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Introducing the Firebird 29
Jun 20, 2018
Pivot has a brand new long-travel 29er called the Firebird 29, so we travelled to Moab in Utah to get a ride on this 170/162mm travel beast!
https://singletrackworld.com/2018/06/first-ride-review-pivot-firebird-29-pro-x01
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get everyone it's will hear from single
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track magazine and single track WorldCom
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and I'm currently a Moab in Utah testing
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a couple of brand new bikes from pivot
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cycles day one of the launch we were
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checking out the trail four to nine
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today however we've been testing a much
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bigger bike this right here is the brand
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new fiber 29 now pivot already has the
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fiber 27.5 in its lineup this joins the
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range as a 29 inch version it's a pretty
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big bike aside from the 29 inch wheels
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we've got a hundred and seventeen
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millimeter travel fork on the front 162
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millimeter travel on the back by the DW
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link suspension design and just look at
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that carbon frame it is absolutely
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enormous despite its big size though
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it's still quite light weight so you're
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talking only about 3.2 kilos for the
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carbon frame with the Fox float X to
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shock on the back so rather impressive
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what's also impressive about this bike
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is it pedals really really well it is a
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pivot so that's not exactly a surprise
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but given how big of a bike this is and
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how much travel there is it actually
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climbs incredibly well today we've been
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riding a trail called porcupine rim
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mostly a descending trail but plenty of
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pedaling in there from start to finish
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and lots of technical climbing as well
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and this bike has handled it really damn
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well now there are a few clever features
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on this frame for a start it is dual
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wheel size compatible so you can run it
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as we have here with 29 inch wheels
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pivot will be specking it with 2.5 inch
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wide trail tires but you can fit up to a
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two point six inch 29 a tire in here now
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if you do want to run it as a plus bite
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you can there's room for a twenty seven
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point five by 2.8 inch tire on the back
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so loads are clearance to run dedicated
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plus rubber and that makes it a pretty
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versatile bike with a load of travel for
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running proper big burly tyres some of
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the basic numbers on this bike we've got
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a 65 degree head angle on the front a 74
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point five degree seat angle to the
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medium that I've been riding we've got a
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455 millimeter reach so combined with
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that 65 degree head angle that really
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kicks out the front of the bike another
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interesting feature of the
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twenty-nine pivot have elected to run
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ashore to fork off sin so we have a
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forty four millimeter fork offset on
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here rather than the standard 51 now
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they've done that to give the bike a
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little bit more of an aggressive turn in
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as far as cornering is concerned this
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bike being a sort of super enduro Park
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do adore free ride bike is likely going
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to be piloted by more advanced riders so
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pivot of given it handling accordingly
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so that forty four mil offset it
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increases the trail figure and according
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to pivot gives it a slightly more
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aggressive kind of turning when you're
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when you're cornering at high speed as
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far as the riding we've been doing today
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certainly I have got nowhere near the
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limits of this bike I'm sure you'd have
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to ride it very fast on very technical
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terrain to find those limits for a rider
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like me though you've got a lot of
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travel and a lot of stability in reserve
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when you're coming down the trail and
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you encounter those surprised drops or
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that you think we're originally gonna be
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a rollover and you have to lift the
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front wheel and and just drop into
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oblivion this bike has saved my bacon on
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many occasions today so I'm very glad
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that I've had this extra travel and
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extra beef with me on the on the ride
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today on porcupine rim so first ride
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impressions very impressed with how
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capable this bike is thoroughly
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surprised with how well it pedals - so
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as I guess as far as a true do-it-all
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bike goes this is a this is right up
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there the new fiber 29 from pivot now if
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you'd like to read more about my first
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impressions of this bike make sure you
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jump on singletrack worldcom to check
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out all the details on the new fibre 29
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from pivot cycles thanks guys
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to route
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