I had a really nice Maverick and a Cannondale Rush Carbon which were stolen but a friend of mine owns a Carbine that I have ridden on a fair bit.
He too was looking at the Ibis Mojo SL and demoed it and an intense Blur TRc before choosing the Carbine in the end. He has the red one and it is quite frankly one of the pimpest bikes you will ever lay eyes on. Its a really good climber as the frame works really well and is very stiff - and it weighs absolutely nothing.
As for the carbon frames I rate them significantly - i've had a number of carbon hard tails and the Cannondale Rush FS and the frames just work better in my opinion. They are significantly lighter and can be engineered to provide specific characteristics via differing carbon layups on different parts of the frame - e.g. stiff bottom bracket area or a more compliant chain stay and so on. They are also quieter!!
Also don't believe any of that scaremongering about carbon frames breaking or any of that utter nonsense - they are far stronger than the best aluminium or other equivalents hence why all the best downhill and free ride bikes are now in carbon - e.g. Santa Cruz & Specialized
Check these two vids out of an old Cannondale Taurine Frame and you will see how strong they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lsDXEEU ... el&list=UL
As for the Carbine my mate says that since he bought it he hasn't seen anything he would ever want to change to since purchase and that all his bike mags have now become less ardently browsed.
Its an amazing frame and you can choose whether to spec it a bit more XC or AM/Enduro slanted depending on your persuation as its so light and the suspension is top!
To be perfectly honest if I don't sell both I'm probably going to build one up myself at the end of the month - its been torture having these two frames boxed up in my lounge :shock:
I keep finding myself doing "mental" builds on them every time i walk in the house.
If your keen don't be afraid to make an offer. The bike shop told me there is a bit of a backorder for the sized medium frames in the UK and I got the last Naked Carbon frame in the UK for another 8 weeks.
Cheers.
