My first ride on the Ripley AF in the PNW

[@doctajuice]

People who ride at this level actually experience everything the bike is capable of. Sick riding!! 🤘🤘

[@johnnydoe66]

I think you're the first KZbinr I have seen to literally max out the Ripley AF.....

[@bikingwithryan5968]

Your riding style is awesome!👏 manuals everywhere and your cornering is very different and cool.

[@gregcanlas3440]

watching Jeff's ride before work. one of the best parts of the day.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Greg!

[@nahbrah12345]

Watching you ride is so soothing. I love these riding focused videos from you. Keep at it brother!

[@heres_the_sauce]

The sounds on this video are amazing

[@joaobenedet]

I’m really impressed with the way you ride, very smooth and natural

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Joao, I have over 25 years of riding experience now, I feel kinda old!

[@mikejones420]

great ride Jeff, I had a great day, our trails are snow covered, and very wet, so I was out putting up garbage cans along the trail to help keep our trails clean

[@joshuadawson5850]

I want to ride like you do. If possible can you make even more tutorials on bike riding? And maybe drills to practice in the back yard?

[@poppawhit1]

Awesome video. Thank you for making the sport fun.

[@cb6866]

Be safe bud...thanks for sharing!

[@Dadventures1190]

Jeff, I nerded out and looked it up. Dragged is correct. I think it is the category of irregular verbs in which the present tense of the verb has an ‘i’ where the past tense has an ‘a’ and the past participle (following be or have) where the vowel changes to ‘u’. e.g. drink, swim, ring... drag has an ‘a’ in the present tense and therefore the past is dragged. I am not a grammatical guru, but what you said first sounded ‘correct’ and drug didn’t. 😅🤓

[@Druboyd]

Great video, fun looking bike.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks! 👍

[@MTBraging]

I’m a devout Ripmo rider, but you’re doing Ridley tons of legit justice. 🤘🤙👊❤️

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Craig!

[@NDemanuele1]

When the Ripmo AF first came out, I asked Ibis if they plan to do a Ripley AF. At the time they told me they will find out how the sales do on the Ripmo. They are crushing it, so am not surprised they came out with it! I always wondered why they don't put a 140 fork on it out of the box? That has always been a criticism of the Ripley on all versions of the bike. Also, how is the stability on it?

[@maritimeshreds2049]

I wish I could lay make down in the corners like that. Amazing bike skills Jeff

[@hamiltonsmith8985]

wow great riding. Those trails are incredible. I think its great Ibis has released some aluminum versions of their bikes. The new ripley looks awesome. I'd like to see an aluminum version of the Mojo 4.

[@UTChair]

that tree jump was very convenient

[@furion..]

By the way, I've always liked Ibis so think it's cool you decided to go for your first ever mountain bike ride on one. 🧐

[@t.o.f.t.s.]

"Huck to flop..."😆😆. Nice vid...as usual!

[@MountainBikingTrips]

Sick ride Jeff

[@Hjorten93]

That riding Was intense

[@iandonnelly2]

Yeah. More ibis rides

[@AppleJack76]

DING! Fries are done.

[@magruderable]

You should do a contest where the winner gets to ride with you for a couple days and you give them pointers. I would love to learn to jump better and manual with a pro.

[@justing6614]

Gotta love getting spanked by those fenders lmao Definitely need more suspension the way you ride popping and jumping so much!! Love it !

[@andrewnordell5332]

Which one do you like more, the Ripley or the Mojo? I'd have to say the Mojo if I had to choose.

[@personthatsnamestartswitha6545]

I mean in my opinion it depends on what you ride or how you intent on using the bike. If it is like a one bike do it all and you lived where there was a lot of technical stuff and jumps mojo but if you are layed back and flatter area or if you Xc race on a budget Ripley all the way.

[@SAMTB]

Great vid, keep shredding. I love your commentary as you ride. One second your freaking because you're slipping and the next second you're hold a manual and yo scream down the trail!!

[@wonderwatch2239]

Ripley in the ultimate test, no worries is an AF......🤘👍

[@owenkennedy7854]

I’m claiming my own “here under 100 views” ticket

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Hahaha right on Owen! Yea this vid isn't getting much traction, and probably won't, but I thought it'd be fun to post a ton of ride vlogs right outta the gate with this bike.

