Coming May 31st, according to Pivot website. Any ideas what it is?
My old Titus Switchblade was one of my favorite bikes ever.
My old Titus Switchblade was one of my favorite bikes ever.
Pivot Switchblade
1 reading
BmanInTheD
2,161 - 2,180 of 3,171 Posts
Oh man I'm really sorry to hear this. I hope the despicable thief suffers a 1,000 years of painful diarrhea in the afterlife.
I'm surely not trying to pour salt into your wound, but I wanna take the opportunity to recommend to everyone to chain up your good bikes with heavy chain and pad locks to anything sturdy (rafters, structural pillars, other heavy objects. I use old inner tubes on the chain to keep from scratching the frames. One or two old/cheap bikes left unlocked as sacrificial, quick get away bikes can also be useful to keep them away from your precious steed.
Again, really sorry this happened to you...
Got an X2 on my bike after a month of riding the DPS. For my type of riding, the X2 is AWESOME so far. A lot more edge grip and keeps the bike more composed on bigger hits. Haven't taken it down any brake/shock roasters yet, but I am looking forward to it.
Oh, and can still run a 21oz water bottle, perks to XL frames and beefy shocks
Oh, and can still run a 21oz water bottle, perks to XL frames and beefy shocks
Joined
·
407 Posts
Any 6'5", 6'6" or even taller SB owners here?
Not yet and I plan on using one. How has your experience been?
Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
I used it on both front (36 RC2) and rear. I felt like in the "Playful" mode it took away from climbing and suggested a setting with too much pedal bob (even with climb switch on). Obviously I could add to the LSC, but I rode it several times with the X2 and honestly, I like the DPS better for all around. The DPS rides higher in the stroke and in middle mode it climbs very well. The X2 might just be overkill for this bike. On the DH I didn't think it added enough to justify using it year around. Mine came with the X2 so I ran it first and then bought a DPS take-off later. Just my personal opinion of course.
Joined
·
144 Posts
So far I think the ShockWiz has been a great learning tool. I initially thought it would be a set and forget thing but that's not how I have been using it. I ride with it either on the shock or fork every ride. Instead of changing the setting after every session I end up just reviewing the detection and suggestions in the various modes and really thinking about what it's telling me about how my set up is working. What I learning is that isn't a "perfect" set up, there are many variables. Your riding style makes a huge difference in set up. I rode a test lap aggressively and tuned my shock for playful. I kept at it until I got a score of 98. The next day I went back and rode the same lap but not as aggressively. My playful score dropped to 84 and it gave me a new set of suggestions. At first I thought well this thing is no help, but the more I looked at it the more I understood it makes perfect sense. Bottom line if you want ShockWiz to give you a set and forget set up it will, but it's much better to use it learning tool.
Well said, and I agree with your reasoning looking back on my set up sessions with it. Thanks for your insight.
Large. It's listed in the classifieds here on MTBR.
Thanks man!
Joined
·
144 Posts
I bought my ShockWiz. The other thing I've figured out is that there are multiple ways to "skin the cat". Sometimes ShockWiz will suggest something like slow down rebound to correct say pogo. But you can increase HSC instead and get an improved score. You really have to look at the detections and suggestions together and think about what is going on. Makes you really appreciate how complex your suspension is and how all the setting interact with one another.
Joined
·
3,538 Posts
Racking up the rides and really digging this bike. My fork is now set to 160 mm and psi has crept up to 85 psi. I also swapped in a Works -2° headset and am sitting just a little over 65° now. I tend to like bikes on the slack side and it really helps calm things down at speed with the 35 mm stem I choose to run. Overall, the front end is feeling great now. Today, I opened up the X2 and added a 3rd vol spacer (2 were in there from the factory) to pickup a little support and bottom-out resistance. It's closer now but still managed to bottom pretty good over-cooking a jump tonight. Gonna try a lil more HSC before I go to 4 spacers. I have sag at just over 30% at 15.5 mm, which feels pretty good climbing and traction is great. Oh, and threw on a 2.4 DHR out back since it has been so muddy, looks tiny with the massive clearance the Switchblade has.
