RIPLEY GEOMETRY
Longer, Slacker, Steeper!
66.5° HEAD TUBE ANGLE
76° SEAT TUBE ANGLE
17" / 432mm CHAINSTAYS
 
The Ripley is our snappy, flickable, playful, fast, lightweight, and versatile 29” trail bike.
Its combination of modern geometry, a stiff lightweight carbon chassis, and 120mm of ultra efficient dw-link travel, means it’s equally happy popping off bonus lines as it is crushing all day epics.
 
LONGER, SLACKER, STEEPER
With its well bal­anced mod­ern geom­e­try, the Rip­ley is ready for any adven­ture. The long front end, slack head angle, and short rear end gives you the con­fi­dence to try new lines, while the steep seat tube angle and short­er off­set fork makes it easy to maneu­ver tech­ni­cal climbs and flowy singletrack.
 
REVISED SWINGARM
The Rip­ley V4S fea­tures a new UDH dérailleur for max­i­mum future com­pat­i­bil­i­ty and moves to a 55mm chain line. The wider chain line allows for a stiffer chainstay.
 
DW LINK
Since 2005, we’ve part­nered with sus­pen­sion guru Dave Wea­gle on the dw-link sus­pen­sion plat­form. It pro­vides an unpar­al­leled com­bi­na­tion of climb­ing effi­cien­cy and down­hill per­for­mance, that has been proven repeat­ed­ly at the high­est lev­els of racing.
 
If the XT kit were a geyser we'd call it Old Faithful. Not only does it work well, it offers our best performance bang for your buck. Or Pound. Or Euro.
COMPONENT
STANDARD COMPONENT
UPGRADE / OPTION
Fork
Fox Factory Series, Float 34, 130mm, 44mm offset, 29”, 110x15mm
 
Shock
Fox Float Factory DPS with EVOL, 190x45
S/M: Light Tune, L/XL: Standard Tune
 
Wheels
Blackbird Send Alloy (Send I front, Send II rear) / 29" / Ibis Hubs
Ibis S35 Carbon Rims / 29" / Industry 9 Hydra Hubs             
Tires
Maxxis DHR2 29" x 2.4" Exo TR (front), Maxxis Dissector 29" x 2.4" Exo TR (rear)
 
Brakes
Shimano XT M8120, 4 piston
 
Brake Rotors
Shimano SM-RT86 180
 
Cranks
Shimano XT M8120 24mm spindle, 30t Alloy Ring
S/M: 170mm, L/XL: 175mm
 
Bottom Bracket
Shimano XT MT800
 
Rear Derailleur
Shimano XT M8100 Shadow Plus 12 speed
 
Shift Levers
Shimano XT M8100 12 speed
 
Cassette
Shimano XT 10-51
 
Chain
Shimano XT M8100 12 speed
 
Headset
Cane Creek 40 ZS44/ZS56
 
Grips
Lizard Skin Charger Evo
 
Handlebar
Ibis 800mm Hi Fi Bar
 
Stem
Industry Nine A318
S/M: 40mm, L/XL: 50mm
 
Seatpost
Bike Yoke Revive Dropper
S: 125mm, M: 160mm, L: 185mm, XL/XXL: 213mm. Note there is a 250lb rider weight limit on this post.
 
Saddle
WTB Silverado