During our first day at Sea Otter Classic, the three of us had a chance to ride Spot Brand Bikes’ belt driven 29er single speed bikes.

We rode the bikes through the demo trail, about a 4-5 mile course that included some fast descents and steep climb as well as some super sweet single track.

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While we were at Sea Otter, I got a chance to talk with Jim Wannamaker of Kenda Tires and he provided me a set of the Kenda Small Block Eight tires to review.

Here’s some info about the Small Block Eight
# Excellent hard pack XC race tire
# 8 Nevegal shaped but smaller knobs across the tire [...]

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Yeah I know its a well worn cliche. But I wanted to let everyone know that the Sette Reken frame is back at Pricepoint.com!
Pricepoint.com sold out the last batch and now its back. They even have size as small as 14″ and all the way up to 20″. The price still remains a super [...]

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Syncros makes beautiful stuff. On my mind in particular is what Marshall, the Brand Manager, pointed out to us: an AM wheelset strong enough for Free Riding. Marshall specifically mentioned that some players in the 29er market are picking up these wheels for longer travel design 29ers that they haven’t finished designing yet! [...]

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In the words of Grand Master Flash…
(Ooh White Lines) Vision dreams of passion
(Blowin’ through my mind) and all the while I think of you
(High price) a very strange reaction
(For us to unwind) the more I see, the more I do
(Something like a phenomenon) Baby!
(Tellin your body to come along, but white lines blow away)
(Blow! Rock [...]

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The Evomo crew are basically the bad boys of mountain biking. Rock Racing may hold the bad boy image for road racing, but for mountain biking, no one captures it like Evomo. So what makes Evomo so B/A? Well it starts off with some pretty sweet product and a couple swigs of JD. You may [...]

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More Sea Otter stuff: Our buddy Q from KHS showed us a little something new that is starting to make the rounds on the net. It’s the new Hayes Stroker Ace, a 4-pot version of the very nice Stroker brake.

Incognito

No markings… production model will have a star and “Stroker Ace”
Some info:
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We got the Ay Up lights MTB Kit to test this last week right before leaving for Sea Otter and I’m going out on my first night ride with them tonight. But before that, I though I’d post up a couple of pictures for you and discuss what we’ve got here.
The Ay [...]

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RL finished editing the video of Chris Cocalis discussing the new Pivot 429 FS 29er. Here it is for you. Thanks RL.

For pictures of the 429, click here.
My ride impressions will be up soon as well. Keep checking back for that brief review.
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Here’s a few random products that are on sale until April 30th at Pricepoint.com.
Avid BB7 Disc Brakes

Oakley Icon 2.0 Backpack normally $135, on sale for $49.99

Sram X.9 Rear Derailleur 2007 normally $85, selling around $59.98

Hayes El Camino Disc Brake - Hydraulic starting at $129.99

To see what else is on sale check out Pricepoint.com
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