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2019 Pivot Mach 5.5 Large (post in progress)
I recently came across a pretty good deal on ebay for this Pivot Mach 5.5 frame and snagged it. It was sort of a shoot first, figure it out later sort of impulse bid, but 2 days later it showed up on my doorstep!
The Mach 5.5 has also been on my shortlist, so it was hard to pass up. The thing that was different about this frame from all of my other bikes is that it is a Large sized frame, and I’ve only ridden Mediums in the past. So it was sort of a leap for me to try a size up for the first time ever.
Before I swapped over the parts from my Spectral, I tried to get an idea of what the longer bike would feel like (and look like):
Pivot Cycles™ Mach 5.5 Red Satin Touch Up Paint Pen
If you ride a Satin Red Pivot Mach 5.5, and have some battle scars, I have a limited quantity of factory touch up paint pens available for sale.
Perfect Match Custom Acrylic Enamel paint pen custom mixed by MyPerfectColor – Brand New and never used!
Retails for $39.77 at MyPerfectColor.com – Buy here and save!
Touch Up paint is not available through Pivot! MyPerfectColor is Pivot’s recommended source. Limited quantity batch mixed on Feb 9, 2021 (shelf life of 18 months).
Includes prep and application instructions.Get yours while they are available! SOLD OUT!
Free shipping in USA by USPS First Class with Tracking. Ships within 1 business day.
1993 GT Zasker LE (90’s Ridiculous Build)
This was my first “real” mountain bike.
TL;DR, I spent one summer back home after getting kicked out of college my freshman year for poor grades, so I got a job at a small bike shop and helped out as a sales/mechanic/whatever.
The shop sold GT, so I splurged and picked up this Zaskar LE frame, along with that omg-oh-so-sweet RockShox Mag 21 SL Ti fork with my employee discount.
Lots of purple-anno goodies in the build. Here’s what I can pick out from the photos:
- GT Zaskar LE frame (16″)
- RockShox Mag 21 SL Ti fork (63 or 80mm, can’t remember), with ODI clear stanchion booties
- Selle Italia Flite saddle w/Ti rails and perforated leather(!)
- Suntour XC-Pro MicroDrive crankset 175mm
- Ringlé Moby seatpost
- Ringlé water bottle cage
- Mavic 217(?) rims with Wheelsmith DB spokes (I built these myself!)
- Ringlé SuperBubba front hub, MachineTech rear (silent roller clutch!)
- Continental XC tires (can’t remeber the model, but they were superlight and a bit skinny)
- ControlTech stem
- Syncros bar ends
- Dia-Compe 987 brakeset
- XTR rapid-fire shifters/levers
My project wishlist is to source all of these parts and rebuild this bike! I’ll probably end up spending 10x for these parts today. Stay tuned!