Sea Otter Classic 2008 Interview with Chris Cocalis from Pivot Bicycles
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.
Formula’s 2 New Brakes: The One & Mega
Stopped by the Formula booth and got a couple of pictures of Formula’s new brakes. The Formula people were not at their booth so I wasn’t able to get any more information on the brakes other then whats on their “flyer”. Here are…
2009 Pivot 429
Most companies that decide to offer 29ers usually start off with a hardtail or fully rigid bike. Pivot, however, decided to come out with a FS 29er using the dw-link suspension design called Pivot 429. The Pivot 429 has 100mm of travel in the rear and…
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…
Mavic Crossmax 29er UST Rims
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…
Hutchinson Toro 29er Tire
Hutchinson 29er 2.25″, Tubeless Ready, claimed under 700 grams, All Mountain Toro Tubeless Ready Tread More Tread Next to the Kenda Nevegal
Ibex Ignition 3 Pictures
Alright… my attempt at showing off the cool color of the new Ibex Ignition 3. I got the bike from Lance to test today and I couldn’t help but want to throw up a couple of quick pictures of this bike before I get it all dirty. The color is…
First Impression: Raxter Rack 2 Bike Extension
For our trip to the Sea Otter Classic this week we needed to bring along 3 bikes for the festvities. SO is a huge “Celebration of Sport” with tons of riders, exhibitors and people spread out over a huge area. Just getting from the media…
2008 Sea Otter Classic, T-minus 7 days
It’s almost here. At this time a week from now, we’ll be perusing bikes, bike components, bike accessories, bike everything. And we’ll be bringing it all to you via pictures, commentary, video interviews and more. I know, I know…
One-Month on the eXotic 29er Carbon fork & twenty6 levers
I’ve got a couple of quick impressions on some items I’m testing. Each one has been on the test bike for about a little over a month and I’ve been able to put in a lot of rides on them since there has been excellent weather here in Southern…