What do MTB riders need from an e-bike? Extra energy? Longer vary? Or an excellent light-weight hybrid that provides help however rides like a standard mountain bike?
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Whereas Pivot Cycles has been electrifying its clients with the Shuttle e-MTB for about 5 years now, the Shuttle SL is a unique beast completely and appears like it would give the brand new Trek Gas EXe some competitors.
It actually competes within the weight division: at simply 36.25 kilos (claimed), it’s one of many lightest eMTBs we’ve seen.
Pivot not too long ago constructed the Shuttle with a Shimano EP8 motor and an enormous 726Wh battery. Examine that to the brand new Pivot Shuttle SL, which depends on the newer Fazua Experience 60 system with “solely” a 430Wh battery, and also you begin to get an image of the distinction in body development.
Fazua Experience 60 Drive System
Extra than simply capturing the look of a standard mountain bike, the Fazua Experience 60 system claims so as to add to the trip high quality of the brand new bike in ways in which heavier, extra highly effective motors can’t match. The obvious might be the load. The motor weight of 4.3 kilos and the 4.9-pound 430Wh battery gave Pivot a place to begin to construct a sub-37-pound e-bike.
Pivot claims that the 430Wh battery gives greater than sufficient juice for 3- to 4-hour rides with 3,000+ toes of climbing, although vary will rely on rider weight, mode, and so forth. If you’d like extra vary, the bike shall be appropriate with the Fazua 210Wh vary extender, which ought to be out there someday in 2023.
In comparison with different e-bike motor methods, the Experience 60 drive unit is tiny — although not as small because the Tq motor, it appears. It additionally disengages when not in use for quiet, drag-free driving. The Shuttle SL is assessed as a Class 1 e-bike and can lower off the pedal-assist at 20 mph.
Whereas the torque determine is restricted to 60Nm, it looks as if it could possibly be a worthy tradeoff for the load. Most energy is claimed at 450 W, which the rider can ship through the brand new Increase perform, which presents 4- or 12-second boosts of the full 450 W on the push of the Ring management.
Whereas it could look a bit like a throttle, the Ring Management is a multifunction distant that permits you to change help modes whereas additionally partaking Increase or Stroll mode. The easy LED panel on the highest tube signifies your mode (Breeze, River, or Rocket) and the way a lot battery life stays. You may even pop the panel as much as discover a USB-C charging port to cost different digital gadgets if wanted.
The Pivot Shuttle SL is able to trip, however further controls and updates may be managed by connecting your smartphone utilizing the Fazua app. The bike presents Bluetooth and ANT+ connectivity. The app dashboard will will let you fine-tune the ability, assist, and ramp-up settings, amongst different particulars.
You’ll discover a charging port in entrance of the underside bracket to cost the battery. Charging a very lifeless battery is alleged to take simply 3.5 hours.
Each wiring and cable routing are internally routed utilizing the Pivot Cable Port System. The system helps preserve areas just like the rear velocity sensor tremendous tidy.
In usually fine-tuned Pivot vogue, the Shuttle SL Consumer Handbook gives thorough element on easy methods to arrange and keep your bike.
Pivot Shuttle SL Body Particulars
In any case that, it’s virtually straightforward to neglect that we haven’t even talked concerning the body but. Constructed round a 135mm journey dw-link platform, builds will embrace the choice of a 140mm Fox 34 fork and DPS rear shock for the (lightest) World Cup spec or a 150mm Fox 36 fork and Float X rear shocks on the Crew, Professional, and Experience stage builds.
The Pivot Shuttle SL will roll on 2-inch wheels and tires, with Tremendous Increase 157 x 12mm spacing on the again. Pivot lists tire clearance at 2.4 inches, and all full builds ship with 29 x 2.4-inch Maxxis tires.
One of many extra notable body particulars is the built-in battery design. This implies you’ll have to take away the motor from the body earlier than eradicating the battery.
In accordance with Pivot’s founder, Chris Cocalis, the mounted battery place “allowed us to construct the body with wall thickness just like our analog bikes ([like the] Switchblade) and likewise an identical stiffness numbers. We estimate that we saved over a pound (about 0.6kg) by this and have higher body stiffness with out the detachable battery. Additionally it is quieter than the battery with the discharge mechanism as a result of there isn’t any latch rattling or motion.
“Lastly, it allows the bike to look very conventional (not like an e-bike), which was vital for us,” he concluded.
Geometry
Operating a barely slacker head tube angle than the Path 429, the Pivot Shuttle SL presents size-specific chainstay lengths for the 4 body sizes. A flip chip permits riders to boost the underside bracket and steepen the pinnacle tube angle within the excessive setting.
As common for a mountain bike, the body design accommodates dropper posts. How lengthy of a dropper are you able to run? Pivot put collectively a superb chart that offers each the bottom and most saddle top, taking the guesswork out.
Extra body particulars embrace a SRAM Common Derailleur Hanger and an built-in higher chain information.
Pivot Cycles Shuttle SL Fashions & Pricing
Pivot presents Experience, Professional, Crew, and Crew WC builds; every shall be out there in Desert Sage Inexperienced or Blue Denim.
Pricing begins at $8,299 for the Experience construct and tops out at $11,999 for the Crew WC. The Pivot Shuttle SL is out there now at key Pivot Sellers.
