Couple of pictures from Niner bikes booth at Sea Otter 2009. Carbon wrap from steerer tube down to the dropouts The new carbon forks. Should be hitting the shops sometime in May Setup like this, the AIR9 is 17 lbs Niner’s new Solid Gold color on the SIR9 the mantra on Solid Gold Solid Gold…
Month: April 2009
Lezyne was a must stop for me at Sea Otter 2009. I’ve got one of their saddle bags and it’s pretty cool. Very functional, great material and the zipper has never let me down. We got to meet some cool people from Lezyne and were shown some of their products. First up is their floor…
Stopped by Manitou for a rundown on some of Manitou’s cool products. The first one that we asked about was Manitou’s very light carbon R7. Make sure to click on the picture of the R7 for a shot of the carbon weave We also got to see Manitou’s 10th Anniversary edition R7. This thing get’s…
Foe’s Racing has come out with a really cool 29″ full suspension prototype. Meet the Foe’s 29″ Trail bike. Foe’s unique 2:1 full suspension system The low down: – 29″ front and rear wheel design specific – 4″ rear wheel travel – 2:1 leverage ratio – Exclusive Curnutt XTD AIR or Fox RP23 shock –…
We got to check out Whyte bike’s 120mm travel full carbon full suspension bike. Whyte is making it’s first foray into the U.S. and they’re doing it with a lightweight splash. The bike comes in at a miserly 22 lbs fully built. Whyte 120mm, 22lb FS when fully built How’d it get down to 22lbs?…
This brown fella, no not Joe is my long time friend, the Sea Otter. We’ve been meeting up every year at the festival and for some odd reason, he’s way taller this time. Then later on when we saw him again, he was was shorter…it was as if he shrank or someone else was wearing…
I hooked up with the fellas of Dirty Dog MTB (Nick DeBeer-what a cool name…BEER). I had told him about a project bike that I recently received and mentioned that some sweet Dirty Dog Rotors and Reaper Stem would make this bike look really awesome. So when I get home, I’ll be installing the goods…
We arrived at Laguna Seca, home of the 2009 Sea Otter bright and early – 7:30 am! This has been the earliest I’ve arrived here in years. After meeting RL, Moe, Jeremy and Tim for a super early breakfast at Dennys, we headed straight to the Sea Otter. The crew getting ready in the Media Parkng lot. …
Last year we received the Flip Mino from Pure Digital Technologies. Since my initial write-up in September 2008, I’ve been using this little gadget quite a bit. I’ve brought it along on many mountain bike rides as well as normal usage (outside of mt. biking). You may have seen the many ride videos we posted on…
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been testing the POC Sports Cortex Full Face Helmet. What’s tough about testing a helmet is checking to see how well they work in a crash. I doubt any product tester would intentionally place them selves in danger for the sake of a review. Well this is…