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First Ride Review: Pivot Mach 5.5 – Is this bike really necessary?

There’s a major issue with the Pivot Mach 5.5 Carbon: it just can’t be categorized. With 160 mm front travel, it excludes itself willingly from the trail bike moniker, but its 140 mm belligerently shuts off the enduro tag. Then its 2.6″-wide tires are neither plus-size, nor the regular fare for a 27.5″ bike. If anything, this bike is the epitome of a two-finger salute to bike categories. But in eschewing conventional labels, it also throws up the question of who might actually want to ride this?

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Greg Callaghan and Cecile Ravanel Victorious in Madeira.

WOW! In a race that went right to the wire, Cube Action Team racer Greg Callaghan has just taken victory in the Enduro World Series in Madeira – by just 5 seconds. This is Greg’s third win, and you can be sure there will be some partying tonight. In the women’s race, Commencal’s Cecile Ravanel was unstoppable, taking a confident win and extending her overall lead.

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Ravanel and Melamed lead in Madeira

Wow, what a day of racing. The EWS is certainly hotting up in Madeira. In the women’s race Cecile Ravanel is running away with it, but in the men’s race it could not be tighter. Just 4 seconds separating 1st and 2nd, and 39 seconds to 10th place – this race is far from over! Here’s the latest news from the EWS media team.

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New Products from the Bike Festival in Riva, Lake Garda

Down on the shores of Lake Garda, Riva’s BIKE Festival never fails to usher in the new season in style, welcoming countless riders to this lakeside retreat and unleashing a ton of new exciting developments over the course of the trade fair. Here’s what caught our gaze:

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Spotted: New Whyte Bikes S-150 Long Travel 29er

While attending the BMBA Datatag UK National Enduro Championship there was one bike on the podium that we did not recognise. It carried the distinctive carbon silhouette of the Whyte T130 trail bike, but something was different. Hold on, was it running on 29er wheels?

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