Category: Sea Otter 2016

The highly coveted Onyx rear hubs are known for their silence, instant engagement, and drag free operation. They’ve been making hubs for the bicycling market for four years and had mainly focused on the BMX sector, though they now cover road, mountain, and cyclocross. The Onyx rear hubs utilize a Sprag Clutch, which offers drag free…

Topeak has a slew of new tools for this season including their new Ninja series that is compact and stealthy, and the Nano TorqBar torque limiter. They join the JoeBlow Dualie dual gauge floor pump which is perfect for fat and standard tires and the innovative JoeBlow Booster tubeless tire inflator. Ninja C The Ninja C…

Primal Wear They were featuring their new lines, including their push into lifestyle apparel which has a new campaign, called Happy Trails. They have tweaked their branding and icons and have a slew of fresh products with fun colors, patterns, and designs. I was highly intrigued with their Active/Causal lineup of apparel.  The Sky Hoodie…

SQlab has Innerbarends and two trick new saddles including a brand new 612 Ergowave and the 611 Active MTB Carbon, which is lighter than their its brethren due to its construction with carbon rails.  The key features for SQlab’s saddles are there multiple sizing that is specific for the riders sit bone width, the stepped…

  Bontrager’s LINE product suite has some dandy new stuff for this season including the trick Drop Line Dropper Post, 35mm bars (carbon and alloy) and alloy stems, Line Pro flat pedals, XR4/SE4 and Barbegazi fat and Chupacabra Plus tires and finally LineXXX and KoveeXXX carbon wheels. Drop Line Dropper Post Their new Drop Line…

The brand new TRS tires were built from the ground up, starting with a clean design slate to come up with a tough and aggressive tire for riders that want to push the envelope. The TRS tires come in 27.5″ and 29″ sizes, and in two compounds and measure out to an actual 2.35″ width.…

For this coming season, Ortlieb is releasing a new bikepacking lineup which includes a Seat-Pack, Handlebar-Pack, Frame-Pack (not seen) and Accessory-Pack. It uses the same wet gear design that all of their product lineups use, they’re 100% waterproof,  durable and made in Germany. The four bags cover all the important storage locations on the bike.…

Manitou is releasing the brand new Machete and the upgraded Mattoc Pro 2 forks this year while SUNringlé added the Duroc 40 and Duroc 50 Plus sized ready wheels and rims and upgraded the Charger and Black Flag AL wheels. Manitou The Machete is a purpose built fork for Boost spacing and Plus sized tires…

It warmed up significantly for Day 3 of the Sea Otter Classic and the cloudless, and bright sunshine made the temperatures feel darn hot in comparison to the previous days inclement weather pattern. The SRAM Eagle 12-speed drivetrain was on display as was Shimano’s XT 11-46T cassette, the Trek Farley EX 9.8 and 8 full…

Day 2 at Sea Otter rolled around with some cooler weather, with glimpses of sun followed by bouts wind and clouds. Maxxis was displaying their new Plus sized Minion DHF, Minon DHR II, High Roller II and Rekon + tires, Light & Motion had new Seca 1800 and 2200 plus a tiny Imjin 800, Magura…

Lot’s of cool new stuff on Day 1 of the Sea Otter festival. Including Onyx alloy hub bodies, SQlab 612 and 611 saddles and inner bar ends, Ergon comfort SMC4, and SMA3 saddles, Manitou Machete and Mattoc Pro 2 forks, Sun Ringle Duroc 40 and Duroc 50 wheels, Club Ride winter apparel lineup and Ortlieb…