Pivot Cycles

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Pivot Cycles is a mountain bike manufacturer located in Tempe, Arizona. It produces high-end carbon and aluminum bicycles.

Type: Private Industry: Bicycles Founded: 2007 Headquarters: Tempe, Arizona, USA Key People: Chris Cocalis Products: Bicycles and related components

History:

Company founder Chris Cocalis started Pivot in 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona. From the beginning, he infused the brand with an identity around technical innovation and high performance. His first bikes were developed around the then-new DW-Link suspension platform, which set the bar for efficient, smooth performance. Its current models are some of the first to incorporate Shimano’s electronic Di2 mountain bike group and Fox’s Live Valve suspension.

In 1988, Cocalis attended the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado and achieved his certification as a United States Cycling Federation Certified professional mechanic. By 1989 he'd moved into manufacturing, and started Titus Cycles in 1991.

His expertise in custom fitting and his reputation for quality, innovation, and customer service grew Titus into its position as one of the premier high-end brands in the cycling industry. Over the next 10 years, his designs were sold to and manufactured for some of the largest companies in the industry. In addition to his innovative bicycle designs, he has been an industry pioneer in flexible manufacturing, tooling design, and cutting edge materials engineering. He has done testing and development for Miller Welding Corporation, Alyn Corp, and Gore Industries. He’s also served on component development teams for Shimano, with many of the features on Shimano's 2008 XTR directly attributed to his input.

In July of 2006, he sold his interest in Titus Cycles to Vyatek Sports, who'd been co-owners since 2001.

Innovations:

• Co-developed PF-92 bottom bracket with Shimano.
• Designed and pioneered the concept of large, hollow tow piece forgings for BB areas and rear swingarm sections to increase stiffness and reduce weight on Pivot’s first aluminum frames.
• Hold the patent on a floating front derailleur design that allowed FD’s to be used on longer travel bike designs (original Firebird).
• Invented BB386EVO bottom bracket.
• Invented Pivot Cable Port System.
• First Di2 integrated frame design (Mach 4).
• Invented Super Boost Plus 157mm rear axle standard.
• Invented Swinger II rear dropout design.
• First Fox Live Valve integrated frame (Mach 5.5).

Timeline:

• 2008: Mach 4, Mach 5
• 2009: Firebird, Mach 429
• 2010: Mach 5.7, Phoenix
• 2011: Mach 5.7 Carbon, Point
• 2012: LES, MX4, Mach 429 Carbon
• 2013: LES 27.5, Mach 6, Vault
• 2014: Mach 429 SL, Mach 4 Carbon, Phoenix Carbon
• 2015: LES Fat, LES (2.0), Mach 429 SL (2.0), Mach 6 Aluminum, Mach 6 Carbon (2.0)
• 2016: Firebird Carbon, Mach 429 SL (3.0), Phoenix Carbon (2.0), Switchblade Carbon
• 2017: LES 27.5 Carbon, Mach 4 Carbon, Mach 5.5 Carbon, Mach 6 Aluminum (2.0), Mach 6 Carbon (3.0)
• 2018: Firebird 29, LES Fat 2.0, Phoenix carbon (3.0), Switchblade Aluminum, Shuttle, Trail 429

External Links:

The current official Pivot webpage

References

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