Handsomehwang

This bike looks good which I think Pivot does make a clean looking bike but unfortunately most likely wouldn't buy a Pivot again. Had a Switchblade v2 and the rear end was super harsh from the beginning. I'm no Ed Masters but I would crash in weird ways like tiny rock gardens that I have never crashed in before or after this bike. I check my bearings and they felt like i was rotating bearings through huge pieces of sand/rock so I opened up the bearings and put some grease in to see if it would help. It helped a tiny bit but still felt pretty bad so I reached out to Pivot and they don't proceed to give me solutions but tell me that I have basically voided my warranty at this point because I open up the bearings and put grease in. He offered a one time deal of sending me one bearing for free which seemed a bit insulting. I replied with I don't need the bearing if this is how the bearings are supposed to feel and never heard back. Really left a bitter taste in my mouth. I could never get it to feel right although to be fair, I never outright replaced the bearing since it was during the shortages and couldn't really get them. I'm actually surprised people are talking about how great Pivot's customer service is but I guess everyone misses sometimes.

@artistformlyknowasdan: I'm pretty sure it's illegal in Europe to set a minimum advertised price from the manufacturer so people can sell cheaper than what Maxxis allows in the US.

@JohSch: I think the cheaper carbon layup and alloy frame have post mounts instead. At least this is according to Bike Radar. I don't know why none of this info is on this article when it came out a day later too.

@thiscunt: I actually like my bike better in steep mode but it for sure does make a noticeable difference in how it handles and feels