BIKES AND BUILDERS OF MADE 2025

In the latest edition of our Bikes and Builders of MADE series, we dig into all the details of these incredible creations in Bikes and Builders of MADE 2025 Part 4.

PISTIL XC-120

Sanitas had a few stunning titanium bikes on display, but we couldn’t resist pulling the short-travel Pistil XC 120 aside for a closer look. Like the rest of the lineup, the Pistil XC is handmade in Durango, Colorado, from hand-selected, size-specific, cold-worked 3/2.5 titanium tubing. It’s designed around a 120mm travel fork and shock, and the model we shot was built up using the carbon rear triangle from the Allied BC40. According to Sanitas, this makes the Pistil XC an efficient climber, all the while feeling supple and stable on technical descents.