Here it is: our first Pivot Switchblade review of 2024. The new bike gets the right updates, but is it enough to upgrade?
Historically, when invited to check out the latest Pivot mountain bike in Tempe, AZ I’ve found myself packing to navigate the intense heat. Which is why this time around, I found it particularly odd to be stressing about what cold and wet weather gear to bring. . Unsure of what to expect out of a bike that had just relaunched a few years ago, I dumped all my rain gear into a bag and headed off to Phoenix.
Before long, I had things pretty well dialed and we had made solid progress up the climb. And that’s when the skies opened up. It was light at first. Then came and went, before opening up into a full deluge that transformed the trails into their own little rivers. Fortunately, the rocky & sandy trails are built to shrug off the occasional downpour, but it did provide us with quite an interesting descent.
The storm didn’t last all that long, but it helped create a lasting impression of the bike. In the moment, forced to resort to my lizard brain, there wasn’t time to think. In that situation on a completely new bike, it can go one of two ways – it can feel completely natural and comfortable, or it could be alien and unsure. The Switchblade was the former. better conditions. This time we headed out to the Hawes trail network for a day of true hero dirt.
Going slow or fast up the climbs, it didn’t seem to matter. The front wheel seemed unflappable, and the rear wheel really did seem to ‘dig’ into the terrain, propelling you forward. More than once I got into a situation where I felt a dab was inevitable, only to pedal through and keep on going.
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