Oh and after a bit more tweaking my bottle cage, any 21oz bottle I have on hand fits with ease now.
Another poser shot, desperately need an action shot or two.
![Image]()
Oh and after a bit more tweaking my bottle cage, any 21oz bottle I have on hand fits with ease now.
Another poser shot, desperately need an action shot or two.
Joined
·
1,589 Posts
Nice,75.8 PSI in 160mm Rc2, 30% and 204 PSI X2, 30% Sag set up with ShockWiz, just a few Psi can make a big difference overall on performance. I weigh approx 190lbs with gear.
Joined
·
3,538 Posts
Spent a bunch more time fiddling with the X2 this weekend and think I'm getting rather close to optimal settings for me. Thought I'd share a few observations.
I'm 5'8", about 175 lbs ready to ride.
My riding style is advanced-hack with moments of smooth between long stretches of bull-in-china-shop
I started out with aroun 180 psi in the shock and the knobs close to out of the box settings while I spent the first week getting the fork working. Somewhere around 2 orange spacers in a 160 Fox 36 (bumped my fork travel from 150 to 160) is pretty typical for me. Not surprisingly, I settled on 2 orange and a blue. But, perhaps due to running 160 mm front with 135 mm rear, I kept feeling like I needed more support up front. Normally, I run somewhere in the mid 70's psi in this fork but after several incremental tests, I settled on 85 psi, 5 clicks LSC, and the mid compression setting.
With that, back to the X2.
I started at 180 psi and was registering right around 30% sag but bottoming all the time. Next I bumped to 182, sag didn't change much, bottoming continued. Bumped to 185 psi, sag still about the same, still bottoming. Added 1 volume spacer (2 were already in there and max is 4) to the X2 and bottoming improved but still not quite controlling the end stroke. Added a couple clicks of HSC, nope. Bumped psi to 190 and showing ,a year 1/2 mm less sag but now the back end is skipping all over the place. Backed off 2 clicks of HSC and added 1 click LSR and booyah! Not sure it's as good as it can get but the rear is really tracking well now with no harsh bottom-outs. Prob gonna try a 4th vol spacer and see how that goes.
I realize I haven't posted specific clicker settings, I need to get those yet but still thought this might be helpful to some. Particularly, it interesting how close you can end up to 30% sag across a range of psi but the on-trail feel really changes.
BTW, I'm using a Works Connection digit pump with a Works Connection zero loss adapter to accurately set pressures.
I'm 5'8", about 175 lbs ready to ride.
My riding style is advanced-hack with moments of smooth between long stretches of bull-in-china-shop
I started out with aroun 180 psi in the shock and the knobs close to out of the box settings while I spent the first week getting the fork working. Somewhere around 2 orange spacers in a 160 Fox 36 (bumped my fork travel from 150 to 160) is pretty typical for me. Not surprisingly, I settled on 2 orange and a blue. But, perhaps due to running 160 mm front with 135 mm rear, I kept feeling like I needed more support up front. Normally, I run somewhere in the mid 70's psi in this fork but after several incremental tests, I settled on 85 psi, 5 clicks LSC, and the mid compression setting.
With that, back to the X2.
I started at 180 psi and was registering right around 30% sag but bottoming all the time. Next I bumped to 182, sag didn't change much, bottoming continued. Bumped to 185 psi, sag still about the same, still bottoming. Added 1 volume spacer (2 were already in there and max is 4) to the X2 and bottoming improved but still not quite controlling the end stroke. Added a couple clicks of HSC, nope. Bumped psi to 190 and showing ,a year 1/2 mm less sag but now the back end is skipping all over the place. Backed off 2 clicks of HSC and added 1 click LSR and booyah! Not sure it's as good as it can get but the rear is really tracking well now with no harsh bottom-outs. Prob gonna try a 4th vol spacer and see how that goes.
I realize I haven't posted specific clicker settings, I need to get those yet but still thought this might be helpful to some. Particularly, it interesting how close you can end up to 30% sag across a range of psi but the on-trail feel really changes.
BTW, I'm using a Works Connection digit pump with a Works Connection zero loss adapter to accurately set pressures.
2,161 - 2,180 of 3,171 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
