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Live now are videos on:

• Setting supension sag on all our dw-link equipped bikes
• Cable routing tips on the Ripley 29
• Bottom bracket replacement on the Ripley 29 and Mojo SL-R
• Replacing the eccentric bearings on the Ripley 29 (giving you a great peek into the inner workings of dual eccentric suspension)
• Cable routing on the Mojo SL-R

You can see all these videos below.

Still to come are:

• How to identify creaks and noises on your bike
• Cable routing on the Mojo HD
• Mojo HD and SL-R: changing upper and lower links
• Changing travel on the Mojo HD
• Mojo HD Chainguide installation

Setting the Suspension Sag

Setting the correct sag on your suspension bike is a fundamental but super important part of getting the most out of your ride. This video shows you how to achieve a perfectly balanced front and rear end. We show you how on a Ripley, but it applies to any of our dw-link suspension bikes.

Here's a poster for the event, hope to see you Pennsylvanians (and others!) out there.

The lucky winner gets the choice of a brand new Ripley 29 or a Mojo HD.

Details:

We drew a random number from just shy of 9,000 entries.

We had a total of 8882 entries at $5 each, which raised a total of $44,410 for the new flow trail. There were 1,640 individual supporters with an average donation of $27. Let us repeat that, through the kindness of all of you who donated, we raised:

Thank you, thank you, to all of you who we so generous with your donations, that is truly a great result!

Our winner is Joel Steinberg and here's what a representative of Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz told us about him:

Joel is such a deserving guy. He is a medical doctor in Lodi, and comes to Santa Cruz a few times a month to ride his bike. He is one of our most generous donors and has donated over $2,500 in the past year - mostly towards the Emma McCrary trail. He threw down $1000 on the flow trail raffle so he bought big block of numbers. More recently, he's been doing a lot of volunteer work for us. He's done a few sessions on the Emma McCrary trail and volunteered at the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival. 

All in all, I'd say a very deserving gentleman. And we hear he's got kind of a beater bike, so the Ripley or Mojo HD should be quite a welcome change for him! 

Here's Joel:

A final thank you to all who contributed, and to Fox, Easton and Shimano for dontating some of their fine components to the cause.

Now, let's get that trail built!

One of the golden rules of cycling is that you can never have enough bikes. In fact there's a scientifically proven IF/THEN statement that says this: 

IF: N equals the number of bikes you have
THEN: N + 1 is the number of bikes you need

We know that many people have difficulty rationalizing this indisputable truth with their significant other or spouse (or spouses if you're in Utah). 

We are aware of this problem and we are here to help. On May 1st, we will be giving away either a complete Ripley 29 or a Mojo HD mountain bike. To be eligible to win this bike, all you need to do is enter by buying a piece of the new flow trail that  Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBoSC) wants to build in Soquel Demonstration State Forest (Demo). You can buy chunks of the trail in $5 increments. The more you buy, the better your chance of N + 1 in your garage, without that pesky charge on your VISA bill at the end of the month. 

We anticipate your conversation will go like this. 

You: "Honey, I'm going to donate $40 to a non-profit" 
Honey: "You're a good man/woman honey. I'm proud ot you"

To learn more, head over to our "Own the Flow" page. To donate to Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz and enter the contest, click the image below.

Bike Magazine is hosting a shindig on Friday April 12th 2013 at Mission Workshop in San Francisco. A bunch of Ibisians will be there to talk about whatever you want them to talk about. Tweet your questions to #askchuckibis and we will pick a few out. Mr. Furry Knuckle, Mike Ferrentino will host. 

It's first come first serve and reservations are limited to 100 people. See details in the flyer below. 

Click on the photo to download the PDF. 

Throughout the Spring of 2013, we'll be posting a series of Ibis tech videos describing how to do various tasks on your Ibis. Instructions on setting sag, changing links, proper cable routing, locating funny noises, bearing removal and replacement and swingarm disassembly are all going to be covered.

The videos will be unique and dare we say gorgeous, like nothing seen before in the instructional video realm. We're very lucky to be working with some extremely talented people, and our videographer is no exception. 

We grabbed a minute of footage from our recent video shoot and are sharing it with you now. It gives you a quick look at the Ripley, revealing just a little bit about how it comes apart and goes back together, along with a peek at the eccentrics and swingarm mounting. There's a lot more to come, too. Don't forget to click on that gear at the bottom right of the video, and change the resolution to HD.

We gave them an early peek at the Ripley a few weeks ago. They brought a video crew and fired off a bunch of questions to Colin and Hans. Here's the latest installment of their new Blueprint video series, this time on the Ripley.

We can't wait to show you the Ripley!

And here's that spectacular image of Mr. Ripley in Grand Central. Click and it gets bigger.