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Ibis Bicycle Instruction Manual

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    Instruction manual notes on tuning and maintenance of ibis bicycles, rev. D (mojos edition) reprinting permitted if source quoted.

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    2 first, remove the rear shock eye bolt and move the swingarm to its most forward position. Then, remove one set of bolts from the upper link. (the forward ones where they attach to the front triangle are easiest.) at that point the rear caliper should just fit through the space between them and on ...

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    3 mojo sl routing bike set-up tips and tricks.

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    4 mojo hd and mojo sl-r routing cable routing bike set-up tips and tricks.

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    5 mojo hd and mojo sl-r caliper routing bike set-up tips and tricks cable routing.

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    6 mrp and ibis have designed two custom single ring chain guides for the mojo hd and mojo sl. They are called the g3 sl and the lopes sl. Both mount directly to the frame via the bottom bracket and the main pivot shaft. This fixes the guide in place so it won’t rotate. The pivot shaft on the hd is a...

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    7 * we do our best to test as many possible combinations as possible, but we simply can’t get to mocking up every permutation. Front derailleur compatibility bike set-up tips and tricks if you use this crank: use this front derailleur: mojo hd w/ 35mm seat tube od: sram 38/24 sram 2x10 high direct m...

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    8 chain length to get the correct chain length shift into the large chainring and largest cog and let all the air out of your shock. Thread the chain through the gears and derail- leurs, compress the suspension all the way to bottom out, and cut the chain at the minimum length needed with the rear d...

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    140mm fork 150mm fork 160mm fork 180mm fork n/a ripley low speed, tight and twisty, technical high speed, steeps, jumps 69° 68.5° 68.5° 120mm fork 70° 68.5° 68° 68° 67.5° 67° 67° n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a mojo sl mojo hd140 mojo hd 160 66° n/a n/a 68.5° bike set-up tips and tricks average screw. We sugges...

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    10 fork setup information read this first for a general under- standing of fork set-up or skip straight to the air pressure charts (p. 23) if you just want to go ride. Positive pressure this is the main air spring that sup- ports your weight. Adjust the air pressure so that you come close to using a...

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    11 fork setup fox float rlc (model year 2012) rebound damping, lockout and com- pression damping are all adjusted via the knobs at the top and bottom of the right fork leg. Lockout and blowoff controls are the ones on top. (note: rebound was moved to the bottom of the right fork leg for 2010.) the b...

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    1. Add recommended air for rider weight (see chart on facing page). With bike on level ground, bounce up and down a bit to overcome stock stiction. Settle into your riding position. 2. Slide o-ring until it rests on wiper, then dismount without disturbing o-ring's position. 3. Measure sag–the distan...

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    Fork setup air pressure charts 13 ib is’ h an dy s ag m ea su re r i n m ili m et er s rider weight 29”/120mm 26”/140mm lb kg psi bar psi bar 125 50 55 125-135 50 60 135-145 55 65 145-155 65 75 155-170 75 80 170-185 80 85 185-200 85 90 200-215 95 100 215-230 100 110 230 250 110 120 57-61 61-66 66-71...

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    14 mojo sl, and sl-r sag we recommend starting with air pres- sure in the rp23 equal to 90% of your riding weight in pounds. Shoot for .5” (~13mm) of sag on the shock. Mojo hd sag we recommend starting with air pres- sure in the rp23 equal to your riding weight in pounds. Shoot for .625” (~16mm) of ...

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    15 for all but smooth pavement or fire road climbing, we recommend run- ning the rp23 in the descend setting. The increased low speed compression damping that trail and climb settings provide cut out much of the small bump sensitivity that our bikes are so well known for. Adjusting rebound the rp23 ...

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    16 rear shock set-up the mojos uses the following shocks and shock hardware: upper hardware: • 21.8mm wide with an 8mm bore lower hardware: • 40mm wide with an 8mm bore mojo hd shock: 8.5” eye to eye 2.5” shaft travel mojo sl shock: 7.875” eye to eye 2.0” shaft travel. If you really want to harness ...

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    17 rear shock set-up bike. We've ridden the monarch quite a bit on the hd, and we prefer the low compression, medium rebound high volume can shock..

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    18 tuning the rc4 there is a wide range of adjustment on the rc4 and you can control damper movement very precisely. Make the adjustments in this order– and make only one change at a time so you know how each adjustment affects ride. 1) check sag and make sure the spring rate is correct first. If yo...

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    19 way in, raise boost valve pressure to max–200psi–and re-test. Conversely if you’re unable to achieve full travel at the factory spec 160psi with the bottom out volume adjuster all the way out, lower bv pressure to the minimum 125psi and re-test. Chang- ing bv pressure will probably require going ...

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    20 working on your mojo sl, sl-r, hd the link assemblies on the mojos are designed to be easily removed and replaced. Be sure to purchase a fresh link set before removing the old ones to skip any downtime. There are no bear- ings to press out, nor any axles to ham- mer. New lopes link (upper) and lo...

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    21 maintenance.

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    22 frame hardware mojo hd hd front triangle front lower pivot bushing m8 swingarm insert lower shock piv lhs lower shock piv rhs upper shock pin m3 nut insert m4 rivnut m5x8 shcs m5x8 shcs m8x60 shcs m8x16 bhcs der cable stop hd cable guide hd cable guide r 6.3 shock mount l 6.3 shock mount hd upper...

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    Frame hardware mojo sl 23 shaft-pivot-lower-ft nut-piv-shft-lwr-ft lwrlink-m6-washer bolt-button-m8 pin-upper-shockeye washer-m6-immt m6-pin-lwrlnk-sa chainsuck-plate bolt-m8x60-shcs ibis-assy-lwrlink ibis-assy-uprlink m5-lo-shcs-bolt shock-reducer-fox-uprpiv seat-binder.

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    25 frame hardware torque specs 17 n·m 18 n·m 19 n·m 20 n·m mojo, mojo sl: front derailleur bolt (clamp style) forward shock mount bolts rear shock bolt upper link bolts both lower link bolts mojo hd and sl-r: front derailleur bolt (direct mount) rear brake caliper bolts both lower link bolts forward...

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    26 step 1 put your freshly cleaned mojo in a work stand. Remove the front derail- leur, cranks, and the rear wheel. Remove the shock by removing the shock bolts with two 4mm and one 6mm allen wrench. Step 3 remove the upper link from the front triangle. It will help to slightly spread apart the stay...

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    27 step 4 next, remove the axle in the lower link that passes through the front triangle with two 6mm allen wrenches. This might take some force since we use loctite on this interface. Step 5 remove this main pivot axle. Pull the swingarm and the lower link away from the front triangle. Step 6 remov...