Ibis DV9 GX – Fox Factory – 2021

The DV9 is our lightweight carbon do-anything, go-anywhere hardtail. With down-country geometry and massive tire clearance, you can rip a training loop Friday, race Saturday, and roost Sunday.

The great­est gifts aren’t bought, they’re built. That’s the sto­ry behind our car­bon hard­tail, the DV9. Inspired by his high school XC rac­ing daugh­ter, Lili Heim, Ibis Part­ner and CEO Hans Heim set out to build a bike that could own race day, devour sin­gle­track, explore the back­coun­try, and it had to be afford­able enough that she could pay for it with a sum­mer job.

Com­pared to our pre­vi­ous hard­tail, the reach on the DV9 has grown by 20 – 24mm depend­ing on size. We also slack­ened the head tube to 67.4° with a 120mm fork and 68.5° with a 100mm fork. These num­bers give the bike a con­fi­dent feel at speed, with­out com­pro­mis­ing light, and crisp handling.

Race tape, root fest, or both. Your choice. You can line up for race day in con­fi­dence with a 100mm Fox Step­cast fork w/​remote lock­out and 2.25” fast guy tires. Or, shralp past your bud­dies on their full sus­pen­sion rigs with a 120mm Fox Rhythm 34 and physics-defy­ing 2.6” tires.

Whether you pre­fer the cushy and con­fi­dent ride that 2.6” tires deliv­er or the blaz­ing speed of weight-con­scious 2.25” rub­ber, we’ve got you covered.

The DV in the name stands for devel­op­ment, because this is a bike you can grow with. Whether you’ve got race day aspi­ra­tions or are just out there enjoy­ing the ride.