New Bikes + Gear | Sea Otter 2024 Day 1

GMBN Tech are at the Sea Otter Classic 2024 and it looks like a brilliant year for new bikes and special gear. The mountain bike world has been alight with new releases and fresh drops in the run-up to Sea Otter this year, and this is our first opportunity to see a lot of it in the flesh.
⏱️ Timestamps ⏱️
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Gates Carbon Drive Bikes
01:20 - Brage Vestavik's GT Fury
01:40 - New Components From RaceFace
02:18 - Fox Suspension
03:07 - Pinarello Dogma XC
04:00 - Dakotah Norton's High-Stack Mondraker
04:41 - Propain's Secret Booth
05:09 - Smith Optics Stand
05:38 - Crankbrothers New Candy Gravel Range
06:16 - Privateer Gen2 Bikes
06:58 - D30 x ODI Grips
07:25 - WeAreOne Components Prototype DH Bike
08:23 - Sram Maven Brakes & RockShox Flight Attendant
09:33 - Rockshox Pyslo & Domain
10:05 - Specialized's New Demo Unveiled
10:48 - Park Tool Stand
11:15 - Nino's Scott Spark
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[@andrewsiasparks]

They were definitely getting baked in that box.

[@justsayin3600]

I was waiting for Mike Tyson to peek his head out saying, next!

[@andrewsiasparks]

@@justsayin3600 Nexth 😂

[@Kaspurr84]

The Kona booth is the best!

[@neildonoghue2399]

Yeah.... Didn't see it. I hope they stick around, my first proper bike was a Kona

[@ronaldeccles4141]

They broke

[@komoonkh]

Please try to investigate what is happening with our beloved Kona😢

[@SDK2006b]

Sadly many others will follow. (One already has this week) Also, I guess bike shows like this could start to disappear as cost/profit analysis kicks in. The watch and car industry have already pulled back on Expo type shows.

[@baba_kaos]

Kona is a Legend. Old School Brand.

[@Happy_Biker]

That 100k incentive to win on a Gates belt drive is the highest prize purse in DH ever...? Exciting side bet!

[@gmbntech]

Very cool idea isn't it! Is the age of the gearbox upon us?

[@GatesCarbonDrive]

Thanks for stop by at our booth! AMAZING vid here :)

[@Velo1010]

MTB’s with gear boxes is the future. We have come a long way from center pull brakes to cantilever brakes to hydraulic disk brakes. From hardtail to full suspension. Now we need to see leaps in the drivetrain. Gear boxes are the leap.

[@HarryKuloh]

So you claim.

[@Velo1010]

@@HarryKuloh what’s wrong with embracing the future? It’s a better system that’s bound to advance.

[@Rupertmtb360]

nah drivetrains are better

[@Rupertmtb360]

what about xx t-type

[@mtb4life817]

Nah t type is

[@Rupertmtb360]

I love gmbn tech videos. thank you for being such awesome guys! I have learned basically all i know from your vids, keep up the good work!

[@Velo1010]

Hell of a lot better than Pink Bike. That host has as much enthusiasm as a tree trunk.

[@Rupertmtb360]

@@Velo1010 I know right

[@gmbntech]

Thanks so much for watching 🫡

[@ben63197]

We Are One! Can't wait to ride my new Arrival bike!

[@erinb4919]

This is a really great and clear video. Learned a lot... And I've watched a tonne of videos on suspension 😂

[@kevindunwoodie971]

Nice video. I’ll be there in 30 minutes. Looking forward to it.

[@gmbntech]

Enjoy! It's great this year 👍

[@bobbybecker80]

Great job; very comprehensive.

[@gmbntech]

Lot's to cover! And lot's more to come over the next few days

[@energ8t]

WEO DH looks dope… Also Dak’s Stak Mondraker looks sweet too

[@vilimiryordanov8502]

Interesting to see a few of the bikes (in the beginning of the video) all have the new Race Face Chester grips. Pretty intrigued!

[@kaltonian]

Wow...yet again seaotter doesn't disappoint, the pinarello dogma is a very nice looking machine, as well as the specialized at the end, loving the joins & lugs on the frame, really nice, it's also good to see belt driven bikes with internal hub gearing, as the two go hand in hand for those round the world low maintenance epic adventures, personally i would like to see more of that design as you loose all that extra weight as well as constant maintenance & worry of failing parts when in the deepest & remote places around the world were you can do without mechanical headaches, seaotter is a great place to have gogglebox eyes to drool over all the new & next generation of bikes & tech.

[@Magoo71]

Good show Neil! I'm driving down to Sea Otter tomorrow....I hope to say Hi if I see you!

[@gmbntech]

Please do!

[@bikenapa505]

@Neil, come on; that santa cruz blur is is Keegan Swenson's race bike! he won the Pro xc Race (and always has the trick setups), spotlight the guy and his mechanic for more on how they use their equipment, pretty please :-)

[@YTOnlineReviews]

Love to see.

[@mattfitzbizdr]

Zerode. Brilliant.

[@Rideoak]

Neil ist brilliant!

[@mattgoeswheelin]

The WeAreOne bikes look soooo good.

