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Anyone who has owned automotive Brembos or even ye olde Grimeca System brakes will know how often they need a repaint due to fading from red to pink and chipping of the paint.. Hard anodizing on the other brands is a major plus (For me anyway) It would have been great if they offered the Brembo motorcycle Stylema anodised finishes.

Cane Creek Invert Cane Creek showed off their new upside down enduro fork, dubbed The Invert. Price is $1,599, it features 160, 170 or180mm of travel via different air springs, comes stock with 15mm axle but can also run 20mm available separately. 160, 170 or 180mm travel Air spring only High-speed Compression, Low-speed Compression, Low-speed Rebound 45mm upper tubes 38mm stanchions Bleed screw in top cap 586.5mm axle-to-crown height (170mm) 200mm brake mount, 220mm adaptor available Claimed weight: 2795g (180mm travel mode with guards, hardware and full steer tube) $1,599 Development started 3 years ago and they're currently taking deposits...

Bosch Motors Bosch had ebikes showcasing their 4 different motor configurations. A Norco with the new, affordable PX, a new Kona with an SX motor, the new Ibis with the CX motor and a Pivot with the CX-R.

The Shredline Eden. Full details coming next week. I'll try to answer questions each evening as I'm at the show and have zero service there. If you are at the show stop by EXT, Spank or Gates to see one or find us walking around. This variant is set up at 164mm rear (170 front) using a 230x60 stroke. The Eden can be set up in six different travel modes, two wheel sizes and high/low settings.

Bike park mode for the Eden over at the Spank booth. This one is set with 188mm back (190mm front) using a 250x70 stroke shock set up in Mx wheel configuration.

Telepathy Telepathy steel high-pivot rig with rearward axle path that matches fork axle path for a consistent wheel base regardless of travel.

Kona Remote 160 CR Kona's Bosch-powered Remote 160 CR with SX motor Kona Process 246 for the groms

Stablead Stablead showing off their suspension. The frames are for display only and aren't planning on being released. Tom Rogers is the man behind the squish with consultation from guys like Brian Lopes. Besides the product, the most surprising thing in their booth was none other than the infamous Sanjay Sanbhag who hadn't been to Sea Otter since he was "hitting the dirt jumps on a road bike."

Fairdale Elevator Taj's Fairdale Elevator. A breath of fresh air among the never-ending display of electronic tech.

Our new favorite ebike, hands down.

CushCore Tire Installation Tool CushCore's miracle-working tire-install tool. It's only Thursday and they've performed the demo a billion times. Thankfully though, plenty of on-lookers come through and said, "we've seen the video." Watching it in person, there is some muscle required and their tire lever helps makes quick work of the initial bead pop before the tool can go in.

SDG SDG had a preview of a soon-to-be-released I-Beam version of their Tellis dropper and sneakily hiding a carbon Slater kids bar, that lands in the near future, too.

Frameworks 32-Inch Testing Neko Mulally is racing a Frameworks with a 32" front wheel and 29" rear wheel for Sea Otter downhill. He says he's been riding a bit back at home and had to purchase the front tire online (1 of 2 that he could find). He's surprised by the traction but did indicate that if it broke free, it broke free without warning. He was able to cram in a 29" rear wheel despite the rear triangle being made for 27.5. His philosophy is that it's worth the experiment to figure out if there's something more to pursue...

New Maxxis 32'er tires. I think it's safe to assume if Maxxis is confident enough to create 5 new molds, 32'ers will be somewhat "mainstream" in due time.

Zerode teases a new bike on their Facebook page.

Thoughts on the latest Forbidden clip? Also, interesting that Canyon have removed the Strive from the website entirely. No enduro bike currently advertised.

New TLD Stage Stunt seems to be ready. Better build quality, hopefully the Stage 2 will be like that. Stage Stunt

Looks like a mechanical version of the XT 12 speed is coming on the Clash Fox bulid

434mm 👍