Wheel Sizes: 29’’ or 29’’ front / 27.5’’ rear
Suspension Travel:
- Frame: 160 mm
- Fork: 170 mm
Geometry Highlights:
- Sizes offered: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Headtube angle: 64° (adjustable)
- Reach: 480 mm (size Large)
- Chainstay length: 450 mm (Size Large, +/- 5 mm via flip chip)
Frame Material: Aluminum
Price: $2,800 / €2,790 (frame only)
Wheel Sizes: 29’’ or 29’’ front / 27.5’’ rear
Suspension Travel:
- Frame: 141 mm
- Fork: 160 mm
Geometry Highlights:
- Sizes offered: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Headtube angle: 64.5° (adjustable)
- Reach: 470 mm (size Large)
- Chainstay length: 450 mm (Size Large, +/- 5 mm via flip chip)
Frame Material: Aluminum
Price: $2,800 / €2,790 (frame only)
Intro
RAAW has updated the Madonna V3 and Jibb V2 to offer UDH compatibility and chainstay length adjustability in the same setup. Here’s how they’ve gone about it:
The Frames
The updates here are just to the seatstays and dropouts on the Jibb and Madonna — the rest of the frames carry over unchanged. Previously, both bikes were available with your choice of adjustable chainstay length or a UDH dropout for SRAM Transmission compatibility, but not both. The Madonna V3.2 and Jibb V2.2 get updated seatstays that use the same bolt-on dropouts as RAAW’s DH bike, the Yalla!! V2. They’re UDH compatible and are offered in three different lengths, offering +/- 5 mm of chainstay length adjustment from the default middle option.
The updated Madonna and Jibb also use the adjustable brake mount from the Yalla!! V2, which accommodates all three chainstay length settings. The Madonna V3 and Jibb V2 required different versions of the brake mount to align the caliper to the rear wheel. The standard version of the brake mount takes a 200 mm rotor directly, or a 203 mm one with the included spacers; a 220/223 mm version is also available.
The new seatstay and dropout assembly is backward compatible with the Madonna V3 and Jibb V2 frames, and will be available as an upgrade kit this summer.
Madonna V3.2
Apart from the new dropouts and seatstays, the Madonna V3.2 is the same frame as the Madonna V3 that we reviewed earlier. It’s a 160mm-travel Enduro bike, meant to be paired with a 170 mm fork. It’s compatible with full 29’’ and mixed wheel setups via bolt-on lower shock mounts, with additional options offering geometry and suspension progression adjustability as well.
Check out our Full Review of the Madonna V3 for a more detailed rundown.
Jibb V2.2
The Jibb is the shorter-travel sibling to the Madonna, and there’s a strong family resemblance between the two. They get the same adjustability via the same bolt-on lower shock mounts, and are virtually identical visually — they’re just separated by their respective travel brackets and some corresponding geometry tweaks.
While not a change to the frame itself, the Jibb V2.2 now defaults to LT mode as well. The standard Jibb V2 used a 50 mm stroke shock to produce 130 mm of rear wheel travel, paired with a 150 mm travel fork; the optional LT mode bumps that up to a 55 mm stroke shock (for 141 mm of rear wheel travel) and a 160 mm fork.
RAAW saw that the majority of their customers were setting the Jibb up in LT mode, so they’ve made that the standard setup going forward. The shorter-travel setup is still an option, too, as is the lower leverage “Rocker 55,” which produces 130 mm travel from a 55 mm stroke shock, meant to better suit heavier riders. Our First Look on the Jibb V2 has more info.
Fit & Geometry
The geometry of both bikes carries over unchanged. They’re offered in five sizes, Small through XXL, and there’s a surprising amount in common between their geometry figures. The Madonna gets 10 mm long reach figures in a given size, a bit more stack height, an 0.5° slacker headtube angle, a 1° steeper seat tube. Geometry charts for both bikes (in the default neutral chainstay length) are below:
The Builds
Both the Madonna and Jibb are offered as a frame only for $2,800 USD, $3,850 CAD, or €2,790 (including VAT). Frame + shock packages, rolling chassis partial builds, and limited complete bikes are also available. See RAAW’s website for details.
Bottom Line (For Now)
We were big fans of the Madonna V3 when we reviewed it a little while back, but its chainstay length adjustment wasn’t the most straightforward, and came at the expense of UDH compatibility. RAAW bringing the tidier-looking bolt-on dropouts from its Yalla!! DH bike to the rest of the lineup is a welcome move, and the fact that the new seatstays can be retrofitted to the Madonna V3 and Jibb V2 is all the better.