Category: Sea Otter 2008

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 now goes…

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.

We caught up the folks of Surly and saw the 1×1…mmm singlespeed. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2423121405_4569a60196.jpg?v=0

Yup its true! The world famous Nokon Cables/Housing came up with a prototype and we got a sneak peak of it. Steve Richey of Promologic USA showed it of while we were visiting with him earlier today. mmm…Carbon….. Nice huh?

Last year the Otter and I met for the first time…is it possible that my experience last year was luv at first sight? Who knows, but when the Otter and I saw each other again today, it was like as if we had just seen each other yesterday… Some how the Otter got shorter? Then…

If you’re here at Sea Otter with your 29er you gotta stop by Mavic’s booth and have them swap out your wheelset with a set of Mavic Crossmax 29er UST rims. You borrow them and ride around to test them. One of the first booths we stopped by this morning was Mavic’s and I got…

Long time reader and founder of Mtb-News.de, Thomas Paatz walked into the Media Center at Sea Otter and quickly said hi to us. Just think of Thomas as the German equivalent of Francis Cebedo, founder of MTBR.com. We chit chatted a bit and took some photos on the patio to document this momentous day. Here’s…