Meet the Trail 429
Crazy Fast Meets Ridiculously Capable
Trail 429
120mm
Rear Travel
29" or 27.5"+
Wheel Size
Carbon
Material
There’s a dizzying range of bikes out there these days—XC, trail, all-mountain, enduro....What if you just want a bike that rips on nearly every trail? This is that bike. The Trail 429 is brilliant just about everywhere. It accelerates and climbs like a cross-country bike yet more than holds its own on tough terrain.
The Heartbeat of Our Technology
Hours of engineering cannot replace collective personal passion. We have both.
We Are Family
Pivot Cycles staff and athletes around the globe are bound together by a shared love of MTB technology an unapologetic passion for high performance.
Game Changers
Founded by engineers, highly innovative Pivot Cycles influences a whole new generation of mountain bike design and carbon frame manufacturing.
World class athletes
From high school league racing to the Olympics, Pivot Cycles believes deeply in supporting athletes at every level of the sport.
The Bernard Kerr Story – The Caravan Years (Part 1)
It’s a story of opposites attracting and success – a brand driven by technological perfection partnering with a wild 19-year-old kid from the Surrey Hills of Southern England who loves racing and traveling with friends. But here we are, ten years later with a five-person Pivot Factory Racing World Cup downhill and EWS Enduro team owned and managed by that now 29-year-old racer.
Morgane Charre X Gampel
Deep in the Swiss Alps, Morgane Charre transcends time – and the trail – on the Firebird. From her home in France, the newest member of Pivot Factory Racing takes us to a rugged and hidden corner of our mountain biking Universe.
Recent Pivot News
WE’RE MOVING
Boxes are packed, moving vans are on the way, and the Pivot family is excited to take up residence in our new 74,000 sq. ft. headquarters here in Tempe, Arizona. FOR OUR CUSTOMERS Pivot Cycles is closed on Friday, May 29. Normal business operations, including Customer Service phone support will resume at 11:00 am PST […]
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In the Kitchen with Defending Leadville 100 Champion
I’m Rose Grant, Stan’s-Pivot Pro Team pb Maxxis athlete and defending Leadville 100 Champion. My husband, daughter, and I live in NW Montana, not too far from where I grew up amongst my four brothers. My parents had a “live off the land” mentality – we shared meals consisting of garden vegetables and wild game around the dinner table on a daily basis. I now continue […]
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How To Bikepack with 3 Different Mountain Bike Frames
Shortly after I started mountain biking I quickly realized that if I could carry my camping gear on my bike, I could get farther into the backcountry in less time than on foot or on a single-day ride. Without researching how other people go on multi-day mountain bike rides, I packed my 50L backpack and […]
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