Sea Otter Round Up

Like many of you, I did not make it to Sea Otter this year. It's too bad, too, since Sea Otter is becoming a sort of Interbike Spring, what with all the new product launches. So, since the next best thing to being there is looking at pictures, I've scoured the 'net to find good reports of what to expect in '09. And that's not a typo. Here we are wrapping up our review of '08 components from SRAM and Shimano and they are showing off some '09 stuff. It's getting as bad or worse than the car and computer industry. As some point we need to wear out the stuff we've got, right?


Maybe not.


Anyway, back to Sea Otter. VeloNews does a decent job of showing new products from a myriad of companies HERE. Be sure to click the links at the bottom to see their take on more Sea Otter goodness.

Also, check out Lennard Zinn's thoughts on the Next Big Thing in cycling, wherein he mentions that he's not very good at making predictions, but hey, this time he just might be right.

Once you're done there, head on over to CyclingNews and see James Huang's reports from the Otter, here, here, here and here. As per his MO, James takes a little more in depth look at the products be shown and offers some insight as to their development. It's not all just Bold New Graphics.

There you have it.

OK, one more thing. Be sure to check in tomorrow for some interesting light news. I'd love to have posted it today, but I've been asked to wait until tomorrow when the press release goes live. With that clear as mud teaser, you'll just have to wait and see what coming tomorrow.