Ibis HD6 XT Full Suspension Mountain Bike 2024

The HD6 is the evolution of one of the most successful enduro bikes in history. Designed with input from Ibis' Enduro World Cup team and building upon their award-winning Ripmo and HD lines, the HD6 features increased travel, a completely redesigned suspension layout, and mixed wheels.

GEOMETRY

The 29″ front wheel, bol­stered by 180mm of trav­el, assures sta­bil­i­ty, where­as the 27.5″ rear wheel allows for addi­tion­al maneu­ver­abil­i­ty. The 165mm of trav­el skill­ful­ly man­ages any fall­out. With a 64 degree head tube angle (one degree slack­er than the cur­rent Rip­mo), a BB height sim­i­lar to Mojo HD5, and chain­stay length iden­ti­cal to the cur­rent Rip­mo (despite the 27.5″ rear wheel), the bike main­tains an equi­lib­ri­um between agili­ty and stability.

FIVE SIZES

In order to place every size rid­er in the same posi­tion over the rear wheel, the HD’s seat tube angles get steep­er as frame size increas­es. With four sizes, this would have result­ed in larg­er jumps in reach, so Ibis added a fifth size. The small­er incre­ments across five sizes means that you can find just the right size. Ibis encour­age rid­ers to choose their bike size based on their desired reach and top tube measurements.

COIL COMPATIBLE

The upper link sus­pen­sion lay­out is pro­gres­sive enough to be sen­si­tive off the top, yet sup­port­ive enough for the biggest hits. It is also com­pat­i­ble with all coil shocks, for those longer race stages that can tax air shock performance.

DW-LINK

The sus­pen­sion lay­out may be new, but it’s still DW-Link. The inher­ent effi­cien­cy means you don’t need an over­damped shock to climb well. Less shock damp­ing allows the wheels to stay plant­ed on the ground, pro­vid­ing more trac­tion and that hov­er-bike feel that Ibis frames are known for. The HD6 climbs with a finesse that defies its enduro race pedigree.

TRACTION TUNE

Ibis' cus­tom tuned front and rear sus­pen­sion fea­ture extra light high speed com­pres­sion and rebound damp­ing to deliv­er unpar­al­leled trac­tion. This allows the wheels to flut­ter through rough ter­rain like a tro­phy truck storm­ing through a set of whoops.

BUSHINGS

Tired of buy­ing bear­ings each sea­son? So were we. That’s why Ibis have strate­gi­cal­ly employed bush­ings where they’re most effec­tive and bear­ings else­where. The IGUS bush­ings in the low­er link are not only lighter and stiffer, they’re vir­tu­al­ly main­te­nance-free. Ibis believe so strong­ly in them, they back them with free life­time replacement.

LIGHTWEIGHT PREMIUM CARBON

All Ibis bikes are built from the high­est grade mate­ri­als and opti­mized for the best strength, weight, stiff­ness, and ride per­for­mance  - no mat­ter how much you spend. The HD6 frame is sub 6 lbs with­out shock and the com­plete range of Enduro ready builds weigh as lit­tle as 32 lbs.

INTERNAL CABLE ROUTING

Bikes that look pret­ty on the out­side should look pret­ty on the inside. Ibis use car­bon fiber tubes mold­ed with­in each frame. Push the cable in, watch it pop out  - a beau­ti­ful moment indeed.

PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT

A thick rub­ber down­tube pro­tec­tor deflects debris, while the chain­stay pro­tec­tor fea­tures thick raised sec­tions to help damp­en chain slap noise. And the sim­­ple-yet-ele­­gant link­age pro­tec­tors stop mud and rocks thrown by the tire, keep­ing your beau­ti­ful bike beautiful.