BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Vaude (pronounced vow-day) had a huge range of packs on display.  The German brand is one of Europe’s leading outdoor…
 BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Manitou unveiled their new TPC-based Absolute+ damping technology at Sea Otter Classic. Quick background: A long time ago,…
 BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Vision, a sub-brand from Full Speed Ahead, had four new wheels on display at Sea Otter.  The biggest…
 BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Full Speed Ahead debuted two new cranksets at Sea Otter, both 2×9 mountain bike setups with a unique…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Where Fox moved to fully enclosed FIT dampers in their forks, Marzocchi is reintroducing their open bath systems for…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Clif Bar had several new flavors and packages on demo at Sea Otter, but the coolest thing was their change…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Continental was showing three new aggressive freeride / downhill mountain bike tires that use their Black Chili compound.  The Kaiser…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: TwoWheelogic was showing off several brands at Sea Otter, including Nokon.  Famous for their aluminum cable housing, they’ve launched…
Giant’s Rabobank team replica, which we announced in a previous post (with more specs), uses a full Dura-Ace drivetrain and Shimano PRO cockpit components.  Wheels…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Besides the new shades, Giro had their new line of gloves on display.  They feature a full line of fingerless…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: The Giro Cymbal, one of two new style models shown at Sea Otter, is a women’s frame.  The Fader, below…
— updated 4/24/09 — BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Easton released a 50/34 compact version of their EC90 carbon crankset. It uses the same carbon nanotube…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: We posted a phone pic last week directly from Answer’s booth…here’s the good versions.  Answer is debuting some heavily machined…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Tom Ritchey weighs in on his new SuperLogic carbon-rimmed mountain bike wheels and how they held up during the…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: At long last, Industry Nine has started building complete wheels with their own rims.  Available with Downhill / Freeride, All…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: These are considerably newer than the Curbside we just posted…Felt’s first ever carbon fiber hardtails.  They come in both…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Shimano was only showing off one new goodie, but a goodie it was:  A totally new carbon-laminate wheelset that’ll…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Fox Racing Shox is introducing the FIT (Fox Isolated Technology) damper into their full range of shocks. Previously, the…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: The Geax Saguaro isn’t exactly a new tire, but I’d never seen it before…nor did I know that anyone made…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: For 2010, Rocky Mountain Bicycles is using the Vertex 29 to give all of their 7005 aluminum Vertex frames…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Rocky Mountain Bicycles had two new prototype 29ers on display, the Altitude 29 full suspension (above) and the Vertex…
BIKERUMOR.com 2009 SEA OTTER CLASSIC COVERAGE: Cane Creek launched AER, the world’s lightest headset. Intended for road bikes only, the AER drops weight in two…
