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TheAzza

TheAzza

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After a two year hiatus from the Amish life, on an ebike, I recently put the eeb up for sale or swap. Luckily for me some misguided legend wanted to swap his immaculate Druid for my E160.

I never did a PYR on the E160, or the Norco Sight A1, I had since the Insurgent, because neither came anywhere near the porn of that rig, but this thing is definitely worth a look see.

I rode one of these briefly, when I had the Evil, and to be honest I did not like the feel of the rearward axle path off the lips of jumps. It was almost enough to make me doubt the swap, but I thought it was something I could learn to live with. It was definitely a learning curve and required some tweaking of settings and technique to be able to jump it well. I am now pretty happy with the way it rides and it certainly punches well above its 130mm trail bike weight. Am currently running in mullet configuration with the Ziggy link.
It is fast and smooth and lunches rough terrain.
I have been riding the 150mm 36 well at its limits and am hoping to find a 160mm air shaft soon, but availability (2021+) is scarce to non existent.

Forbidden Druid v1

Frame - Large
Rear shock - DPX2
Front shock/fork - Fox Factory 36 150mm
Handlebars - Raceface Aeffect 35mm
Stem - OneUp 42mm
Headset - Cane Creek Forty
Grips - Ergon GE1
Saddle - SDG
Seatpost - Raceface Aeffect
Front brake - Code RSC
Rear brake - Code RSC
Cranks - SRAM GX
Chainguide - MRP SXG
Pedals - Nukeproof Horizon
Rear derailleur - SRAM GX
Rear shifter - SRAM GX
Cassette - Shimano SLX 10-52
Front hub - DT Swiss 350
Rear hub - DT Swiss 350
Front rim - DT Swiss EX511 29
Rear rim - DT Swiss FR560 27.5
Tyres - Vittoria Mazza Enduro 2.6
Total weight - many KG.
(Will try to bold and tidy the above up when I have more time, or never)






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Mattyp

Mattyp

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TheAzza said:
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It is fast and smooth and lunches rough terrain.
I have been riding the 150mm 36 well at its limits and am hoping to find a 160mm air shaft soon, but availability (2021+) is scarce to non existent.
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I have a brand new one I removed from a fork I bought...shoot me a PM.
 
gippyz

gippyz

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TheAzza said:
After a two year hiatus from the Amish life, on an ebike, I recently put the eeb up for sale or swap. Luckily for me some misguided legend wanted to swap his immaculate Druid for my E160.

I rode one of these briefly, when I had the Evil, and to be honest I did not like the feel of the rearward axle path off the lips of jumps. It was almost enough to make me doubt the swap, but I thought it was something I could learn to live with.

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His/her lost your gain @TheAzza ! I test rode the Druid v2 and Dreadnought when I was in Switzerland 3 odd months ago, and loved it. Forbidden did something special with their linkage system there. I've never ridden anything like their bike before, and I have had a few.

The delay of the rearward axle off jumps lips or drop takeoffs is certainly weird. I can say it is borderline dangerous if you completely messed up the timing.

Told myself, my next bike will be a Forbidden. Once they go on big discount or when the mortgage is paid off (almost there!).
 
TheAzza

TheAzza

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mas2 said:
Why drop from the ebike? I am considering doing the same
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To be honest it was sucking the life out of riding for me.
When I first got it, during the pandemic, lockdowns etc.. I thought it was the greatest thing ever, but after a couple of years I was just losing interest. I just don’t think I got the same buzz out of getting out for a shred. The new bike has reignited the passion and I don’t miss it one bit. Even riding up hills was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be.


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TheAzza

TheAzza

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gippyz said:
His/her lost your gain @TheAzza ! I test rode the Druid v2 and Dreadnought when I was in Switzerland 3 odd months ago, and loved it. Forbidden did something special with their linkage system there. I've never ridden anything like their bike before, and I have had a few.

The delay of the rearward axle off jumps lips or drop takeoffs is certainly weird. I can say it is borderline dangerous if you completely messed up the timing.

Told myself, my next bike will be a Forbidden. Once they go on big discount or when the mortgage is paid off (almost there!).
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There is definitely something special going on and it is insane what it can tackle at 130mm.


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smitho

smitho

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TheAzza said:
After a two year hiatus from the Amish life, on an ebike, I recently put the eeb up for sale or swap. Luckily for me some misguided legend wanted to swap his immaculate Druid for my E160.

I never did a PYR on the E160, or the Norco Sight A1, I had since the Insurgent, because neither came anywhere near the porn of that rig, but this thing is definitely worth a look see.

I rode one of these briefly, when I had the Evil, and to be honest I did not like the feel of the rearward axle path off the lips of jumps. It was almost enough to make me doubt the swap, but I thought it was something I could learn to live with. It was definitely a learning curve and required some tweaking of settings and technique to be able to jump it well. I am now pretty happy with the way it rides and it certainly punches well above its 130mm trail bike weight. Am currently running in mullet configuration with the Ziggy link.
It is fast and smooth and lunches rough terrain.
I have been riding the 150mm 36 well at its limits and am hoping to find a 160mm air shaft soon, but availability (2021+) is scarce to non existent.

Forbidden Druid v1

Frame - Large
Rear shock - DPX2
Front shock/fork - Fox Factory 36 150mm
Handlebars - Raceface Aeffect 35mm
Stem - OneUp 42mm
Headset - Cane Creek Forty
Grips - Ergon GE1
Saddle - SDG
Seatpost - Raceface Aeffect
Front brake - Code RSC
Rear brake - Code RSC
Cranks - SRAM GX
Chainguide - MRP SXG
Pedals - Nukeproof Horizon
Rear derailleur - SRAM GX
Rear shifter - SRAM GX
Cassette - Shimano SLX 10-52
Front hub - DT Swiss 350
Rear hub - DT Swiss 350
Front rim - DT Swiss EX511 29
Rear rim - DT Swiss FR560 27.5
Tyres - Vittoria Mazza Enduro 2.6
Total weight - many KG.
(Will try to bold and tidy the above up when I have more time, or never)






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I did the same, came off an Insurgent onto the Druid (albeit without a lapse in the middle). I have no doubt you’ll love it. It’s such an insanely versatile bike. Every talks about how it descends with 130mm, but it’s also an insanely capable technical climber. I often ride with a mate on an S-Works Epic with 1000s more road Kms in his legs. He leaves me for dead on the uphills, but the moment it gets rough or technical the roles are reversed. It’s such a sweet middle ground for Australian trails.

Cascade link is worth a look too!


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