“High pivot witchcraft” is a phrase that has become synonymous with the bikes made by Forbidden—a tiny company based in the little island town of Cumberland, British Columbia. To learn how they arrived at their wild looking suspension design, we took a ferry out to their little haven. We found the secret to these incredible bikes in the mystic woods and trails that gave them rise, and which stems from the dedicated group of people behind the company.

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0:00 We're on a ferry headed to Cumberland
2:05 A tour of Forbidden HQ
4:33 We ride the new Druid V2
5:57 Tech climbing
6:50 Some refinements from the V1
8:20 It's still a 130mm travel bike
9:58 Why ride a shorter travel bike?
11:40 New leverage curve/antirise/anti/squat
13:02 Why high pivot?
14:06 Proportional geometry
15:43 Mullet configuration
16:38 Sizing
18:09 Linkage bearing serviceability/new link design
19:40 Steel idler comes stock
20:34 Who is this bike for?



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