Forbidden Druid vs. Rocky Mountain Instinct - Let's Go Racing - Season 3, Episode 2 6

The first comparison of the season: Rocky Mountain Instinct vs. Forbidden Druid! Brian Cahal and Conner Wygaerts take turns doing laps on both short-travel bikes down the same trail to see how they compare in performance, feedback, and against the clock!

If you missed episode one, click HERE to watch!

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djjohnrodriguez
1 year ago

One thing on the Instinct - the linkage rate on it can be very progressive, especially on position 1 which is where you have it set (at least at the beginning of the video).  An option to mellow out the rear end but still keep a slack head angle is to run it in position 3 (not as highly progressive, also a bit more travel) and run an offset bushing to slack it back out.  Works a treat.  Also - coil shock. 

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Jeremy_Keyes
1 year ago

This for sure. I could never understand why people go straight for position 1.  Its great for a coil but way too progressive for an air shock. Pos3 is very close in the bikes overall geo but way less progressive so works way better with an air shock.  They probably would have liked the bike even better if they had it in pos3.

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astrizzle
1 year ago

Great breakdown, sorry you had to sacrifice your scapula to get us all the details on the druid there, I just got one for myself and I hope it isn't contagious 

You should totally do an additional bike test after putting the Cascade components druid link on there, I would be really curious to hear your thoughts on the bike with that on there!!

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JCL
1 year ago

Enjoyed that. Trying to be consistent in comparative tests is a nightmare.