Sea Otter 2018 Day 1 – boutique metals and deep carbon

Easton brought a sharp looking Crimson Bikes gravel road bike all decked out in Easton AX kit to display at their booth. Stay tuned for a full bike check on this steel gravel bike from the North Vancouver-based builder soon.

Wolf Tooth's array of colours can add range and bling to your cassette

Wolf Tooth Components announced at Sea Otter that it is expanding into headsets

Wolf Tooth was showing its new headset’s today at Laguna Seca – in an array of colours. Canadian MTB has one of the company’s innovative new Ultra Light Pack Pliers for testing, so watch for that coming up in the future.

Project 321 has waded into the hub category with a colourful array of beautifully machined hubs. Not just nice looking, the hubs use a unique drive mechanism, with magnetic pawls that give quick engagement, and can be set to run loud or quiet. Great for mountain biking, if you want to warn hikers, or if you just want to show / hide how fancy your hubs are.

Easton EC90 Aero85 disc wheels, which roll on the company’s bombproof Vault hubs, look even faster in person

Garmin 520 Plus

Garmin 130 offers big data at a better price point

Garmin 130 uses real, and easy to operate buttons over touch screen

Garmin had its new 520 Plus and 130 head units on display to play with at its Sea Otter booth

Kenda had this neat looking kids’ tread, the Kaos Sport on display.