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FORBIDDEN DRUID

Not everyone wants to join a tribe, or to own five different versions of the same bike in 10mm travel increments. Maybe we don’t all want to ride the same bike as half the lift line. How do we as mountain bikers escape the monotony that has plagued our sport? A small uprising out of Cumberland, BC called Forbidden Bike Company thinks they have the answer. Let’s have a little bit of witchcraft instead.

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