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Absolutely the best coverage of Sea Otter! Thanks Steve 🙏

@collinkendall2028

Жыл бұрын

couldnt agree more.

Those Turner bikes are gorgeous and I really appreciate and agree with the thought process going into their designs.

Timestamps: 00:15 5DEV 01:17 Specialized Sirrus 01:37 Fezzari Solitude 02:18 Seth from Berm Peak 02:48 Wheels Mfg XD singlespeed adapter 04:34 Rise Grizzly 05:13 Project321 6lock hub 07:20 Project321 288 POE hub 07:58 Alchemy Argos Au 11:23 Classified hub 12:10 Enduro Bearings 14:26 Crankbrothers pedals 19:11 Passchier Bamboo Handlebars 22:47 Spinergy Wheels 23:56 Fairdale Bikes Elevator 27:04 Retro: Klein Rascal 27:17 Ryan Palmer 28:09 Yeti Arc 28:26 Sage Titanium Bicycles 30:51 Aeroe Bike Rack 33:10 RSD Middlechild 33:21 Marin Pine Mountain 2 33:47 Outsidebrendan 34:36 Retro: Marin Bear Valley 34:57 Cjell Moné's Recycled Schwinn 36:37 Paul Component Engineering 37:09 Bronson from BMB - Raised Reversed Stem 39:04 Revel Bikes/Why Cycles el Jefe 40:01 Vielo R+1 40:23 Classified hub cassettes 41:28 Ministry Psalm 150 42:01 Berd Spokes 43:49 Hayes Dominion 45:29 Manitou R7 46:48 Christian Pepper 46:59 Kate Courtney 47:38 Retro: Fat Chance 48:13 5DEV spaceship parts 49:31 Lezyne Pocket Drive Pro HV 51:57 Merman Bicycles Unholy Diver Ti 52:58 Scott Scale RC $9999 54:31 Orange Seal 56:29 Canyon - no HT 57:26 Prevelo Kids' Bikes 1:02:53 David Turner - Turner Bikes 1:16:43 Digit Datum 1:19:27 Microshift Advent X Ver.2 1:21:06 HTs absent 1:21:37 Ritchey Ultra 1:22:07 Retro: GT Karakoram 1:22:14 Cjell Moné's La Roca V3 1:23:00 Surly 1:23:22 Old Man Mountain Racks 1:26:54 Firefly Bicycles 1:27:05 Norco Torrent 1:27:33 Gates/Pinion 1:28:36 Outro

@oubbascooba9824

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this breakdown!

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

​​@@oubbascooba9824thanks I meant to do this but ran out of time.

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, I added the chapters so people can find it easier. You saved me 30 min, I appreciate it!

@WECR

Жыл бұрын

Héroe 🙌🙌👏👍😍

@greggy1967

10 ай бұрын

RAD! Thanks!!!

I’ve seen a lot of the Sea Otter 🦦 videos and yours is by far the most comprehensive. If there was a cycling KZreadr’s award season you just won gold!🙏🏼👌🏽👍🏽🥇

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

The Turner booth was amazing and and as an older singlespeeder, 2 by (double Speed) is at the top of my must have list!! Awesome coverage of Sea Otter.

@danwebber9494

Жыл бұрын

My gravel bike is set up dingle speed, ‘cause I also an old singlespeeder. But adding blue tooth to a super simple bike is a hard sell…

Lots of great stuff here and I really appreciate the long form. The big take away for me was the way that Steve really connected with a lot of these people on a personal level, showing them love and respect for their work ethic, work product, etc. Not a lot of people have this kind of emotional intelligence and awareness. I have a whole new level of respect and admiration for Steve. Yes, he's a great rider and yes, he's a great reviewer, and yes he's a great mechanic but above all the thing that impresses me most is that he's a great human too.

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for those kind words. It means more than you could know

Best review of Sea Otter by far, great work. The Wheels Manufacturing single speed conversion is super exciting. Also, your interview with Dave Turner was fantastic. Love hearing from industry heroes; I could talk to that guy all day long.

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

We probably chatted for over an hour. Great dude.

Best Sea Otter coverage I've seen. Great video, You and Betty rock. Thanks for all your hard work.

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for making us people at home feel like we made it. Well I'm not at home, I'm working. Getting paid to check out Sea Otter. Not to bad!!

I really need more shifter crisping in my life! ;) Great job on the vid, only one of this length that I've watched all the way through.

@philthyphil3324

28 күн бұрын

😂 don't we all

Prevelo is a top notch kids bike! My daughter started pedaling at 4 years old on a Woom 2, which is another wonderful light weight kids bike. The first time we hit a long downhill on the local MTB trails her hands got tired trying to hold the rim brake which led to an out of control downhill wipeout! I upgraded her to the Prevelo Zulu 2 with hydraulic disc brakes, made all the difference. She can run them with one finger. She is 5 now, has a Woom 3 and the Prevelo Zulu 2 ( both 16in bikes) and will keep using Prevelo to upgrade every year as she grows. Having a great bike in the correct size has given her confidence to take on challenges and become a shedder. Parents, don’t cheap out on your kids bike! Love the channel brother!

