I spent better than an hour today flogging a Pivot Mach 4 on the Desert Classic Trail at South Mountain. It’s really cool that Pivot is giving people the chance to put some meaningful test time on $4,000-plus bikes to see what they can really do.
My 10 miles or so on the bike told me a lot about the bike. Watch for a full review with photos soon!
Thanks also to the crew at South Mountain Cycles – it turns out part of my pedal cleat was broken. They set me up with a new part rather than just selling me a pair of cleats. And they didn’t charge me for it – granted, it’s probably a 25-cent part. But they still could’ve gotten a fiver out of me for it. It’s a cheap part, but absolutely essential if you want your shoes and pedals to work. I picked up a pair of full-finger gloves from them – I needed a pair, and they earned the sale.
