Daddiomurphy

With the new Ripley and the Mojo 3 a more aggressive design was bound to evolve. I have a HD3+ with a -1.5 slackset, it did lose some of its nimbleness and add height because of the external cups at the bottom of the headset. It didn't make it as confidence inspiring as a DH bike, so I'm not sure if it was a good trade off. I need to ride the HD4 and then compare, I'm sure they got it right and fits in with the new Ibis line up.

I thought the same thing, but have you ridden one, or are you just comparing numbers on a spreadsheet?? I have a Mojo HD3 with 2.8, it was like a big BMX bike, stable, popping and fun - have you seen what Jeff Kendall-Weed can do on this thing. I was coming from a SB66, which was stable on descents and climbed great, but was a little sluggish on single track. I though I'd slack it out the Mojo so I got a EC Cane Creek Angleset and used the -1.5 cups. The Mojo had a ZS so that extra 10mm of height is almost worth another -.5 and the bars is at the same height as before, so I'm about 64.6 for my head tube angle, a DH number right? I thought this was going to be a big change, but not really, I lost a little of the crisp characteristics I loved about the bikes handling and its only slightly more stable at speed on the downs. Long story short, I had no idea this was going to be my dream bike out of the box when I got it. Its a true all mountain bike thats great for racing Enduro or the weekend warrior like me;-) Good job Scott Nicols and team!

Looks like a pedal I can stompon

Who still has their Onza bar-ends, circa 1992??? They were as a necessity as a dropper post, back in the day... mine are carefully boxed waiting for their day to return! - sorry for the plot twist...