My Pivot E Vault experience so far….

[Tomm Williams]

Hello all

New member here saying hello and excited to share ideas. I’ve enjoyed riding and evaluating my new Pivot E Vault and have actually documented a few things on a different forum. I believe my findings may be more appropriate for this forum so I’ll be copy and pasting to this forum. I hope that does not bring any negative reactions here?

Thought it would be much easier than re-writing the entire experience to date‍.

 

[Tomm Williams]

Pivot E Vault report #1 | CycleChat Cycling Forum

Today had my first chance to give it a proper test run, I’ll give you the good and the bad. The good …… taking it strictly from the perspective of Pivot bikes quality, this is one very nice bike. It handles very well and the fit and finish is exactly what you’d expect from a bike costing this...

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[Tomm Williams]

Pivot E Vault report #2 | CycleChat Cycling Forum

Today I focused on how the Pivot rode with the battery/motor assembly removed. I waited to do this until I received a factory cover that goes in place of the motor to keep dirt out. My area is pretty dust free but I wasn’t risking anything after paying this much money. In my mind the standard...

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[Tomm Williams]

Pivot E Vault report #3 | CycleChat Cycling Forum

Today did a bit of experimenting with what difference (if any) can be detected concerning force required to turn the cranks motor in vs motor out. As with everything I’m doing here, I don’t have an engineer degree or a lab so I’m just doing what seems logical. I did all testing with the bike in...

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[Tomm Williams]

Pivot E Vault report #4 | CycleChat Cycling Forum

Today I had a chance to once again test the battery longevity and was very surprised. My immediate neighborhood is nothing but hills so makes for great training. Starting with the battery at 92%, I was able to cover over 40 miles and 5335’ of climbing riding over 4 hours. ( yeah I’m slow, but...

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[Anton]

Welcome to the forum!

That's alright, I've merged your threads together into this one and moved it to our Road Ebike / eGravel section.

 

[Tomm Williams]

Welcome to the forum!

That's alright, I've merged your threads together into this one and moved it to our Road Ebike / eGravel section.

Thank you !