[@owenkennedy7854]

@@JeffKendallWeed understandable, such a rad bike!

[@fastpaethedlife]

So jacked for this bike

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Right on Doug!

[@neilbhargava4169]

Can we get a basic trials vid?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

I should do a public facing one! I struggle to explain how to hop. But beyond that, I did a fancy vid (5 key trials techniques for trail riding) on my patreon about a year ago.

[@ethanbenton6676]

Wasn’t the niner a large? Btw I think a rip 9 rod 275 would be a perfect match for your riding style, accept for the seat tube angle

[@stevenm_3sixty]

JKW, with the bottom outs would you run more pressure or a extra token to prevent it, cheers from Oz

[@saksittichompoo3583]

The Ripley AF seems very capable for shorter travel...geo is king, I'd say! About going for a L size, will you still be able to fit a 200mm dropper post? Short person like me has main problem with bike sizing that affects dropper choice.

[@D1PP1N]

@Jeff Kendall-Weed what pressures were you running on the stock suspension. Mainly the rear and volume spacers? I seem to be blowing through the travel at 180lbs i have 215 psi in the rear shock. Any general setup tips for Ibis bikes? My feet see to get kicked off a bit in the chatter. Im used to a 150 rear travel horst link bike but didn't think roots, washouts would do that even on a 120mm travel bike.

[@Morpheas001]

Put a Spank sticker on that fender...

[@apauled30deuce55]

Is there a reason you seem to never shout out the name of the trails you're riding. I'm constantly seeing trails I'd make the drive up to Bellingham for but I never know the names. They don't seem like secret trails or anything.

[@davesunday7372]

People who manual faster then I can ride on two wheels make me feel like i’m a crappy rider. Which I am. Cool vid. Wish I was there.

[@msavage138]

You had it right with, 'dragged'.

[@personthatsnamestartswitha6545]

Nice🤩 I don’t hear logging I hear i9🐝 also I wonder if you change out the link that connects to the shock and make it smaller for a bigger shock?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Let me check- yes- but you also need to replace the front triangle and swingarm. That modification is called the "Ripmo". hahaha! Nah man, there's no way to swap out shocks on this rig. But the Ripmo is similar, only with more agro geo and more travel. 145 instead of 120. Thanks for the note!

[@personthatsnamestartswitha6545]

@@JeffKendallWeed well that’s not really what I meant. I actually have a ripmo af but I was wondering like Jordan boostmaster bought a different shock mount pivot thing on his patrol to change the geo and it would be funny if they made a attachment for the ripley to make it a hardcore trail bike. Idk just something I saw.

[@Sven-_Trials]

When Jeff manuals, it always reminds me of Billy Kwan. Next thing Jeff will tell us to mind your manners!

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Forgive me steve, but who is billy kwan?

[@Sven-_Trials]

@@JeffKendallWeed An old skit bit from Almost live. A Seattle based comedy show from the 80's &90's. Its on YT.

[@Sven-_Trials]

Sorry I misspelled Quan...

[@wpf312]

At 11:24 why is slacker geo better for popping off stuff? Great vid Jeff!

[@JeffKendallWeed]

It's better when you're landing out-of-control some place sketchy!

[@fredepstein]

Jeff, how much you like this AF? Too heavy?

[@billkizir7979]

great video!! could you tell us the settings of your camera plz! thnx in advance

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Bill- I just followed the Loam Ranger set up video. I do use a Karma grip gimbal, and I record audio separately then synch when I'm editing.

[@furion..]

I'm thinkin hard on buying one, be my 'beater', work-out & loaner bike. - Do you think it would upgrade the ride for a non-jumper to go to the adjustable headset and add *½° - 1°* back to the Geo to make it a bit more like the handling of the *Carbon* Ripley?

[@furion..]

Oh hey, thanks for the heads-up on the shorter wheelbase, since I'm usually right between Med & Lg, I'll definitely be getting a Lg

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Hey man, if you are 5’8” or taller go size large. Skip the Angleset, the bike would be too steep if it were any steeper. I rode an Angleset on my carbon Ripley for quite a while and much preferred it like that. As for being a “wheels on the ground” type rider then yes, this bike would be a good fit!

[@aerialheights5680]

@@JeffKendallWeed Thanks, Jeff! - and I presume when you used the Angelset on your Ripley was it probably t*o slack it out* to 65° or so..?

