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Bike Perfect
Bike Perfect
Lifestyle
James Bracey

Pivot Mach 4 SL Team Eagle XX first ride review – the new benchmark for XC/Marathon racers?

A mountain bike in the Colorado mountains

The new Pivot Mach 4 SL has been forged under the concept of ‘challenge the threshold’, creating an XC and marathon race-oriented platform that transcends conventional limitations. To simply label it as a race machine would be an injustice, as it represents a genre-crossing tour de force that surpasses expectations.

In the realm of XC racing, weight reduction reigns supreme, and it’s this goal that drove the development process of the Mach 4 SL. Pivot's engineers rose to the challenge, achieving remarkable weight savings of up to 17 percent compared to its predecessor. Despite this focus on shedding grams, the Mach 4 SL proves to be a bike that will enchant riders who thrive beyond the race tape. Gone is the stock 100mm of rear travel. Instead, Pivot has ingeniously incorporated a travel adjust feature that ensures that you can have your cake and eat it; whether your journey commences with a starting gun or at the trailhead.

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