founded 1981 headquarters santa cruz california usa key people scot nicol products bicycle and related components website ibiscycles.com ibis bicycles is a mountain bike manufacturer located in northern california . it produces the popular mojo mountain bike frame among other models . ibis products are distributed in 33 countries . 1 contents 1 history 2 production 3 innovation 4 sponsorship 5 timeline 6 references 7 external links history edit ibis bicycles was founded by scot nicol one of the earliest mountain bikers in northern california . it began in nicol s garage in 1981 when a friend asked him to build a frame . 2 nicol sold the company to an investment group in 2000 and it went bankrupt within 20 months . 2 ibis returned to the industry at the 2005 interbike tradeshow . nicol has since partnered with hans heim formerly of specialized tom morgan and roxy lo . 2 production edit ibis frames are produced in shenzhen china . other ibis products are produced in taiwan . ibis frames are now made with carbon fiber exclusively though a future return to steel aluminum and or titanium has not been ruled out . 3 innovation edit while many companies columbus has their famous genius tubing actually came up with sophisticated names for their steel bikes tubing nicol and ibis called their tubing moron meaning it had more on the ends for strength and less in the middle to give the bikes light weight a standard practice in cycling called butted tubing they are also remembered for their sculpture like hand job cable hanger which resembled a fist reaching up and grabbing the rear brake cable . the hand job took an overlooked part of every other bike and made it a focal point for an ibis and as such symbolized the company . the bow ti design was unique in being a full suspension frame that did not use pivots to separate the front and rear triangle . a complex system of flexible titanium tubes provided up to 5 inches 125mm of travel . designed by john castellano 269 frames were produced until the 2002 closure . castellano now supports the design with his own company . sponsorship edit ibis cycles sponsors brian lopes . lopes also collaborated with ibis cycles in developing the lopes link a suspension upgrade for the mojo and mojo sl giving more handling precision . in 2011 it sponsored anne caroline chausson . in 2014 brian lopes amicably left ibis cycles to pursue other efforts . timeline edit ibis mojo carbon 1981 ibis founded in mendocino california usa 1984 1998 sebastopol california 1984 first ibis road bike 1985 ibis trials bikes 1986 ibis tandem utilizing the uptube design borrowed from rick jorgensen s tango tandems . 1987 ibis avion first complete bike imported from japan s x xh and custom models 1987 trials comp imported trials bike 1987 mountain trials hybrid trials mountain bike with 24in rear and 26in front wheel 1988 trials pro trials bike with 20in rear wheel and 20 or 24in front wheel 1989 avion ss sebastopol made steel hardtail mountain frame 1989 cousin it mountain tandem uptube free design 1990 ss last pre suspension hardtail xs version was offered with semi custom frame options and high end component kits 1990 titanium production begins 1990 scot nicol founder inducted into mountain bike hall of fame 1991 mojo steel hardtail mountain bike xtramojo or xtrmojo versions 1992 1994 with custom paint options and xt or xtr component kits 1992 uncle fester steel 26in tandem 1993 scorcher fixed gear road bike 100 made 25 small 25 large and 50 medium custom handlebars were made to replicate an old torrington design . 1994 moron more on the ends tubing for the mojo 1994 mojo ti titanium version of the mojo 1994 ti road titanium road bike using a fully butted tubeset 1994 touch road tandem steel or ti cousin it mountain tandem steel or ti cousin it road tandem steel 1994 prototype szazbo full suspension in steel and ti 1995 szazbo full suspension sweet spot in aluminum 1995 forte road tandem touch road tandem in steel and titanium 1995 ez street road tandem 1996 prototype bowti 1997 ibis alibi aluminum hardtail 1997 hakkalugi steel cyclocross 1998 spanky road bike with steel moron tubing 1998 bowti production 1998 limited run of single speed frames one for each letter of the alphabet 1999 move to santa rosa 1999 mai tai titanium mountain bike lower cost straight gauge tubeset 1999 sonoma titanium road bike using a straight gauge ancotech tubeset 1999 heywood steel mountain single speed prototype ; single malt steel mountain single speed prototype with eccentric bottom bracket ebb 2000 ibis silk ti pivotless full suspension 2000 steel spanky is renamed sonoma and titanium sonoma is renamed sonoma ti 2001 ibis partners with strong frames to move to bozeman montana 2001 silk ti softtail titanium mountain bike 2001 ripley aluminum mountain softtail now the castellano fango 2006 ibis mojo carbon ; ibis silk road 2007 ibis mojo sl superlight ; ibis tranny ; ibis silk sl 2010 ibis mojo hd heavyduty 2011 ibis mojo sl r ; ibis ripley 29er 2013 ibis mojo hdr and hdr 650b 2015 ibis mojo hd3 references edit ibis mojo hd hype . singletrack . january 6 2010 . a b c about ibis bicycles . ibis bicycles website . retrieved january 7 2010 . frequently asked questions . ibis bicycles website . retrieved january 7 2010 . high tech bicycle toys at interbike by daniel drew turner extremetech october 7 2005 pedal pushers bicycling retrospective at sonoma county museum by chris coursey santa rosa press democrat may 2 1996 scot nicoll started ibis bicycles in his west county garage 15 years ago . today the company employs 16 people in its sebastopol manufacturing facility said dave halstead one of those 16 . like salsa ibis is known for its hand crafted mountain bike frames . ibis flies again ; industry vets pull brand from the grave bicycle retailer october 1 2005 ibis cycles files bankruptcy by bob norberg santa rosa press democrat march 1 2002 ibis moves manufacturing to montana total bike april 13 2001 . ibis singlemalt singletrack mountain bike magazine december 5 2000 . lopes link suspension upgrade picture . external links edit the current official ibis webpage the e bikes world scans of early ibis catalogs on cyclofiend.com v t e american bicycle manufacturers current american star bike friday bilenky cycle works bohemian brooklyn bicycle co. bontrager calfee design cannondale catrike centurion chumba racing co motion columbia cortina cruzbike cycle force group dahon diamondback dynacraft bsc electra ellsworth handcrafted fantasy toys lowrider bicycle & hobby felt fuji fyxation gendron inc. gt haro huffy ibis independent fabrication international surrey company iron horse italvega jamis k2 sports kent international kestrel litespeed magna marin masi melon milwaukee mongoose moots next nishiki novara pacific pope priority pure cycles quality quintana roo r e rans designs razorusa redline rhoades car ritchey design rivendell roadmaster richard sachs santa cruz santana schwinn seven shelby shinola soma fabrications specialized surly terracycle terrible one tommaso torker transition trek turner suspension univega valdora van dessel sports villy custom volagi waterford precision wilderness trail worksman yamaguchi yeti zigo defunct american american machine and foundry chicago clark kent e. c. stearns eagle fat city fleetwing gary fisher gormully & jeffery jmc klein kogswell lemond lotus merlin murray overman pocket rambler ross serotta sol stelber sterling wright components bell sports bicycle technologies international coker tire fox racing shox fyxation giro hayes brake burley design rockshox slidepad speedplay sram l.h. thomson zipp rolf prima retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ibis bicycles & oldid 740295171 categories cycle manufacturers of the united statesmountain bike manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 05 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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