Sea Otter Classic Day 3 Part 1 5

Another day navigating the sea of tents, vendors, and people to bring you some content from the windiest event in North America.

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Intenses' new and sexy Spider trail bike. 29" wheels, 130mm of travel front and rear. Frame-only options are available through Intense's Frame First program. 
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My amateur photos don't do this colorway justice. It's bright but not abrasive.
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All the details on the Spider can be found here. We'll have one in for long-term testing in the coming weeks. Stoked! 
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Gearboxes are cool and all, but it's hard to beat the OG M1.
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Giro has quietly released its new Chamber 3. It's lighter and slimmer than before, with an updated low-profile tongue and microfiber upper. Richie Rude helped develop it, so you know it can handle like 3,000 watts of power. Also Giro's new branding.
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What is this?? A helmet for ants?
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Ah, that's look better. 
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Ari's latest Timp Peak 2.0 
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A new Daley e-bike coming from Haro, complete with a custom spray-paint paint job. 
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Custom paint on a Haro Rivette 
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Fun fact: pickles only surf on bananas.
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Mad Max-esque bars. 
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e*thirteen Flux Alloy wheels with Sidekick...
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or e*thirteen Flux Carbon wheels with Sidekick. You pick. 
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e*13 Helix Race e-bike cranks 
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They offer models that fit Brose, Fazua, Bosch, Specialized, and SRAM Dub. 
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The Quick Fill tubeless valves conveniently allow you to remove the valve core to inject sealant. The valve stem port is also much wider than normal valve stems, which keeps them from getting clogged as easily and for more air to pass through when inflating. 
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The real show stopper for e*13โ€”the Sidekick hub.
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Pick your deadband.
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Don't tell @teamrobot
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A rad collab between artist Laurent Proneur and Zink Bikes. 
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Jah feel.
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Zink Bike's first modelโ€”the Vacay. 150mm of travel, three sizes, short chain stays, 65 or 63.9-degree head tube angle, aluminum, frame-only (shocks available), custom graphic kits, and guaranteed to enable flat drop backflips. Starting at $1,690 
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This frame was painted by the legend himself.
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Zink's latest project. Operation DH bike. Not too many details yet, but it looks like a sick whip for bike parks. 
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Zink's Zink Vacay with his signature Zink graphics kit. 
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Sitting on a Metaltek stand, which are custom-made per bike. 
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This is where I'll be after the last three days. Thanks for the sunburn, raspy voice, and good times, Sea Otter. 
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