On-road and on-gravel gear at Sea Otter

With gravel riding exploding, and higher-volume tires making the gravel bikes ever more capable, the all-road market has a big presence at Sea Otter this year.

Along with gravel road, there are new helmets from POC, new power-meter options and more.

Easton Overland gravel team’s Allied Cycle Works Alfa

The Allied Alfa is a gravel bike, but doubles handily as a road-race bike if you need to hit the pavement

The Alfa uses an integrated pinch-style collar on the full carbon-fibre frame

Allied Cycles is made in America, instead of overseas

Details on the bike extend to the derailleur hangar, which has the Allied bird silhouette shaped into it

Easton's new wheels are as at home on the road as off.

Shimano Ultegra RX drivetrain works on tarmac, but will also keep your chain in check when you hit the dirt—or the sand dunes surrounding Sea Otter's California home

Easton has launched a gravel team to take on the back roads of North America this season. The squad rides the made-in-America carbon-fibre frames from Allied Cycles. Team manager Matt Hornland found time to escape his booth, throw slicks on and jump in the Sea Otter road race.

POC Helmets

The more casual Omne helmet comes with POC's Spin liner, weighs in at 295 g and has a price tag of $175

It also comes in this bold, matte yellow

The new Ventral Air Spin is just 230 g, and is more ventilated than the Ventral Spin

The existing Ventral Spin gets new colours, including the eye-catching yellow, which you can get matching sunglasses for

The Ventral aero helmet still has the 23-degree tail for aerodynamics and "purpose driven ventilation" to keep the aero helmet cool, while still allowing air to pass through the helmet efficiently.

POC had two new helmets and some bold new colours on display in its booth.

Stages and ENVE

For the power-focused, Stages was showing its updated head units. The L50 has an ever-bright, full-colour display.

Stages was also showing new DUB compatible crank axles and its Factory Install program. Send your cranks to Stages, and they'll install a power meter, including new Cane Creek EE Wings titanium cranks and the SRAM Red AXS cranks

If you don't want the full L50, the smaller options still have maps, button control and the other goodness

ENVE had its new 3.4 AR wheel on display

The rims are still handmade in the U.S.

The disc-specific road rim takes wider-volume tires into consideration as part of its aerodynamic profile