Unveiled at the 2022 Philly Bike Expo to much fanfare, the Alumalith is a realization of Ronnie Romance's dream to incorporate his favorite aspects of vintage mountain bikes into a deciededly modern offering. Featuring a non-suspension corrected Switchblade-style fork, rim brakes, sharp angulation, and 6061 aluminum fabricated by renowned craftsman Frank Wadelton–but with internal dropper routing, clearance for 27.5 x 2.6" tires, and a contemporary approach to geometry–the Alumalith is…

Everything Trevor does seems to be dripping in story and lore as he comes from the homeland of mountain biking, Marin. He is the kind of person you just find stumbling out of the woods, shoeless, with the biggest grin on his face. In fact, recently he finally gained the attention of the owner of Black Mountain Cycles, after years of visiting the shop, because Ted King ran into Trevor out on the trails and regaled the shop owner about his encounter with the barefoot forest nymph. This bike…

This bike is rad. I originally had this bike set up with a fork and dropper, but sold off the fork cause it was too much travel and went rigid instead for XC racing. I set this bike up with a Surly ECR Fork originally for bike packing/XC racing but ended up selling the frame to finance a Curtlo custom MTB frame. This bike was super responsive with the rigid fork, a real ripper! But it ultimately was just too small for me.

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