Vault
The new 2020 Pivot Vault is so “extra” in all the right ways; Extra tire clearance. Extra power transfer (that’s a fan favorite). Extra stealth for dropper post internal cable routing. Extra time to study the map…because there are few roads you won’t be able to tackle on this bike. In Pivot fashion, the engineers of the Vault were not going to be satisfied with anything less than the ideal for gravel speed. Upon Googling “Pivot Vault Review”, you will find a lot of banter about how gravel race-worthy the bike is. What really sold us on the Vault was its performance during the totally unscientific Sports Garage Underbiking Field Test (otherwise known as riding-it-where-we-probably-shouldn’t): it was extra compliant on the backyard sections of single track that we typically reserve for dropbar bikes. That’s extra good.