I was lucky enough to find a Shuttle SL early spring and have been riding it all over Northern Utah. My previous mountain bike was a Trail 429 but I got way out of shape over the long depressing winter, and the doc told me I better cautiously ease into getting my legs back. This bike, in gentle breeze mode, is absolutely perfect for long low intensity sustained state workouts. Its been incredible for fitness. Its been a game changer for the past few months. So much more saddle time to build a good cardio base. I'm actually stronger now on my analog bikes then I've been in decades. I've used the higher assist modes to get out of bad weather and it absolutely flies up the climbs if you need it too. I have no idea why anyone would want more power. I've also discovered that the Shuttle SL pedals just fine without e-assist powered on. I've done full 2-3 hour rides without assist. It's much heavier than the 429 of course but it has that same comfort and efficiency in technical climbs. I added beefier tires, like The Loam Wolf reviewers, and also larger ice-tech brake rotors. And the Shuttle SL has been a dream to ride on everything from rocky high elevation climbs to double blue runs at the bike parks. Battery range hasn't been an issue. The extender will be nice when it comes out, but that will only be needed for really long endurance events, or if you want to run full power assist mode all the time. My only gripe is the pedal assist controller, which is a cheap piece of plastic that wouldn't pass a Walmart quality control check. It has seized up a couple times when confronted with dust or mud. Compressed air gets it moving freely again but Pivot really needs to do something about that thing. After riding the wheels off of one all summer I give the Shuttle SL a 9.5. And I'll give it 10 plus - when the controller is recalled.

I put a RS Super Deluxe Ultimate coil shock on mine for South Mountain and Hawes last winter in Arizona. Going to try a 160 fork this year. I was amazed how good the bike is when riding the extreme desert trails.

I LOVED my switchblade and this looks even better.

I bought one 6 months ago and it is the best bike I ever owned. Very tough bike and very poppy and playful. Great bike for weekend warriors who mainly ride blue or some of the easier black trails. You can pop off every little feature in these types of trails to make the rides always exciting. Great and very accurate review of the bike, guys.

This In My opinion is the best looking bike thus far

Love these reviews!💪🏼

My favorite series so far! Keep up the good work which you have been for a while now

Absolutely loving this super light round up, the pivot sl has to be the best in my opinion just love it.On the orbea rise now but hope it's my next bike.Thaks for all your hard work doing these videos one of my favourite utube channels ❤

This Bike costs almost 10k $ more than my Specialized Stumpjumper Expert (Bio) which I managed to get with a sweet deal here in Switzerland five months ago😅 But I wouldn't mind testing this and the Transition 😁

hell yeah chris joyve! that dude rocks

Great video! Do you think switching to aluminum wheels would resolve some of the twitchy-ness, new word roll with it.

What’s your opinion on this vs the Santa Cruz Heckler SL? Which one rides better etc. ?

This was an impressive bike to test ride, 15 second turbo mode, decent power and most impressively when it’s turned off it pedals like a normal bike

Dope paint scheme

This is probably my favourite sl bike, it’s the perfect home trail machine. What hand guards are you guys using? Is that for protection mainly?

No problems with the FUZZY drivetrain?

Is the top of the line Marin Rift Zone E in this contest?

Between this Pivot and Yeti sb160e which one is the best?

Having ridden most of these sl’s I’m thinking the levo sl takes the cake. With 160/150 and adjustable linkage. Fazua is behind also hence no range extender till “maybe” next year. 😢.

How would you stack this up to the Heckler SL following testing? Cheers

Shuttle SL or AM as your one "do-it-all" ebike?

Does the price come in to play in any of these reviews? This model is bad to the bone.....my buddy rips one but was curios.

Someone has to do it... The brand is pronounced [fazuà] with pronunciation on the "Zua" meaning "Fahr zu" or "drive faster" normally used when someone in front of you is driving too slow.

It costs so much because of those hand guards. 😂

I’m out on 130mm rear travel. Great bike, motor, battery size. Rear travel? 👎🏼

I'm a simple man: bike doesn't have a TRP DH-R Evos - bike has bad spec 😜

wait, is it a whole lot of fun on the trail? pls start out dogging one of these, like literally pan the shit out of it...bc if everything is good, nothing is good, ya know what i mean? life operates on a normal distribution even if the mean shifts a standard deviation or 2, something is always below avg and something is middle and something is above! be the first web reviewers to adopt!

nice bikes, but too proud of their price point, which will likely lead to never owning a pivot in the future.

$13k, really????? I would love to know how many of these actually sell at this price.

Sounds like about $1K per pound saved from base model to this test model. Could buy a sweet pedal bike too, instead of $13K on one.

Seans pronunciation is spot on, it’s Bavarian and means drive off or ride on. Bavarian is very broad in its meaning, so it can also mean drive you moron.