Following the Otso Hoot Ti’s 2024 release, the Minnesota-based brand has made its fun 140mm hardtail more affordable with a steel version. Check out all the details on the new Otso Hoot below…

Just like its titanium counterpart, the Otso Hoot Steel is a 140mm travel hardtail that the brand says “brings the party to every line on the trail.” The steel frame is made of 4130 chromoly with custom tubing based on frame size. The Hoot Steel has largely the same numbers as the titanium version, though there have been some adjustments to its stack, reach, wheelbase, and other angles in the large and XL sizes. The bike uses a BSA 73mm bottom bracket, ZS44/EC44 headset, 31.6mm seatpost, 180mm native IS mount brake standard, 12 x 148mm boost rear hub spacing, and fully external cable routing.

Otso Hoot Steel
  • Otso Hoot Steel
  • Otso Hoot Steel
  • Otso Hoot Steel

The Hoot was designed with a 140mm travel suspension fork in mind, but it can also run a 150mm fork without significantly altering the geometry. Tire clearance maxes out at 29” x 2.6”, and the bike features a UDH-compatible dropout rather than the Tuning Chip found on other bikes in the Otso family.

  • Otso Hoot Steel
  • Otso Hoot Steel

Through its low standover height, the Hoot steel is designed to accommodate the longest dropper post possible. But a challenge that arises with a lower standover height is adding a bottle mount to the seat tube. So, Otso created the “evolved mount” on the Hoot Steel. It allows for maximum dropper post travel while having an option on the seat tube for a second bottle cage or gear mount.

Otso Hoot Steel
  • Otso Hoot Steel
  • Otso Hoot Steel

Otso Hoot Steel Geometry

Size S M L XL
Seat Tube 380 420 440 480
Top Tube 595 620 640 655
Head Tube Length 100 110 130 150
Chain Stay 425 425 425 425
Wheelbase 1174 1201 1225 1254
Bottom Bracket Drop 60 60 60 60
Head Tube Angle (140mm fork) 65 65 65 65
Seat Tube Angle 76 76 76 76
Stack 617 626 644 662
Reach 441 464 479 500

The frame weight of the Hoot steel is 3,201 grams (7 pounds), and only one color is available at launch: Sparkly Bronze. It’s a glittery, deep-orange/brown paint with metallic-silver decals and a black drop shadow. The Hoot Steel is available as a frame-only starting at $1,200 or as a complete bike starting at $3,300. Build kits through Otso’s Configurator system feature Shimano SLX 1×12 mechanical, Shimano XT 1×12 mechanical, SRAM GX Eagle Transmission 1×12, and SRAM X0 Eagle Transmission 1×12 drivetrains.

For more on the Otso Hoot Steel, visit OtsoCycles.com.

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