Spencer Harding

2 months ago | theradavist.com | Spencer Harding |JOhn Watson |John Watson

John and Spencer are walking the dusty aisles of Laguna Seca for the 2025 Sea Otter Classic. For the Sea Otter Classic Day 01 gallery, we focused on some of the amazing custom builds at the show. Don’t miss all the eye-popping details below…The Radavist thanks 1-Up USA for sponsoring our Sea Otter Classic coverage and our independent Reportage!Preston, who works at Rotor Components, had his dream drop-bar MTB built by Colombia’s Scarab Cycles.

2 months ago | theradavist.com | Spencer Harding

Spencer got his hands on the new Race Face Era 55 handlebars ahead of release. Offering a new 55 mm rise to their lineup of carbon Era handlebars with Race Face’s signature Goldilocks tune.

2 months ago | theradavist.com | Spencer Harding

Jesse is back with his latest kooky Crust Clydesdale build, this time it’s a barefoot fixed gear built around a classic Surly Steamroller. The build has everything: two gear ratios for dog hauling, pinched chainstays, custom barefoot Huarache pedals, and lots of silver as always. Don’t miss all the details on this fun build…The Surly Steamroller was an outlier in the early fixie craze of the ’00s due to its massive (for the time) tire clearance.

Mar 19, 2025 | theradavist.com | JOhn Watson |John Watson |Spencer Harding

After the Cotic FlareMax review bike left a lasting impression on John last year, he worked out a deal with the UK-based brand for a frame. Late last year, he received a size C5 Gen5 FlareMax in Amethyst and got to work on this unique build…I’ve been wanting a shorter-travel, full-suspension bike to accompany the Murmur, my 135/160 trail bike.

Mar 19, 2025 | theradavist.com | Spencer Harding

Click or Tap to view Gallery View Thumbnails View Gallery With a totally redesigned attachment system, Rogue Panda once again raises the bar for bikepacking bags with its Ripsey Seat Bag V2. Today, we have a first ride review as Spencer takes the new version on the Black Canyon Trail and offers his thoughts on the latest seat bag from Rogue Panda. While the V1 Ripsey was a huge step forward in bikepacking saddle bags, it was admittedly imperfect.