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I just don’t think we should jump to conclusions when a piece like this is printed. I don’t think there is anything inaccurate or overly glowing about this review. This is a nice bike and RC points out its strong suits.

Evil is definitely a trail bike not “down country” and more like aggressive trail like norco optic, transition smuggler. It’s burlier and has suspension components to take the abuse. The Spur is a purpose-built DC rig with modern geo. It suits my riding style and intentions.

I believe Pinkbike is about as unbiased as you can get. There are lots of other bikes that are fun too. Sorry for your health reason, but if you don’t want to ride for fun, get a road bike! They really are the best for fitness and getting ‘er done. So you have an issue with RC that appears to be unfounded. I mean, all Im saying is, what is there to say bad about this bike?

Allied’s 120mm-travel BC40 uses flex-pivots, much like the Lapierre XRM, but they couldn’t be more different on the trail. Works perfectly, i used to pay 7% transaction fee with my previous processor so its nice to say bye to that! Seeming it was a yearly payment did not expect6 support to be so active. Replied with knowledgeable, in depth answers within a few hours.

The three of us, along with our video and photo crew, flew from the Pacific Northwest to Quebec City to ride bikes and eat far too much cheese, if there is such a thing. Luckily for us, Sarah can speak French better than Matt and I can speak English, so she was in charge of feeding us, directing us, and generally making sure we didn’t say or do anything too embarrassing. If my memory serves me correctly about this, than, to me, that speaks tons about his integrity. That association is easy to make, I mean, the guy is a legend for one reason and it’s MBA. I don’t know how the magazines work, but at Pinkbike, the bike companies aren’t paying for reviews, adspace is paying for reviews, and all other content for that matter.

This bike was not previously reviewed in full is my point. Readily available, relatively new, and kickass bike in the category. Also it is insane all the comments of why didn’t you include this bike or that when it is clearly stated in the article how bikes are picked. And were within reason compared to similarly exotic competitors. The easier components are headset, cranks, bb, wheels/hubs, stems, seatpost clamps, and rear shocks. You can also source flat pedals from either Yoshimura or North Shore Billet.

Standard fare for the Mach 5.7 is Kenda Nevegals on both ends. The Slant Six rear tire that the factory set us up with accelerates well and rolls fast, but it steals fun from the downhills and is too easy to lock up under braking. If it gets 10/10 stars, readers expect that it’s an ad, or biased. The job is to find the best and worst things about the bike; where it shines, what is different about it than other bikes in the same category.

Sorry stiffness increase, better weight to strength ratios and all that stuff is just a small part of the puzzle that makes a product truly performance enhancing and reliable at the same time. Placement of the dw-link pivots is critical and in the case of the Mach 5.7, the lower link competes with the front derailleur location. Pivot offsets the linkage bearings to the left and incorporates a direct-mount derailleur to solve the crowding there. Pivot uses a two-piece bottom bracket forging that captures the outside of the lower link.

I do feel like I overwhelm the Spur a bit, and the mid-travel trail bike is more fun on the descents. The Spur is excellent for big pedally days, but xtroptions some folks act like there’s absolutely no compromise, and that’s not true for me. Descending with a dad bod really is more fun on a mid-travel bike.

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Apparently you’re not allowed to wear kneepads when you ride bikes with 130mm travel, even when riding on sketchy wet rocks. It’s pretty ironic that probably one of the best bikes in this category, the Pivot Trail 429, was never fully reviewed and was not included in this test. You guys did a first ride and then never a full review. The choice of bikes for the Downcountry Field Test is a bit weird. I get that the point of this downcountry field test is to review new bikes, but there are still some bikes from the last 2 tests that are very relevant (Epic Evo?). I hope you guys keep those in mind when discussing the results.

To top it all off, as one other person mentioned, he was Mantis bikes and is the inventor of the elevated chainstay, separate front and rear triangles, and several other major innovations. The modern mountain bike would not be where it is today without his innovations. Most people dont know that but they should.