Great video Steve. Loved seeing David Turner there. I remember calling Turner Bikes around 1995-96 to ask about the Turner Burner and talking to him for 30 minutes. Great guy and very passionate about bikes. Thanks for the video HP.

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Talking to him was definitely a highlight of the show.

Taj, what a legend! Really stoked on the Fairdale Elevator. Short CS and hopefully not overly slack. I think there is a big market for hardtails that bridge the gap between dirt/street and trail.

The Alchemy rep got me thinking about Ti frames.

Great coverage, best I've seen. Didn't realize Manitou still made the R7. Had one of those years ago, probably back in 07 or so, and actually loved it. Still looks very similar. Those Turner bikes are sweet, really liked the coverage on those. Would love that 5Dev TI crank, but a bit too costly.

Yes Steve, you do need that Turner Wolf, lol and put those bamboo bars on it, and go for a bike packing ride of a life time :)

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing.

Brilliant, nice to see someone at last not just looking at the BIG company's , fascinating stuff .😛

Good to see Ryan Palmer landing in Yeti. A pillar of MtB thats for sure. Hope to see the other BikeMag journos. They are my heroes that made me stoked to ride trails before mtb youtube existed.

Super excited to see you do some Surly bikes. I can barely put into words what a fantastic do-it-all bike the Karate Monkey is. I've got more miles on it than anything else I own, and dispite its age and older standards and geo, i still come back to it again and again and again.... Glad to see some Hayes dominion love, FANTASTIC brakes! Also, when you asked if you should do more high end stuff or mass market, I like a mix of both, and feel you do that pretty well. While the normie in me enjoies seeing bikes I could actually affoard and maybe consider buying, I also enjoy seeing what you can get if you're wealthy and just dreaming...

Excellent job. Best coverage I've seen of this event by far.

Interested in that Fairdale hardtail! They started odyssey? I use to use a lot of that stuff back in the late 80s early 90s. OMG that Klein was a dream bike back then. That and the Attitude, they always had the best paint job. Even when riding by 98 homegrown with the bass boat red-gold I still envied the paintjob of the Klein.

I love my boys on their kids bikes. Mine are on Spawns, a 14" Furi, 16" Yoji, and 20" Yama Jama. They also started on the 10" strider and 12" Hot Rock balance bikes. I bought the Yoji new but the others used. Easy to work on with threaded BBs, sealed wheel bearings (the strider uses ABEC skateboard bearings!) , and awesome geometry. It's easy to keep your kiddos stoked on bikes that are light and function well!!

Outstanding showcase of See Otter Steve!!! It felt like we were right there visiting all the booths!!! Great showing of all the new innovative products and amazing bikes!!! I’m sure it was many hours editing this one ☝️ great job!!!

Awesome video. I love the recycled Schwinn. My first BMX race bike was a Stingray that I chopped to raise the bottom bracket for 7.5" cranks. I begged my neighbor to braze it in his garage.

I've watched alot of these, and this was by far my favorite one. Thanks brother!

Great video and summary! Keep up the good work! One of these days Im going to go the Sedona, and hopefully I can ride with one of your groups. God bless brother.

What a great video. Thanks for making this. It was super interesting, especially the discussion about the geometry of the Turner bikes.

I got a 16 inch wheel rocky mountain edge kids bike for my daughter. They put the seatpost joint behind the bottom bracket. It seemed to allow a more upright riding position while allowing more stand over for my daughter. All that allowed her to start riding earlier when compared to her friends on department store heavy bikes.

Stoked to see Fairdale jumping into the MTB world as a 20+ year bmx'r that just got into MTB about 5-7 years ago. Taj Mihelich is my favorite BMX rider ever. He retired from BMX due to injury and created Fairdale and got into MTB and leisure riding with the big 27.5 and 29r BMX bikes. I have a Sunday 29r bmx as my cruise/barhopping bike and an NSbikes 29 hardtail to fit along my Flybikes 20" BMX.

This was basically Steve's Sea Otter movie

The Fairdale bike looks amazing. I have their urban singlespeed run-about the Taj, and it rocks. Their bikes seem really user friendly and practical. Very excited to see them provide a MTB. I wish it was designed around a 27.5 but regardless, that chainstay length is bonkers.

@louisvillebmxr

Жыл бұрын

I would absolutely bet they will do a 27.5 MTB as Taj's signature Fairdale big BMX is a 27.5.

