2020 Pivot LES SL launched.
Those Pivot folks in Arizona have just let us know that the new LES hardtail is getting a lighter and even racier version – the SL.
The Pivot LES already has a pretty good pedigree (an earlier model of the Pivot LES was ridden by Mike Hall on his record ride of the Tour Divide.) It was refreshed a few years ago to bring it up to date and now it’s time for a new version.
This model has been raced all year by the Stan’s Pivot Pro race team and it has already racked up a Short Track National Championship, a Leadville 100 win, and many others.
Pivot reckons that the new LES SL “is up to three-quarters of a pound (that’s 300 grams) lighter than its already svelte predecessor”
A few nudges to Ron at Pivot, and he has gone and weighed a frame for us: 2.3 lb./1045 grams for a size medium, which isn’t very heavy.
The LES SL has new carbon dropouts, an integrated headset and new layup schedule utilizing “Hollow Core Molding Technology and cutting-edge carbon materials”
“When I choose to race my LES SL, it’s an ‘all-in’ choice,” says Stan’s-Pivot Pro team athlete, Chloe Woodruff. “And it’s not only for climbing. At the Whiskey Off-Road this year, I rode my way from 5th to 2nd on the final descent.”
We’re sure that we’ll hear about the UK delivery dates and prices as soon as the Upgrade folks get to work… In the meantime, here are some fine close ups.
And hopefully, about now, this link will work too:
www.pivotcycles.com
The Pivot LES SL will come in Small, Medium, Large and XL.
Reach for those sizes are: 395, 414, 423 and 442mm respectively.
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Just had a look at the geometry charts for this frame and I’m quite surprised how conservative they seem: 69.5 / 72.5 head / seat tube angles and a 423mm reach in large. In the blurb this is referred to as ‘new school cross country race geometry’! Very nice looking frame though…