For Her build: my wife’s Ripley LS!

My wife is 5’3” and rides a size small Ibis Ripley LS- and it’s among her most favorite mountain bikes! She’s been riding an Ibis Ripley since 2014, and she’s always loved the bike, as it has a playful, yet confident, feel. Check out the Ripley LS over at Jenson USA: https://bit.ly/RipleyAF2022JKW

The stock build has us pretty happy. We’ve been considering swapping the tires for some WTB Vigilantes for the winter conditions here, but the 2.6 Schwalbes have been working well enough to not make that a huge priority.

One issue we are dealing with is the seatpost. The bike only allows for 140mm of seat post insertion, making a 100mm drop Fox Transfer post actually too tall, in its lowest possible height, for my wife’s preferred saddle height. Being 5’3”, she is right in line with the recommended rider heights of 5’ through 5’5”.

Not being able to fit the stock, internally routed Fox post, we are trying a PNW Components Cascade 125mm dropper, which is externally routed, and we are going to shim down the extended height with some One Up USA shims. I’ll have to do a follow up video if this bike hack does indeed work! I’m hoping it’ll result in ~100mm of drop and no issues with it being too tall for her.

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Jenson USA: https://bit.ly/JensonUSA2022JKW

Industry Nine: https://bit.ly/IndustryNine2022JKW

PNW Components: https://bit.ly/PNWComponents2022JKW

Shimano: https://bit.ly/Shimano2022JKW

Check out my riding tutorials: https://www.patreon.com/jeffkendallweed

• Jeff KW rides an Ibis Mojo 3: http://bit.ly/2Oodh2X
• Jeff KW wears a Camelbak Kudo: https://bit.ly/2tHs5ku
• Jeff KW wears the Kitsbow Trials Jacket, Ride Tee, and Origin short: https://bit.ly/2N2SeTY
• Jeff KW is protected by the Kali Maya helmet: https://bit.ly/2KmcCgJ
• Jeff KW runs the PNW Components Bachelor 170 post: https://bit.ly/2IvG0zA