Ibis Exie a more wallet-friendly option

Ibis Cycles has introduced a new offering in their Exie line that aims to make its geometry and performance available to a wider audience.

Sharing the same geometry and performance as the World Cup winning Exie USA, their newest offering is handbuilt in Vietnam. It’s everything you love about our US-made offering (albeit ~250g heavier) in a wallet-friendly build. Prices start at $4,999 USD for a complete bike.

The Exie USA will continue to be manufactured in Ibis’ Santa Cruz factory, which is powered by the warm California sunshine. The Exie USA was the first carbon fiber full suspension bike that the brand laid up, molded, and assembled entirely in house. They took what we learned doing it themselves and poured it into the new Exie.

Both the Exie and Exie USA share a different approach to XC bike geometry. Rather than designing around 70mm or longer stems, Ibis designed around short stems. They then added that extra stem length back into the reach. This gives both Exies the confidence-inspiring balance of a trail bike, without sacrificing the crisp handling you expect from a World Cup XC race bike.

Ibis also departed from the current trend towards ever steeper seat tube angles. Their size-specific seat angles were chosen to harness your strongest muscles while reducing any potential knee or wrist strain.

To keep you riding more and wrenching less, all of Ibis’ bikes use a thoughtful combination of bearings and bushings throughout the suspension links. But if you have to work on your bike, it should be easy. That’s why they use mechanic-friendly internal cable routing, a threaded bottom bracket, and a drop in headset. And they’ve mercifully kept the internally routed cables outside of the headset. All of the frames are backed by Ibis’ seven year warranty and excellent customer service.

Continuing the theme of livability, they added clearance for two water bottles on all frame sizes. A swanky molded rubber chainstay keeps noise at bay, while an integrated upper chain guide allows you to drop the hammer – not your chain.

All of the bikes are designed with low standover and long droppers in mind, so you can pick your frame size based on your preferred reach number. Most riders on a medium frame can fit a 170mm or greater dropper post, while riders under 5’ 5” (165cm) can utilize a 125mm and up. Ibis has also continued their tradition of clearance for big tires, so you can line up with 2.2” go fast tires, or shred on meaty 2.4” rubber.

The Exie is offered with three build kits (Deore, our special NX/GX blend, and SLX). Complete bikes start at $4,999. The Exie USA is offered with three build kids (XT, X01, and XX1) and complete bikes start at $7,999. A frame-only option is also available for the Exie USA.

The new Exie brings the thrilling speed of our Exie USA to the whole world.

Note: With the introduction of this newest Exie model, Ibis has renamed our made in Santa Cruz OG version the “Exie USA.”