i'm considering buying a full suspension bike and i really like the price of the ibex bikes. i'm not sure if i would want an ignition or apogee. this bike will be mostly used for xc riding and the occasional freeride session. how well do these things handle drops up to about 6ft?? i currently have a specialized hardrock pro and the thing feels bullet proof. i have little experience on full susp. bikes but i've read nothing but good things about ibex bikes.
thanks for any replies.

The forks these bikes are spec'd with are not made to do 6 ft drops. You should be looking at the Zone series bikes if you're going to be putting the bike through that kind of abuse, IMO.

OTOH, if you are doing 6' drops on your hardrock (again, the fork on that bike NOT intended for drops, or anything other than light XC riding) then the Apogee series should be a huge improvement. Again, if you go this route, I would give very serious consideration to a fork that is engineered to this type of riding.

Bob