Archive for the 'Sea Otter 2008' Category

$10 Water Bottles at Sea Otter Classic 2008


One of the booths at Sea Otter was Rock Racing. They had an impressive set up complete with dual flat screens showing off the Rock Racing team. They also had hats, jackets, shirts that ranged from $20-$50. But what caught my attention was the expensive water bottles!

So we asked what was so special about these [...]

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Ryan Leech performs at the 2008 Sea Otter Classic


We were at one of the shows Ryan put on. A fantastic show that lasted about 20 minutes, but somehow I was able to compress everything down to about a 5 minute video.
Enjoy!

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Sea Otter Classic 2008 Test Grounds


RL, Jeremy and I had the opportunity to test a few bikes on a ‘demo loop’ at Sea Otter, here are the pictures:

We test rode the Spot Brand 29er SS, the Titus Racer X 29er, Pivot Mach 4 and a Pivot 429, stay tuned for those ride reports!
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Burning the midnight oil


Last night after a full day of “working”, the boyz and I decided to get some grub. So we drove around Monterey until we found “The Grand Buffet!” As you may know, I LOVE buffets!
Here’s Jeremy enjoying his “pizza” at the Chinese Buffet….who gets pizza at a a Chinese buffet???

Moe enjoying some shrimp.

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Pronghorn Bicycle: Video and the ride.


I was really intrigued by this bike so I asked Steve to let me borrow the bike for the quick, but awesome product demo route. He mentioned that no one has tested the bike in the US, and I will be the first one to do so. So here is the exclusive quick ride report:
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KMC Chains


Ever since I built up my single speed, I’ve fallen in love with KMC Chains. Great chains, I’ve yet to snap one and just recently, I’ve even personalized my bike with a white chain to accent the white decals on the frame.

KMC carries a whole line colored chains to accent any style bike. Unfortunately, they [...]

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Twenty6 Products at Sea Otter Classic


We visited with Twenty6 Products to check out some of their goods to make your bike look super rad.

Here’s some of their different colored levers. Unfortunately they were under a red tent, so the colors didn’t come out too well, but they do have pink!

Lockon bar ends for your ODI style grips.

Platform pedals.

They even have [...]

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To Jay of Evomo from RL and RL


Jay while we’re working hard, we caught up with a super cool guy and one of THE best trials rider on earth, RYAN LEECH!

By the way, Ryan has to be one of the nicest guys we’ve met out here at Sea Otter. Oh and one more thing, I’m working on another video of Ryan’s performance.
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New RockShox Offerings


RockShox has a couple of new forks rolling out, or revisions is more like it.
Revelation
The first is the Revelation which has more travel options, new graphics and a new axle. The Revelation goes up to a 5 1/2 inches of travel and with new graphics & the Maxle Lite. The Revelation [...]

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Ay Up USA Lights


Ay UP lights were at Sea Otter and we’re actually testing these so we figured we’d talk to them and have them show off the features.

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