Interbike Announces Awards for Best MTB Products and Athletes of 2015

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Interbike announced its 2015 award winners, with the Pivot Mach 429SL taking Mountain Bike of the Year honors.

By Jeff Barber
September 18, 2015 Last Updated: January 31, 2026

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Interbike wraps up today, and organizers just announced award winners in dozens of categories, including several mountain bike-specific categories. At least a couple of these products were part of the Singletracks Best of 2015 list announced back in August, so try to act surprised. 🙂

Mountain Bike of the Year: Pivot Mach 429SL

Mountain Product Innovation of the Year: Schwalbe PROCORE Tubeless System

People’s Upgrade Choice Award – Mountain: Bell Super 2R Helmet

Best in Show Mountain: Push Industries ELEVENSIX Rear Shock

Best Mountain Bike Shop(s): Absolute Bikes in Salida, CO and Bryson City Bicycles in Bryson City, NC.

International Rider of the Year: Aaron Gwin

North American MTB Cyclist of the Year (Male/Female): Catharine Pendrel

Congrats to all of this year’s MTB winners!

Your turn: What are your favorite products from Interbike 2015? Don’t stress if you can’t answer that yet–we have plenty of coverage coming your way!