The Mach Bike is an item introduced in Generation III.
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The Mach Bike is one of two types of Bicycles that can be obtained in Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version, Pokémon Emerald Version, and the remakes Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. It moves faster than the Acro Bike. It starts off slowly at first, it can pick momentum, allowing it to climb up muddy walls. It is quick enough to ride over muddy slopes, and is needed to get over the broken tiles in Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version and Pokémon Emerald Version. If the player falls down a hole or collides with someone or something, the bike needs to rebuild momentum. There is a race course on the Bike Path that only Mach Bike riders can use. A sign records the lowest number of collisions and fastest speed by a Mach Bike rider.
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When the player talks to Rydel in his bike shop in Mauville City, Rydel generously gives the player the bike free of charge. The player can choose instead to receive the Acro Bike, a trick bike, or swap it out later. A biker on the Bike Path points out that it serves as free advertising, because the bike says RYDEL all over it.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, by talking to a Hex Maniac in Mach Bike exclusive area on Route 111, a Bird Keeper in Acro Bike exclusive area on Route 119 and a rider in beach area of Battle Resort, players are able to have both bikes at the same time by receiving the bike counterpart from Rydel.