When I first laid eyes on this bike, I figured there would be a captivating story behind it. Dirt jump and slopestyle guru, Marcel Hunt, built up a Forbidden Druid V2 that's totally capable of flipping and spinning through the woods, but didn't want to limit what new trails he could venture to. "Custom build" barely describes this bike as it has everything from dual 27.5" wheels, specially-tuned suspension and hand-milled machined bits.
Originally from the United Kingdom, Marcel was drawn to British Columbia years ago after first seeing freeride flicks like the New World Disorder films and Drop In TV series. Fast forward to present day where he's the star in an upcoming video project that will showcase his slopestyle talents on the woodwork and rock slabs around Squamish. Along with some friends, Marcel is creating a jibby trail and built this Forbidden Druid to tackle it. Being the humble guy he is, Marcel's stoked to share his trail with everyone once the film project is wrapped.
| Running the front brake further inboard gives me more room to catch bar-spins and get my hand back on to land superman seat grabs.—Marcel Hunt |
Bike Details:
Frame: Forbidden Druid V2, size S2 (MD), 130mm travel
Fork: RockShox Zeb 27.5" 160mm travel
Shock: Rock Shox Super Deluxe Ultimate
Wheels: Industry Nine Grade 300 rims 27.5", Hydra Hubs, straight pull alloy spokes
Tires: Maxxis Minion DHF 2.5" EXO casing, Maxx Grip front & rear
Inserts: N/A
Brakes: SRAM Maven Ultimate, 200mm front/180mm rear rotor
Bars: Chromag OSX LTD 25mm rise
Stem: Chromag Riza 31.8mm diameter, 32mm long
Grips: Chromag Wax
Shifting: SRAM GX Transmission w/ AXS Pod Ultimate
Cranks: North Shore Billet Talon 155mm, 30-tooth, 0mm offset chainring
Pedals: Chromag Pressure
Saddle: Chromag Overture
Post: OneUp Components V3 Dropper & Lever
Extras: Custom machined components, laser engraving and anodized spokes.
Weight: 15.67kg / 34.55 lb
Oh and, since this is PB comments: the people want 27.5"!! Give us the 27.5"!!
I say we form an alliance. I'll send every decent XL I come across to you, and you send the lil guys to me.
As for the rest of you, sorry. You'll be stuck with your dump trucks an earth movers. @tiffe and I will have all the fun bikes on lock.
I ran a V1 druid full 27.5" with a 10mm wolftooth headset spacer, 160mm travel on a 27.5 fox 36 and it felt great.
Recently swapped to a 29er zeb at 160mm with everything else the same and i could barley even tell a difference
Yall act like the front end being 2cms lower will actually make a difference.
Matt Beer, what?
“When I asked Marcel why his front brake wasn’t matched to the same position as the rear on the handlebar…”
I love my SC Nomad 5
DH Bike
Jib bike
Slope bike
XC bike
Down-country bike
Dirt Jumper
Pub bike
Enduro bike
Trail bike
Sod it....it's too late to go now.
are you sure the "tie-dye" alloy spokes are "custom painted" ? Surely they're anodised no?
Sorry I'm a geek!
Love the bike!
Seems like a QR and rigid post would save some weight/cables
If you're going to do this, at least sell it as an option on the website.
Short people stopped existing?
I guess i'll keep my 27.5 bike for a very long time.