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Pivot, a brand best known for its mountain bikes, is launching the Pravia, a road race bike it describes as “a race bike built for humans”: race-bike stiffness and handling, but with geometry designed for positions riders can hold. The carbon frame has a claimed weight of 895 g and the top-end build 7 kg. It comes on 32 mm tyres and takes up to 38 mm with a double chainring, 40 mm with a single chainring. Pivot offers three SRAM AXS builds with a power meter, from $5,999 to $11,999 in the United States.
| Price (United States) | $5,999 (Ride Rival), $8,499 (Pro Force), $11,999 (Team Red) |
| Claimed weight | frame 895 g; complete bike 7 kg in Team build |
| Frame | carbon, Hollow Core Molding process |
| Drivetrain | SRAM Red, Force or Rival AXS E1, power meter on all three builds |
| Wheels | DT Swiss ARC 1100 (55 mm), DT Swiss ARC 1400 (55 mm) or Vision TC60 (60 mm) |
| Tyres | Continental GP 5000 S TR 700×32; clearance up to 38 mm (2x) and 40 mm (1x) |
| Bottom bracket | T47 |
| Colours | purple, black |
The Pivot Pravia arrives with a clear ambition: not forcing riders to choose between a fast bike and a position they can hold for several hours. Pivot built it around that idea, and the spec sheet shows it, from the one-piece bar and stem sized to order to the storage hidden in the frame.
The Pivot Pravia, a race bike designed for real riders
Pivot’s chosen tagline, “A Race Bike Built for Humans”, sums up the approach. In its presentation, the brand explains what led it there:
“We saw what the marketplace lacked: a bike with race-level frame stiffness and handling, but geometry designed around real riders and the positions they can actually sustain.”
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The frame is carbon, designed using finite element analysis and moulded with the brand’s Hollow Core Molding process. Pivot claims 895 g for the frame and 7 kg for the complete bike in Team build.
32 mm tyres, and room for 40
The Pravia leaves the factory on 32 mm Continental GP 5000 S TR tyres. The frame takes up to 38 mm with a double chainring and 40 mm with a single chainring, leaving some margin for rough roads.
Integration goes a long way. The seatpost, specific to Pivot, has a D-shaped section and is clamped with no visible collar or bolt. Storage built into the frame lets riders carry repair essentials without strapping on a bag or stuffing jersey pockets. On the Team and Pro builds, the size of the one-piece bar and stem is chosen when ordering.
Three SRAM builds, all with a power meter
Pivot offers a three-tier range in SRAM AXS E1, as well as a frame kit option. The Team, with SRAM Red and 55 mm DT Swiss ARC 1100 wheels, costs $11,999 in the United States. The Pro moves to Force with 55 mm DT Swiss ARC 1400 wheels, at $8,499. The Ride, with Rival and 60 mm Vision TC60 wheels, is $5,999. The Team, the Pro and the Ride get a power meter and cranks from 160 to 170 mm. Viewed from France on 3 November, the Pravia page on Pivot’s website showed these prices in dollars.
The bikes come with SRAM, but the frame also accepts Shimano Di2. It does not, however, take a mechanical drivetrain. The bottom bracket is the T47 standard, and the frame comes in purple and black.
