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Pivot Factory Racing - 2020 Season is Underway with Crankworx Rotorua

Well there we have it...the 2020 season is underway!!! 

It’s said the eyes are the windows to your soul. This window opens wide when Pivot Factory Racing athletes hit the racecourse, and through their own word, we connected with the highlights and struggles of last season. Whether it’s quirky pre-race rituals or what they’re looking forward to, our athletes are rolling into the 2020 season with eyes wide open.

Our Pivot Factory Racing athletes are best known for the minutes, seconds and milliseconds of race day on the course. While that brief time may define them as racers, the time spent travelling, training and living life creates the team dynamic. We recently sat down with our athletes for an inside look at what defines Pivot Factory Racing culture. Their words bring life to the moments between.

We loved the previous edition of this bike, which Pivot called the Mach 429 Trail. It was a 116-millimeter-travel 29er trail bike, derived from an XC platform, that punched way above its weight. We loved exactly where it sat in the spectrum of trail bikes—not too aggressive, not too cross-country. It was quick as hell, but maintained remarkable composure when things would get nasty.

The Design & Innovation Award is both a seal of approval and the benchmark achievement for the bike industry’s highest-performing products. The Design & Innovation Award is more than just a title-giver or a round of applause for brands. It’s the definitive award that decisively tests products in the real world, assessing them in their entirety and reaching considered verdicts.