Geeking out right along with you.... love the small guys & custom builds with all the "jewelery". I'm going to camo anodise my ti hardtail.....Nerd on my man.

great job Steve. it took me several days to finish the video but loved it all.

Fascinating coverage. I know a lot of work went into this. Have to watch several times. Box Components showed the Gen 2 Prime 9 Drivetrain at Sea Otter Classic this last month. This is very exciting!!!!!!

Premium review, the best I've seen so far. Thanks Steve!!!

It's so cool being able to get a sense of all this awesome industry stuff going on at an event like Sea Otter. Love that you made this vid! Listening to someone as knowledgeable and experienced as Hardtail Party give a rundown on this stuff I find to be informative and a very worthwhile watch. Also, would love to see a vid on the NS Eccentric Alu if you ever get a chance! I'm thinking about buying a frame and doing a build and there doesn't seem to be many reviews on it out there. Guess they're not as common stateside, but as a lover of short chainstays I think that frame could def be to your liking! Thanks for all the cool content as always, brother 🤘

It’s very beneficial for companies to send you bikes to test. Because of your reviews I used your patreon service and ended up buying a bike. Because of my purchase two of my friends also purchased the same bike and every time I ride it anywhere whether trails or just down the path to get dinner, people ask about it. It’s like a ripple effect.

Incredible video! Great job! I really love the focus on small companies. I search out companies like these to not be like everyone else. keep up the good work!

Those Prevelo kids bikes look great, I wish there was something like that a couple years back when my girls were learning to ride. I ended up moding a specialized Riprock 24 to get it in that ball park. So many kids bikes come with bad geometry, heavy steel sprung forks, too long cranks just to name a few things. Can’t wait to see what mtb little Betty will start with😀

Older bikes are cool. Working on my 1997 Voodoo Bizango right now getting the frame repowder coated and will put Microshift Advent on it

Your best video yet. Great job. Thanks man...

Yeah! Thank You 🙂

I’d like to see a Krampus reviewed. So much great stuff on this video. Liked the Turner bikes . Would like to see the Norco aluminum Torrent reviewed as well.

Nobody does it better. Your showing of the Recycled Schwinn bike was more detailed than others I'd seen of the event- it just looked like a beater bar bike without your close-ups and description. Very cool coverage of that bike and the event.

I also have a young daughter, so I really appreciate the time you spent at the Prevelo booth. Also, those Turner bikes were awesome!

I have been really interested in getting a middle child, but I’m an old BMXer and I used to love my Hoffmann Taj, so now I’m going to have to see how the Elevator rides. Looks really rad!

Bronson is a local and rides and shreds my local trails. He’s f’en fast and won a lot of races already.

Glad you and David T got to chat, hopefully you’ll get a Nitrous to check out. I put in a good word for you when I talked to him a couple of months ago, funny enough I bought a Cyclosis and not a Nitrous. Man, that thing is SMOOTH! Nice vid!

As always, good stuff mate!!

Outstanding!

Thanks so much for making this video. It was really well done and you are so good at talking about bike tech and products. Your enthusiasm shines thru. Definitely the best coverage of Sea Otter that I’ve seen. I loved every minute of it. I own 5 Surly bikes but not the Krampus or the Karate Monkey. I do own an Ice Cream Truck which on bike insights is very similar to a Krampus. It’s one of my favorite bikes to ride year round. It has 26x4.8 jumbo jims on it, but I’d like to try a set of 29x3.0’s. I watch every one of your videos. Thanks

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words.

My sons Cannondale cujo 24+ is under 24 pounds. I was not expecting those 20 inch bikes to be 24. However his cujo is full rigid, as most kids bikes should be. Sorry for blowing up the comments, but this content is so good!!

I forgot to mention, Krampus review please!

Nerdy content for us bike nerds!! Love ya @HardtailParty!!

Lezyne stuff is SO underrated. It's extremely high quality for the price. I use an Alloy Drive CFH as a pump and CO2 inflator in one. Worth the extra weight, and I slip in into one of my 3 rear jersey pockets. Had it for 3+ years and it's still butter-smooth.

Outstanding video!

Awesome !

Wow Steve, Just the best coverage at the show!

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, that means a ton

I will have to go check out District Bicycles in Stilly (aka Stillwater, Ok) to look at a Merman if they have one. They carry some beautiful bikes live Revel and Moots. I personally love Orange Seal Endurance. I started using it about 3 yrs ago and it has worked flawlessly, once even sealing a 1/2" puncture from a sharp stick enough to get me back to the trailhead.

Man those Turners look amazing 🤩

Now we get to see all the other stuff no one else showed, thanks...

great video !! wished I could be there. Do you know if 321 hubs have a silent version ? any idea when available?

