Ibis (bicycles) - Timeline

Timeline

1981: Ibis founded in Mendocino, CA USA

1984-1998: Sebastopol, CA

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: Touché 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, Touché 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)

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