Pivot updated its super XC race bike, the Mach 4 SL (previously known as the Mach 429 SL), in 2023 (read the full tech piece here), ushering in the third iteration of this unique off-road machine.

The frame also integrates many of the same stiffness and strength-enhancing features found on Pivot’s longer-travel models, including a double-wishbone rear triangle, Super Boost Plus rear spacing, ...

The Mach 429 SL is racecourse fast but feels almost as confident and comfortable as a trail bike. It kept pace with bikes that had and inch more travel in the rear.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The revamped Pivot Cycles Mach 5.7 has more travel than before, is more stable at speed ...

Pivot Cycles has today introduced the new Mach 4 SL, a cross country race bike designed “to let World Cup level athletes capitalise on every inch of increasingly technical courses and generate speed ...

Pivot Cycles, on the other hand, stuck to their vision: making a rocket ship. When they launched the first Mach 4 SL in 2019, their full suspension lineup was missing one thing: a high end XC bike.

The Trail 429 is Pivot’s most popular model, and one of the OGs in its class; a bike that shaped the short-travel 29er category as we know it today. Several years ago, what was then called the ...

Pivot will offer the new Mach 5.7 Carbon in five sizes and three colors beginning this October with complete bikes ranging from US$4,299 with Shimano SLX/Deore XT up to a SRAM XX build for US$7,399.