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The on-bike storage market is still finding its identity. Is the goal to leave your bike’s elegant lines intact by hiding storage inside of it? Or is this a function-over-form affair that will use Velcro, electrical tape, or even saliva to stick your ride essentials to your frame? Pivot believes it should be somewhere inbetween. Read More

If you’ve been keeping a close eye on Pivot’s frame evolution over the past year, the design of the revamped Switchblade won’t come as a surprise—it sports the same swoop-less lines and vertical shock placement as the Mach 4 SL, which came out last May. But those changes merely scratch the surface of those made Read More

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I’m a total sucker for high-tech products and electronic gadgets. During a recent ride, I counted the number of battery-operated devices with me, and it was 11. Eleven! I had an Apple Watch, an iPhone, a Garmin computer, Bluetooth earbuds, two SRAM AXS controllers, a wireless dropper, wireless derailleur, 2 two TyreWiz Bluetooth tire-pressure gauges Read More

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Just like baseball players warming up with spring training—often in Arizona—Bike had a spring Bible of Bike Tests and where’d we end up (the question we’re always asked)? Arizona too. Specifically Tucson, and Tucson was just great. We tested six mid-travel 29s this stop, some might call these trail bikes, and they’d be correct. But Read More

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