Sea Otter Three
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Sea Otter Three

April 20, 2009

Chipps has a load of pictures from the Sea Otter pits and it’s going to take several stories to get to the bottom of them all. So, without further ado, here’s a random selection…

 

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That's a 'trilobe polygon' that is. 30mm axle, BB30 size bearings and an all-up weight of 790g for a triple. Triple or singlespeed and out this year.
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The crazy BB cups will actually fit a large socket spanner.
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Not just for fixie riders. The Chub geared hubs are out this year and the XC front is 160g. There'll be a 15/20mm version and a QR/15mm version.
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What's this complicated suspension system on the Foes booth?
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It's a rear-suspension wheelchair with Fox shocks. How trick?
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Swobo's bike range continues to expand. Here's their geared or singlespeed, rim or disc braked cyclocross bike in a lovely dusky blue.
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Never be far from an open beer with the new Swobo saddle...
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OK, maybe it's not all work. Swobo's Tim Parr looms with a cooling beer.
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The push-me, pull-you Santa Cruz freak bike in all its glory. The rear fork is held rigid by a frame mounting that bolts to the bolt-on stem bit of the Boxxer crown.
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How pointlessly ace is this? There's a Hammerschmidt in there too, so it's a two speed, 8in travel bike with four BB shells...
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Seen on a Syndicate bike. Perhaps these coloured components aren't such a bad idea.
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Who wanted a closeup of one of these? Here you go. No immediate plans for a new Blur 4X, sorry.
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Here's a raw finished Ibis Tranny.
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Mmm... Jaffa.
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Rocky Mountain has put a load of work into producing two new 29er machines. Full suspension and hardtail. Like 'em?
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Now three big-wheelers in Rocky's range.

That’ll do for a minute. We’ll get on with editing down the rest of the 600 shots we have and there’ll be more to see daily.

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

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  7. [quote] bikemonkey » April 20, 2009 at 9:03 am

    The Rocky Mountains look a bit like Treks[/quote]

    And those treks look like Speshulizeds

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