Forbidden might be *the* company most closely associated with high-pivot bikes, but Owen Pemberton didn’t set out with that goal in mind when he founded the company. We sat down with Owen to hear all about his journey through the bike industry, including a long tenure as an engineer at Norco; founding Forbidden; his philosophy on bike design and geometry; how he ended up settling on high-pivot suspension layouts; the new Druid V2 and Supernought; and Owen teases some future Forbidden models, too.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Owen’s path into the bike industry and tenure at Norco
Founding Forbidden
High-pivot bikes and the V1 Druid
Chainstay lengths & proportional geometry
Trifecta V2 & suspension kinematics
What’s next from Forbidden?
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