FIRST RIDES

Forbidden’s new bike is the Dreadnought, named after a brutalist battleship it’s designed to blow the competition out of the water, using a high-pivot idler to reduce pedal kickback, a rearward axle path to take big hits and 154mm travel. Is it any good? It’s First Ride time to try and find out, alongside Focus’s Thron, a bikepacking-come-trailbike, and the Mondraker Crafty with real-world riding data