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1 week ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
As we speak I’m deep into building our best bib shorts for cycling buyer’s guide and it’s filled with big name brands. The quality is predictable and each name is both easy to find and easy to recommend. I want to make sure every single product in that list is a solid recommendation for as many people as possible and that means not taking risks. Sea Otter is different.
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1 week ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
Today Colanago is launching the brand new Colnago V5Rs and the brand is doing so under crushing expectations. Tadej Pogačar is widely considered the top cyclist in the world and it’s under Pogačar that the previous generation Colnago V4Rs attained the status it has enjoyed. Except that for many the discussion was as much about the negatives of that bike as it was about the positives. Then the Colnago Y1Rs landed and the conversation changed.
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1 week ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve seen at the 2025 show. Bikes, components, everything racing, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our Sea Otter coverage here. Instead of flying to Sea Otter, I drove. The reason for that 22-hour round trip drive came down to the availability of bike travel cases. What I’m talking about is that I didn’t drive all the way to the Sea Otter show.
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1 week ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve seen at the 2025 show. Bikes, components, everything racing, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our Sea Otter coverage here. There’s big name brands that you’ve heard of then there’s new and unique drinks you haven’t. Finding those new and unique options are one of the things that Sea Otter is all about.
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1 week ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
The Gravel Bolivia is a bike that reaches back to another time. It’s the creation of a man named Ben Jurgensen who runs a bike company called July Bikes and it’s a reference to another bike.
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1 week ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve seen at the 2025 show. Bikes, components, everything racing, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our Sea Otter coverage here. Sea Otter isn’t only a show for consumers. It’s also an opportunity for brands to hold meetings with prospective retailers. That means that sometimes, if you look closely, you can catch something not meant for display. The Q36.5 Unique Pro shoe is one such thing.
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2 weeks ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve seen at the 2025 show. Bikes, components, everything racing, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our coverage here. Today Cadex became the latest brand to launch a 3D printed saddle with the arrival of the Cadex Amp 3D.
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2 weeks ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve seen at the 2025 show. Bikes, components, everything racing, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our coverage here. After two years, the Morelle E-bike is finally getting its moment in the limelight. Here at Sea Otter 2025 this e-bike stands completely apart. It’s not really the bike itself that’s the star of the show though.
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2 weeks ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Josh Ross
Today Allied launches a ground-up redesign of the Allied Able gravel bike. If you are thinking you were sure it was already out, you aren’t crazy. Allied athlete Payson McElveen is a close partner in the development and you’ve likely caught a glimpse here and there before launch. McElveen even goes so far as to say “I knew this bike would redefine gravel racing from my first test ride a year ago.” Which, in case you missed it, means there’s been chances to see it as far back as a year ago.
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3 weeks ago | 
velo.outsideonline.com | Alvin Holbrook |Josh Ross
Mid-range Trek Velocis shoes get the premium treatmentIn 2024 Trek launched MetNet technology as a solution to hot spots at the first and fifth metatarsal. As much as the brand wants you to believe it’s incredibly complicated, it’s really not. MetNet is simply triangle cuts in the exterior of the shoe that allows for better expansion. It’s simple but it’s also smart and it makes for a comfortable shoe. At the time the mid-range, $250 is mid-range these days, Trek Velocis got the same treatment.
