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High-pivot hype? Deviate Highlander Vs Forbidden Druid review | Mountain Bike RIder
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It seems like you can’t open social media or a magazine these days without seeing a new bike with an idler suspension design. Only recently we've seen launches for the new Cannondale Jekyll and Norco Range, both four-bar suspension designs with, you guessed it... idlers.
And it’s not just Cannondale and Norco who are pumping up the high-pivot hype, spy shots are already circulating of prototype bikes from Devinci, GT and others, all rocking idlers. So once again, what’s old is new, as high-pivot idler designs have been drifting in and out of downhill racing for over two decades with various degrees of success.
Why the sudden proliferation in the enduro bike category? To answer that question we need to wind the clock back 10 years to when SRAM launched XX1, the first mass produced 1x11 drivetrain. Because without it, and the subsequent 1x12 drivetrains, no usable idler equipped enduro bikes would exist today.
So what better head to head test, than the Deviate Highlander 140 and Forbidden Druid XT? As the name suggests the Deviate Highlander has 140mm travel while the Forbidden Druid pumps out 130mm. Both bikes have full carbon frames and both are built around 150mm forks, although you also have the option to run 160mm forks to further slacken the geometry.
Being shorter-travel trail bikes both are rolling on 29in wheels. The Deviate Highlander has clearance for a 2.8in rear tyre but doesn’t recommend mulleting the bike. Contrast that with Forbidden’s attitude; the aftermarket Ziggy Link, that partially corrects the geometry for the smaller 27.5in rear wheel, actively encouraging it. We say partially corrects, as the mullet set-up will still have a slightly lower BB height and slacker angles.
At 15.05kg and 14.85kg respectively, the Deviate and Forbidden can not be classed as Down County, as it would only take a thicker casing front tyre and bigger rotors to push them squarely into the enduro bike weight class. For reference, the 170mm travel Nukeproof Giga that we tested in the May issue tipped the scales at 15.56kg.
So it’s clear that both the Deviate Highlander 140 and the Forbidden Druid XT are built for the hardcore end of trail riding. But will either one live up to the high-pivot hype? Time to find out.
To read the full reviews, check out these links:
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And it’s not just Cannondale and Norco who are pumping up the high-pivot hype, spy shots are already circulating of prototype bikes from Devinci, GT and others, all rocking idlers. So once again, what’s old is new, as high-pivot idler designs have been drifting in and out of downhill racing for over two decades with various degrees of success.
Why the sudden proliferation in the enduro bike category? To answer that question we need to wind the clock back 10 years to when SRAM launched XX1, the first mass produced 1x11 drivetrain. Because without it, and the subsequent 1x12 drivetrains, no usable idler equipped enduro bikes would exist today.
So what better head to head test, than the Deviate Highlander 140 and Forbidden Druid XT? As the name suggests the Deviate Highlander has 140mm travel while the Forbidden Druid pumps out 130mm. Both bikes have full carbon frames and both are built around 150mm forks, although you also have the option to run 160mm forks to further slacken the geometry.
Being shorter-travel trail bikes both are rolling on 29in wheels. The Deviate Highlander has clearance for a 2.8in rear tyre but doesn’t recommend mulleting the bike. Contrast that with Forbidden’s attitude; the aftermarket Ziggy Link, that partially corrects the geometry for the smaller 27.5in rear wheel, actively encouraging it. We say partially corrects, as the mullet set-up will still have a slightly lower BB height and slacker angles.
At 15.05kg and 14.85kg respectively, the Deviate and Forbidden can not be classed as Down County, as it would only take a thicker casing front tyre and bigger rotors to push them squarely into the enduro bike weight class. For reference, the 170mm travel Nukeproof Giga that we tested in the May issue tipped the scales at 15.56kg.
So it’s clear that both the Deviate Highlander 140 and the Forbidden Druid XT are built for the hardcore end of trail riding. But will either one live up to the high-pivot hype? Time to find out.
To read the full reviews, check out these links:
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