[@basiktopology]

Did you use the same suspension settings (tokens / dial clicks) as you've had in the past on similar purpose bikes? Your bottom out problem with this bike parallels what I've had on my 2021 34 and float shock.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

I started with the stock set up (2 reducers up front, .6 reducer in the rear) then added a 3rd reducer up front and went to a .8 reducer in the shock. I personally feel that on a fork with less than 160mm of travel the HSC can't offer enough control to make a huge difference when it comes to bottoming 10+ times in a descent, but I was running ~6 out of 8 clicks for HSC before and after the extra reducer. I left LSC fairly firm, at 6 clicks, to attempt to keep the fork riding higher in the travel and provide a longer wheelbase. The rear shock I left in the middle position the whole time- locked out is too stiff for descending, and open is way too open for me.

[@mateuszcymsowski2026]

🔥🔥🔥

[@zjames1324]

Where in Bellingham?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

That's Cougar Ridge.

[@blameitonben]

What's that rear fender you're using? Does it attach to the seat stay instead of the seat posts? I could use something like that this time of year in Oregon.... Whypass is getting pretty muddy sometimes and earning it's nickname...

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Hey Ben, that rear fender is from the UK, it's a MudHugger. It zipties to the seat stay, not the seatpost.

[@destreal]

@@JeffKendallWeed May I know if the fender slides down when you attach it to a bike which has almost even diameter seat stays?

[@blameitonben]

@@JeffKendallWeed ORdered one!! THanks!! Hope it works ok with my Kona Process 134.

[@BikeLifewithRob]

lol, a little fender spank, I need to build a manual machine so I can get better.

[@trailblazeratv6306]

Sasquatch Crossing !!

[@prr665]

BTW: IF you were 5"10, would you be riding a medium or large size bike?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

I wish I had a large at 5’8”! At 5’10” a large would be the only way to go.

[@badcompany1313]

@@JeffKendallWeedwhat about at 6’1”? I demo’d the large and Xl Ripmo yesterday and truly feel between sizes. So, small bike slightly bigger or big bike slightly smaller? The Xl I was stretched out and could feel some lat pain while standing, but the L I might have been just a tad too far forward in attack position. It’s only a 1” wheelbase difference so it’s probably not muuuch different in stability in the L

[@bulldogger-dk4946]

What pedals and shoes are you using right now?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Shimano saint pedals and shimano GR9 shoes.

[@bulldogger-dk4946]

Nice. Thanks. You still need to make a trip to pisgah forest, NC. They built some bad ass yurts in dupont that you and the family could stay in. Hope all is well.

[@stallroad5560]

who makes that hand saw?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

It's a Silky Saw, I believe it's the Big Boy 3000 model. I got it on Amazon.

[@stallroad5560]

@@JeffKendallWeed i sometimes carry one and yours looks like it's bigger (genetics?) and cuts better too. thanks

[@N8MRN]

If your riding style is wrong, I wouldn't want to be right! Those people probably don't manual very much... I'm laughing at how today is the day that youtubers are "allowed" launch ripley vids, watched a few today.

[@scottcanna3807]

You need a pocket chain saw.

[@johnsantos3194]

Hope to see a game of B.I.K.E. with you and the other mtb KZbin'rs. Please make it happen. 😁

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks John. I don't really do tricks and I'm done racing, so I think they'd probably win!

[@johnsantos3194]

@@JeffKendallWeed you should be fine. :)

[@pauleddy5146]

I spend more time clearing trails than riding often. If there was a mini chainsaw that would fit in a backpack, now that would change things . . .

[@JeffKendallWeed]

I like the Silky Big Boy, it works awesome and doesn't feel too lethal. The hand chainsaws are cool but seem like more work.

[@restaalberto]

This or Occam?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Occam that I rode had a 150 fork and the DPX2 rear shock, but a little steeper geo. It would have been a better bike for rougher and/or more technical trails. The Ripley pedals just slightly better. For flatter, mellower trails I'd take the Ripley, for more rugged natural mountain trails, the occam. Thanks Alberto!

[@ShreddyPrugger]

Ha ha ha ha ha, sweet!

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Cody!

[@brendanriel888]

Doesn’t look like quite enough bike for your riding style.