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thegromit
- Member since May 8, 2010
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Durango , Colorado - 14 Followers
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thegromit BCBR's article
Jul 24, 2026 at 9:15
Jul 24, 2026
The MegaVolt eMTB Festival Moves to Squamish This October
Kind of sad to comment TBH
thegromit edspratt's article
May 28, 2026 at 13:32
May 28, 2026
Throwback Thursday: 16 Race Bikes from the 2016 EWS Opener in Chile
What a fun race, the fresh cut tracks were so different than anything I had ridden before. Good trip down memory lane. The next race in Bariloche was really good but I remember hearing all the frenchies went there first and rode a bunch of the tracks. I was never going to win but I was kind of thought it was lame that they were doing this. I think was the first 29er to podium in ews it was the first gen evil wreckoning.
thegromit mikekazimer's article
Apr 16, 2026 at 10:32
Apr 16, 2026
First Ride: The 170mm Specialized Levo 4 EVO
CC-link has entered the chat for all non evo owners
Selling
Jan 21, 2026 at 8:00
Jan 21, 2026Forbidden Dreadnought v2 size medium + extras
$2000 USDFor Sale Dreadnought V2 frame
Size - Medium
Extras -
29 +0mm dropouts
27.5 +0mm dropouts
27.5 +10mm dropouts included
All cable ports are included to set it up with cable or wireless shifting
Cane creek headset
Bought as a frame and did a frame up build. Stock vivid ultimate has 5-6 rides on it. Comes with a spare chainguide for parts. All bearings are good to go with the idler recently replaced. Normal wear and tear. Heal scuffs on rear triangle is on the 3m tape. I used 3m tape in various places to try keeping it fresh. Top tube, down tube, chainstay, seatstay, inside of rear triangle and back side of seatpost. I also put on a longer and thicker shuttle guard. Some minor paint chips but nothing is wrong with the frame. This is ready to ride. The bike is one of the best bikes I have ever had but just want to try something different. Willing to let it go please make an offer.
I have a angle set in it right now +1 with the +10mm 27.5 dropouts and the bike is amazing. I will only buy a bike now that I can have a longer chainstay on.
Ohlins Fork and Shock not included in sale. Frame only with Vivid ultimate shock and frame parts.
Buyer pays shipping.
Feel free to reach out with any questions or want any detailed pictures.
thegromit mikekazimer's article
Jan 16, 2026 at 8:56
Jan 16, 2026
Choosing Our Favorite (And Least Favorite) Trail Bikes & E-Bikes - Field Test Roundtable
They're riding XL on the ebikes so you need to understand the scaling of these bikes. Yes, specialized missed the mark by not having proportional chainstays. If you ride a medium and have a LEVO 4 you have a longer chainstay than the forbidden with a similar other angles, HTA,BBH but shorter stack unfortunately. I think this is part of the problem with some reviews not all bikes scale. It would be interesting if they had a side by side review with 2 sets of bikes for 2 different rider heights to see if there was a different result. I know that most companies wouldn't send 2x bikes but it would be an interesting concept. Would an XL rider and Small rider end up on the same bike?
thegromit Dario-DiGiulio's article
Dec 8, 2025 at 12:08
Dec 8, 2025
Which Full-Power 2026 eMTB Is Best? Here Are the 6 Contenders
@Dario-DiGiulio: +11 Chainstay -12 bb -.8 HTA Kind of a must on the bike TBH. Bumping the fork up 10mm helps the bb height a bit
thegromit Dario-DiGiulio's article
Dec 8, 2025 at 11:26
Dec 8, 2025
Which Full-Power 2026 eMTB Is Best? Here Are the 6 Contenders
The chainstay on the Levo goes to 446mm with the flip chip.



