexibility in the design of the bike. We are less constrained than we would be using either tubes or metal. By utilizing advanced three-dimensional modeling, engineering and software tools, ultimately allowed our frame designer to work within a framework where aesthetics came first but the mechanical considerations were not compromised. This is a distinct departure from the old paradigm of “form follows function”, and the results are stunning.
With 5.5" (140mm) of rear wheel travel, it’s doubtful you’ll run out of squish (if you do, you should either lose some weight, or get sponsored for The Red Bull Rampage). The suspension on the Mojo Carbon delivers a plush yet efficient ride. Read all about how the suspension works on the DW-Link web page.
The Mojo is approved for 150mm travel forks, so you can build it up with a lightweight 5” travel fork and light components for a sub 25-pound super-efficient cross-country machine. You can also use a 6” travel fork and burly parts to build a bike that is very capable of putting you into situations where you maybe should not venture.
Generous tire clearance allows you to use tires up to 2.5” width and still have ample room for your friend Mr. Mud.
Although we design, engineer and test the bikes in and around our facility near Santa Cruz, the lightweight frame and swingarm is built for us in China by a small, prestigious fabricator. Frames from this shop have used to contest the Tour de France and the UCI world cup. The founder, Dr. Chen has his PhD in Composites from National Taiwan Institute of Technology University.
One of the features we’re most proud of in the new Mojo is the Easy to service pivots and bearings. In this design, the bearings are all in the links, not in the frame parts. This makes assembly and service much easier. Although we’ve engineered the linkage components in this frame to last, they will eventually wear out.
There are few things that bug us more than a squeaky, creaky bike, so we’ve made it REALLY easy to change out the bearings and links. All that’s involved are a couple of Allan wrenches and a little Locktite (supplied with our rebuild kits). Remove the bearing axles, take the links off, install the new links (new bearings included), put the bearing axles back in with a little Locktite, and you’re done! Coming soon, a pictorial of how to do it, even though you won’t need to for a long time.
 Silk Carbon:
Have you had a chance to ride one of the newer carbon fiber road bikes? One with a carbon fork and one of the 10 speed groups? Maybe with a nice wheelset too that lets it bump against that UCI mandated 6.8Kg weight limit?
If not, man (or woman or girl or boy) are you in for a treat. If so, you understand what we?re talking about when we say the Ibis Silk Carbon is the nicest riding road bike we have ever ridden. It's stiff and smooth in all the right places. Feels great in a sprint or while you?re sitting in the saddle all day on an easy cruise. It goes up hill like it was not piloted by one of us Ibisians, but instead by someone named Jacques or Eddy.
Carbon technology in the bike industry has made tremendous strides in the last few years, and there are a lot of good bikes out there. We think ours is among the best.
The frame is carbon monocoque, and exceptionally durable and lightweight method of frame construction. You can read all about carbon technology in our little information piece here.
Our 58 cm size weights 950g. That's two pounds and a little bit of change. Or if you prefer, it's about the weight found in 1.5 standard sized water bottles (filled, duh).
The dropouts are lightweight compression molded carbonfiber. There's a replaceable hangar too.
You can get it as a complete bike, or just a frame only.
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