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    PIVOT SWITCHBLADE 29 PRO XT/XTR

    Mar 04, 2020 5 minutes
    Alan Muldoon

    £8,100 / 29in or 27.5 Plus / upgradebikes.co.uk

    Before Chris launched Pivot Cycles in 2007 he owned and ran another successful bike company: Titus. And it was there that the original idea for the Switchblade was born.

    Back then the Switchblade was a full-suspension bike with adjustable travel, with the short-lived Fox Talas shock providing — in theory — a bike that could be used for XC racing one day, trail riding the next.

    And while Chris freely admits that the original Switchblade never really fulfilled its two-bikes-in-one promise, the idea of versatility appealed to him.

    Fast-forward to 2016 and the Pivot Switchblade launched amid a raging wheel size debate, born again as a 135mm-travel trail bike with the option to run 27.5 Plus wheels (with up to 3.4in tyres) or 29in wheels in

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