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My son age 9 and I 56 just rode today all of those easy trails. The beginers ones, Candyland, Happy Camper, and All weather. It was awesome. Some day we both hope to get full sus bikes. He rides a 24" Rocky Mountain Vertex and I have a 1995 Trek 970 I put an air fork on and converted to a 1x8 11/42 with V-brakes. We will try some of the blues next time but I think we are gonna soon be over our heads with the hardtails. We were the only ones there with hardtails so that tells you something right there. Gotta save up! LOVE your video. YOU ARE AWESOME!!! I will show my son this video tomorrow and I KNOW he will recognize some of those rock faces and optional jumps that we took.

Best place to start and best way to ride? Thank you we are heading there in the am

Great video but you sound like kermit the frog

Have you tried the fox launch elite knee/shin?

Is the DC30 knee sleave the same as the Enduro D30 Knee Pads?

What's the background music? I love me some electronic djent. I recommend Andromida. Your mono audio however ...

what bike did you end up with?

nice review. am currently trying to decide between these 2 but haven't been able to demo one since no shop near me has one. to throw a wrench into it, I was able to ride a pivot 429 and that brunch enduro package just might be the winner.

Gform are f****** garbage. First real fall with them and they tore, slid down my leg, and my knee got destroyed. I’ve worn them 3 times and they fell apart on the 3rd run. If they would have saved my knee I’d be praising them. Now I’m limping around. Garbage product, stay away.

Hahaha Gettn Sam baab.

congratulations on 100 subs keep of the good work love the channel.

About time someone else did a ride review of the ripley besides MTB yumyum. I Also saw your other video of the demo ripley in your home trails. All other videos spend an hour just going over the specs and dissecting and nitpicking the bike like everyone that rides trails is a pro. 🙄

Nice video on the Trail 429, though unfortunately for the price I was surprised it comes with a press fit BB.

Hey, I saw you were on 99 subscribers so I made it 100 congrats! 😀

Those bikes are lively as hell, sounds like shock may have been low on pressure/needed more rebound.

Enjoying your video so far. Of course you didn’t ride the Ripley on that trail but do you think you would be giving up much in climbing going with the yeti? Ken up at the wonder how that yet he would fill on blue trails.

Do you know how much the weight of the Ripley was ?

Curious what the real difference is on the brakes. I doubt it is SLX. I've never heard of much difference in power in the whole Shimano MTB line other than between 2 piston/4 piston or rotor size. I run 4 piston Deore on on my Ripmo AF and don't want for power. My guess is they were contaminated. Good luck in your search.

How different is the Ripley from Mojo 3? I also have the Mojo 3 and Ripmo v2 and have considered replacing Moio 3 with either Ripley or Transition Spur but don’t know if I can justify it.

great video--i am also a fan of ibis--i have the ibis ripmo af v2 and is it a beast!! destoroys downhills,

How doest it feel vs the yeti sb140? Im stuck deciding between Ripmo, Yeti 140LR or Canyon Spectral CF8

The E-Line is actually the most aggressive protection from G-Form, but it doesn't currently come in a knee-shin, unfortunately. They make a knee-shin of the Pro Rugged.

What did you think of the Ripmo vs. your HD5?

I have a ripmo af and it is extremely poppy and playful, I would bet it's more of the upsizing of the frame. It's a bigger bike to begin with and then you went from a medium to a large on the generally bigger bike. It would be more stable going downhills but take a lot more to muscle it around on the trail. Having said that, I've ridden a Ripley as well. They're much more efficient for basic trail riding. I do find myself over biked when in cross country territory, and it can take substantially more energy getting over chunky flat tech. Good video comparison regardless

I’m like you, I’ve tried 8 pairs of pads. AliExpress, multiple fox, launch and enduro and also 100%. It really depends for me. If I’m just pedalling around and not pushing anything hard I wear a cheap pair from Ali express. How ever not very good coverage, but good enough for a low impact crash. If I’m shuttling and riding more DH tracks I wear the launch, if I’m riding hard trails but pedalling heaps I wear the enduro pads. What I will say is foxes durability on the high end pads is crap. Great protection from a crash, but wear and tear from putting them on and off they rip and tear. It has also happened on all my boys as well

That's awesome mate! 🤘🤘 (I'm a proud YETI OWNER too!)

Great video!!!

Ordered my Ripley from Salt. Coming tomorrow!

Whatcha riding? My Ripley is arriving any day now

Do you have and link?

“This one is more flow-ey and not as chunky”…immediately rides into massive chunk. Great video! I may have to make the trip now!

Thanks for the review, and honest feedback. Good luck with the channel!

I’ve attended a TRS jump session. You can’t beat the rep on rep style coaching with instant feedback that RD provides. I highly recommend trying Christian Peper’s ridespicy beginner online jump course. It’s very affordable and will teach you how to diagnose your own technique. This supplement to the RD course was perfect for me.

Making a trip this fall from Washington state. This helps my decisions a lot. Thanks!

POC VPD Air is fantastic. If you need a bit more protection the POC VPD 2.0 is really good. The Air is just hard to beat.

I've gone through a similar journey with knee pads and if you want breathability and comfort the dainese trailskins are the best imho.

I’m in MN. Just ordered a Ripley AF. Found your comparison really helpful. I’m 210lbs so I’m going to upgrade the suspension a titch. Can’t wait to ride it.

Been following rd on TH-cam for years. I need to take this class. Good vid.

I took TRS classes then bought the MTB hopper pro and the landwave boxes/ramps. Can't wait to take classes again. The crotch cam actually is a good idea to make sure you are centered on the bike! Thanks for sharing.

Took the ride series’s a year ago. Definitely made me more confident and capable rider.

The Ride Series is outstanding. Did the full three-class weekend last fall and I wish I could do it once a year. Hmmmmm.

got a ripley af and bumped it to 140. true ripper!

got the ripmo af its sick

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My initial research had me settled between the Ibis Ripley and the Rocky Mountain Element. Both shorter travel but very capable bikes. After the demos I found the Element to feel less substantial under me. It had a thinner frame and I could feel it. I demoed so many different bikes and the Ibis ones were super efficient and had an awesome suspension feel. The Ibis bikes also had a trait where they felt more capable than you initially thought. The Ripley could handle some serious chunk and the Exie could take plenty for being an XC bike. Turns out that most of my riding felt great even on the Ibis Exie, so I ended up buying one of those. It’s an absolute rocket ship. I’ve already set a few PRs on it. I think it’s really easy to over bike. Always consider the type of riding you primarily do and enjoy most. Ibis as a company has been awesome too. I’m surprised how much they get done with so few employees. The demo guy out here on the west coast (Curk) was amazing. Knew his stuff and was super helpful. Good video. I personally like a mix of on the bike commentary and off the bike. The intro was nice, but towards the end it may have benefited from an off the bike wrap up. Also, I’m heading over to Nashville pretty soon, so if anyone has any trail suggestions let them loose. If anyone has any questions about either of these bikes (or the buying/demoing process) let me know. I’ve gone through it all at this point.

Thx for the video. How do you learn of the demo days around the Twin Cities? Any more Ibis demo’s coming up this summer?

Demo’d the same bike here in the Bay Area, the way the Ibis guys setup the suspension is epic.

Okay I'm not a mountain biking gal, but it made me nervous watching you bike over those rocks and stuff 😂😮

Nice man, thanks for the review and good luck w/ the youtube channel! Just bought an ibis rimpo v2s recently, wanted a ripley v4 but went for more suspension because of an old broken back/neck injury. Wonder what the weight difference was between the bikes you tested.

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