Singletrack/MTB
Gravel/All-road
Dirt-road Touring
Fat-bike
Our man on the street, Chris Reichel, wandered amongst the 500+ exhibitor booths at this year’s Sea Otter Classic. Here’s what he turned up…
The Sea Otter Classic is an annual mountain bike festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. This year’s event was bigger than ever with over 500 companies showing off their wares. Here’s what caught my eye wandering around the madness:
Wolf Tooth’s released a line of headsets! Learn more over at WolfToothComponents.com
The prototype Niner Magic Carpet Ride gravel bike complete with custom 50mm travel Rock Shox RS-1.
Pit Viper were showing off their new Exciter line of glasses. Complete with side shields for all your big mountain needs.
We loved the original Big Honzo, so we’re stoked that Kona’s got a carbon version with all the same great angles.
We are wondering when we will see the legendary Amanda Batty in the bikepacking world.
Left: Chris and Emily from Squid Bikes were showing off their frame painting skills and their line of bike specific paints, Spray Bike. They painted a custom frame for Sierra Nevada Brewery in the the beer garden. . Right: The future of mountain biking is looking bright! Junior side hack in full effect.
Cane Creek brought their new eeWings Titanium Crankset. Read the full release.
Terrene Chunk 2.6” tires. Read the full press release here.
The milKit Booster turns a stainless steel water bottle into a compressed air canister for all your on-trail (or pre-bikepacking) tubeless needs. stay tuned for more on this…
Ibis’ Hakka MX decked out with Ortlieb Bags.
Why Cycles’ Big Iron Fat bike. Read full release here.
Revelate’s Eric Parsons with the new Terrapin 8L (photo bomb by Dusty Eroh). Also, make sure to check out the Vole released last Friday.
Hunt Bike Wheels released their new TrailWide series featuring wide hookless rims and six multi-tooth pawls for super low engagement of 4.3°… all for under $500. They also had their Dynamo wheelset on display.
speaking of low engagement hubs, Onyx was showing off its prototype hub that will weigh in “significantly lighter” that its current model. Scheduled to be available in the fall.
The Klymit Double V sleeping pad, with room for two!
One Up’s new dropper is fully adjustable with shims. Shorter riders rejoice! Stay tuned for more on this.
The new Surly Bridge Club on display.
Left: Niner’s bolt-on frame packs by Defiant Bags. Read the full press release here. Right: The Why Cycles Wayward comes with its own Evoc Pro travel case. As seen in the the Evoc booth.
Fatback had a fully loaded rig on display making us long for some big snow rides up north. .
Ergon’s new SM/SR Women’s saddles look comfy….
Marin’s Four Corners on display with Blackburn bags. They also released the Four Corners Elite.
Little mountain bike grom dreams…
See ya next year, Sea Otter Classic.
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