Enduro vs Trail Mountain Bike The Differences Between Pivot Mach 6 vs. Pivot Trail 429

[@grantlyclothing9805]

Man, that's a good looking t-shirt!!

[@topspot4834]

Amazing how capable and versatile enduro bikes are nowadays ... I ride my local trails and go to the bike park about 20x a year. I usually ride my HT for local trail riding, but sometimes I take my Mach 6 and it's extremely capable at climbing. Same with the Switchblade and Bronson, which I rode on a demo day at my LBS ... No doubt a proper trail bike makes it easier, but if you prioritize going down over climbing, hit up bike parks occasionally and could only get one bike, I'd either recommend an enduro or longer travel trail bike. And to be fair, I'm in PA, not Utah so pedaling uphill isn't near as difficult.

[@elroobike]

Good Point! It's remarkable how truly capable modern bikes are. I have had so many great riding days on the Mach 6, I hope in the future I can say the same for the Trail 429.

[@ettoremarinello3951]

one the other hand when you consider a 160mm front 140 rear a trail bike its really just up to personal preferences, i went from a big heavy 170 170 29er to 160 140 27,5 even if i ride mostly park

[@Sck519]

Can you really compare a new short travel trail bike to an old Enduro bike?

[@ettoremarinello3951]

did you measure the bb height with the bike weighted or included the sag in your calculations?

[@elroobike]

That's a great point. I did not think about how that might change the settings and feel. Good call!

[@ettoremarinello3951]

yeah, also i dont think you crash cause of pedal strikes, sometimes you just hit a bad line and you crash and your crank gets hit but its not because of low bb, all pros in ews and dh have very low bb

[@isaiahmoya9742]

I do agree to a point… Utah is a different beast, like riding on mars. I do like my 165 cranks on my nomad and I am about to change out my cranks to 165 on my firebird 2022, I figure I could balance out the short cranks with lower gearing. Works for me in Simi Valley and bike parks, gives me that mental insurance…

[@elroobike]

@@isaiahmoya9742 What brand of cranks do you like? I'm always on the lookout for good gear.

[@isaiahmoya9742]

@@elroobike I have used raceface sixC on some of my builds and some XT and sram, the pivot came with affect cranks. I do have a few oval chainrings in the race face cinch so I just stick with race face now… I did have to send a set of the sixC cranks back due to a warranty issue but other than that I can’t really tell the difference. Even in length I don’t really notice it other than the shorter cranks rock strike less…

[@furion..]

Dump them both and go with a Switchblade.

[@elroobike]

@Furion - the Switchblade is a sweet bike for sure!