Karate Monkey been eyeing a km frame for a 90s inspired parts bin build, awesome coverage love the channel 🤙🏻

I like what this Turner guy is talking about. I have mentioned that we have found the sweet spot in geometry and from here only small tweaks are needed. My Esker Hayduke geometry is super dialed. From there bikes can go a little slacker, maybe a bit more or less reach, 425 ish chainstays are pretty good. I just don't think we need to keep going to the extreme like so many companies are doing. A long low and slack 63 degree head angle hardtail pretty much just serves one purpose and isn't a good all around bike.

i really love drive trains with shifter crisping ;-)

Happy for Ryan! Landing at Yeti... Fantastic! I miss his reviews, though.

Steve, you definitely need to review and compare the Ti tubing differences and ride feel of those Alchemy frames. Enduro BB is definitely a problem solver for those of us to have to deal with replacing BBs all the time. I have to on my SS MTB’s and since I ride them all the time. Passchier bars seem like a great option for comfort.

Thank you and God bless for such a wonderful review. I am waiting for your Pinion gearbox review. I have been eyeing on them for some time but just shy of getting it. Maybe your review will change that.👍🙏

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

Coming soon ish...

Yes, more handbuilt stuff! :)

I've been riding well Microshift Advent X for several years and it is great

Stoked on the Fairdale Elevator

Sage has updated the geo on both the Flow Motion and Powerline since you have reviewed them. They’re awesome.

59:47 hopfully u can try out these cranks for another crank length test video🤣

Love my yeti arc i run 140 travel and love it

I haven't finished watching the video yet but I didn't want to forget. I would love to hear if you can make a single speed/ double speed work with that internal hub. I'm a die hard single speed rider but occasionally I think maybe two years would be good...?

Really interested in that Alchemy bike once it comes in for testing. I used to have a Fairdale Goodship road bike, but sadly met its' demise when I crashed into a guard rail on a bridge, so that mtn bike offering is interesting as well.

Definitely keen to see a review of the Marin Pine Mountain

Sage seriously has the cleanest best looking hardtails.

I will be buying the Wheels Solo XD for my Pedalhead as soon as it hits the website. Damn, so many things I want...

I believe the Santa Cruz Chameleon gen 8 was the first bike with a UDH sliding drop out!

The Classified SS is a GREAT idea!

Thanks for the video Steve! Products I thought were most interesting: - Classified Hubs - will be interesting to see the price point and initial reviews - Fairchild Hardtail - hoping this will be a decent steel mid priced mountain bike - Lenzyne Mini Hand Pump - add to cart

@DmitryNaydov

Жыл бұрын

The wheelset with Classified hub is about $3000.

@devondyreson

Жыл бұрын

@@DmitryNaydov dang! Might as well get a Rohloff hub.

That BMB stem is great thinking outside of the box

Surly Karate Monkey please Steve, I'm looking to upgrade to suspension fork on mine and would love your pov on possible options🤘

I'm sure you've heard about Tanglefoot cycles who makes atb/rigid mtbs designed around the idea of a 0° stem. They have the Hardtack which gives modernized 90s mtb vibes with the ability to fit 27.5x2.6 tires & design around running 0 degree stem. I vote to see the Krampus as it can fit 29+ even though the kid in me likes the Karate Monkey name.

Hand built stuff (over mass produced) all the way for me please!

a video review from you of Seth's TI hardtail will be wild

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

His bike wouldn't fit me well, but that'd be fun to Collab.

I'm late to the party, but I would love to see you ride the new Pine Mountain 2 and see if it's an improvement for you over the previous model.

I love the Merman bikes. Makes me think of Zoolander. I bet they're a fun bike and a fun company

Gimme the single speed that's a two speed. I love the ss life but sometimes I wish I had 2 or 3 gears. Very interested in this!

Yes more hand made boutique stuffs

Love my Manitou R7

Interested in the aeroe pannier racks vs the old mountain

Where can I get some hardtail party decals!?

Hello! Where can I get the hardtail party sticker?

Damn that Schwinn rebuild is beautiful

minute 55 what kind are those white Sunglasses ?

Why do people prefer 6 bolt over center lock? I’ve been running center lock for almost a decade and never had a problem.

@Azoth5876

Жыл бұрын

I have different wheelsets and tyres for my bike that i swap pretty regularly (just move the cassette and rotors over) and it would be so inconvenient with 6 bolts.

@hardtailparty

Жыл бұрын

I'm not here to change your mind, but I've had play in center lock hubs before. I also like that you can remove or tighten rotors with a multi tool with 6 bolt. Also, more rotors are available in 6 bolt.

@Azoth5876

Жыл бұрын

@@hardtailparty fair points. I did have play in centrelocks on an older bike of mine but haven't had any issues in recent years.

Would be awesome to see a hardtail party and berm peak collaboration. Maybe you review Seth’s sage bike 🤔 or is that off limits.