On the last day of Interbike last week, the official IB Award winners were officially announced. In case you missed it, here are the winners from around the MTB world!
Mountain Bike of the Year
Chosen by editors and testers at Mountain Bike Action.
Mountain Product Innovation of the Year
Chosen by editors and testers at Mountain Bike Action.
People’s Upgrade Choice Award Mountain
The Pivot Mach 5(.7?) Carbon was chosen as the best upgrade due to users upgrading the stock 26″ wheels to 27.5″ wheels successfully on their own. Based on our conversation with Pivot, the upgrade has been so successful that Pivot now offers the stock bike in both wheel sizes. Still, we’d like to point out that the wheels and the fork are the actual upgrade made… not the bike. 🙂
Best in Show Mountain
Chosen by editors at Mountain Bike Action based on items shown at Interbike 2014 during the first 3 days of the show (Outdoor Demo + 1 indoor day).
Best Mountain Bike Shop
Over the Edge Sports in Fruita, CO.
Other categories with MTB winners
- Highest Brand Profitability to the LBS, Dollars: Club Ride (MTB apparel)
- Best Brand Value to Consumers: Stan’s NoTubes
As we compile our notes and coverage from Interbike this week, Singletracks will be releasing its own list of the best products from Interbike 2014, so stay tuned!
4 Comments
Sep 15, 2014
Also, as you pointed out in the "upgrade" category, the 27.5 wheels and 27.5 fork would be the upgrade that you would make to the Pivot Mach 5. The bike itself isn't an upgrade... just because it's "upgradeable" doesn't seem like it should qualify for this category.
Sep 16, 2014
Sep 16, 2014
Sep 15, 2014