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There are a few different names for this category, some of them more silly and more made-up than others, but the gist is 125mm or less out back and a focus on covering ground quickly. Call the bikes whatever you want, but I think we’ll just call them fun. Surprisingly, the Mach 5.7 corners like it is on rails.

Hahahaha, “so here at pinkbike we got to ride Natasha from FitnessSingles.com…” By the way, I would put a 15mm fork only on my small travel XC bike , and 20mm on everything else. The derailleur hanger is forged 7075 aluminum so from a shift stiffness perspective, it is equivalent to non-replaceable hanger, but it has a bend point designed into it so that it can bend before damaging the R/D. More design time and engineering goes into this then one would think.

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View all the options for the mach 5.7 on the Pivot website and check out the new carbon fiber Mach 5.7 due to arrive in late 2011. The Mach 5.7 gets moving easily and covers a lot of ground – especially over rough, rolling terrain. Hollow-forged bottom bracket and frame junctions, double bearings at all pivots. To be clear…I have no problem supporting PB and Outside.

• I will say that for more technical riding, I prefer their Firebird, but can tackel pretty much the same terrain on the M5.7, just not with the same confidence or speed.
• Personally, I love having outliers like the RSD in group tests because it makes it much more interesting.
• Most riders here consider themselves pretty bad ass…
• I feel that just because RC comes from a magazine backround you fear what that might do to Pinkbike, but you wont even give it a chance.

I agree the Spur or similar needs to be a baseline comparison to all these bikes, because frankly I feel like it beats out most of them with ease. One bike I would like to see get reviewed is the banshee phantom v3.2, I figure the RSD isn’t too far off but I’ve been liking the look of the banshee frames these days, pretty sweet looking… There was a time when all full-suspension mountain bikes were short-travel mountain bikes, but then they started to get more and more specialized, people started to make up categories and, well, here we are. In this Field Test series, most of our test bikes are designed to pedal well, cover ground quickly, and not weigh a lot, but it’s always more interesting when you include a few outliers. That’s why we brought RSD’s aluminum Wildcat V3 to Quebec City, which sells for $3,999 USD, and Evil’s very black Following, both sitting on the sturdier side of the short-travel spectrum.

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I don’t know RC, and I never was an avid MBA reader, but to say that someone’s lifetime of experience is being bought out for a single bike review is ignorant. Read deeper into the article and listen to what the man is saying about desirable characteristics of all bicycles. It has taken him years to figure out what parts of the Mach 5.7 https://cryptolisting.org/ are worthy of mentioning. Readers should feel fortunate to have free content like this at their disposal. If you want to review bikes, go ahead and write a thorough review of the bike you have and we’ll see how ya do. Who knows, you could be the next poor soul sucked into the realm of financial despair known as the bike industry.

More travel can mean more speed and capability, but also a very different personality on the trail. I love me a good all-mountain bike, but far prefer riding short-travel bikes most of the time on the same kinds of trails. Just a different way to do the same things. With that said, there are some things I would change about the build kit choices from Pivot. As RC says, the rear tire kinda sucks and in general the tires that come on the kits aren’t set up for tubeless use and I could never seem to get them to seal properly. Ditch Kenda and go with something else, I use Racing Ralphs for Texas and Nics for going out west on rougher stuff.

It’s super cool that there’s some rad super bikes, and heavy Canadian bikes (just today was perusing RSD’s website) and bikes that seem different, and bikes that are black. It’s all just good fun, talking about, watching, riding, and general frivolity with recreational toys in the woods. How close could you get to a fully North American build?

Having a 140mm fork helps the trail bike feel. It pedals well but the weight is noticeable. The rear end feels much more bottomless than my Hei Hei which truly is a downcountry bike. I guess I’m agreeing with others here that the RSD belongs in a trail bike category as it feels nothing like an XC bike, mostly in a good way. I bought a Spur, and I like it fine, but as a heavier guy I find myself reaching for my trail bike more often.