[@saburtierney]

no way! I thought i saw neil yesterday but i didnt know if he was actually here!

[@johnssmith4005]

Mondrakers are just the best 😍

[@BGWordneemig]

More please! Many Hungarians(rider) live in England and USA, maybe some special show for that people!

[@vilimiryordanov8502]

Any details around that Onoff bar with 50mm rise on Dakota’s Mondraker bike?

[@ridegarden]

I want to hear more about the one-piece wheel!

[@MaQuGo119]

I love mondraker bikes.

[@c0nsci0usness]

They look so fucking sick. I would get one if price weren't a consideration

[@elgeffe503]

@@c0nsci0usness if they didn't have headset cable routing either

[@veganpotterthevegan]

As someone that's replaced a lot of ski edges, I definitely wouldn't want a chainring built in a similar way😂 I would have bought one of those chainrings if I didn't know that🙃

[@HaggisPower]

It's kind of weird - Shimano have made steel on composite rings for many years. Why does no one mention this?

[@Carlifurafollas]

Love the new Chevy wheels on Nino’s Spark replica 😂

[@censorshipBS]

Looks like my 2001 Santa Cruz Superlight 😂❤

[@StreetComp]

Have Fox or Rockshox explored magnetorheological damper tech like some cars use? The system is probably too heavy or complex for a bicycle but benefits for cars have been amazing due to ability of damper to stiffen/soften instantly

[@ryanrodriguez1234]

I hear there's new Polygon bikes 🙌

[@JamesMTBAdventures]

Good video looking at the latest tech. EBike rated helmet though 😂😂😂 sounds like another way for them to up the price

[@dviper11]

Great commentary as usual! Would love to hear more about those stealthy, under the bar tape trigger shifters at 9 min 30!!

[@wingtip76]

Love the new Pinarellos but hate the Specialized with those cheap-looking carbon tubes.

[@komoonkh]

Brage is not a psychopath, he has viking genes😅

[@Beli4l]

WHAT THE HELL is a ebike certification for helmets?!😂

[@gmbntech]

Like standard certification but heavier, it does the hard bit for you and the owners will tell you it's better? 😉 Just kidding 😂

[@glenni249]

The average ebike rider is carrying a few extra kg, so they need to hold up to heavier falls.

[@Happy_Biker]

...aaaaaand: it's a motor bike....

[@fancydogwings]

bro please tell where i can get those sunglasses you wearing .very cool

[@rocky6162]

interesting to see brage still riding the previous gen fury. does the current one not come in 27.5?

[@JaggedTusk]

where is the vorsprung shock?

[@tomd1826]

No sign of the 2024 Zeb? I heard it's got a snappy red paintjob!

[@miyui9269]

spez doing lugged prototype proving the athertons has always been on the right track for a long time

[@ducatifila]

Yoshi pedals ! Nom Nom I want some

[@StepXX]

Thank you for the report! Regarding the slalom bike: I came across a statement that you shouldn't exceed 30mm of spacers under your stem. Is it a myth or there's actual justification for this?

[@jimmyz5831]

Unfortunately I have too many bikes already. What are we to do when new stuff comes out??

[@SDK2006b]

An e-bike ‘certified’ helmet, what next 🤣

[@Frostbiker]

The tests required to sell a motorcycle helmet are quite a bit different than those of a bicycle helmet due to the speeds involved. Same with e-bikes, I presume.

[@RomainJoubert]

Specialized Legend, or Banshee Demo ?

[@DR_1S]

❤📽️

[@nrgold1595]

Would anyone be able to tell me what Neil's sunglasses are? cheers

[@thomas.nothing4433]

How can a Helmet be Ebike certified ? What does that mean ?

[@blakekennard7700]

One piece wheels? Thank you for the imaginative push forward with creative design, but absolutely no thank you. That’s a place on a bike we’re being modular allows the user to create their own custom experience.

[@slowmobius2136]

What’s is an “e-bike certified” helmet??

[@Xbox360gamer5000]

Is doddy still at gmbn Tech?

[@DR_1S]

👍🏼✅

[@SR104]

What is an ebike certified helmet? Talk about marketing😂

[@gavauls]

Are you going to cover why Kona set up and then packed up?

[@neildonoghue2399]

I don’t know and as far as I’m aware it hasn’t been made public yet

[@ricosuavez_uk]

Yes. 😎

[@iffy_too4289]

So RS has finally got rid of the Motion Control damper on their budget trail/enduro offerings. About fucking time.

[@radost0514]

man can i have a ling of your Sunglasses ! They are top !

[@sloops4398]

A grip that get's hartd at a impact and is soft while riding? The other way arround would make sense but not this way.

[@SidiNic]

Thats what i thought exactly

[@feedbackzaloop]

Gates must be very sure of that winning thing never happening😂

[@scottyzepplinphotography1188]

Never thought I would live long enough to see bike cost as much as car and have the fall right into Planned obsolescence.

[@zonoskar]

Running 160/140mm rotors on my XC bike. Don't really need more.

[@MarcelPierre27]

Im waiting for the new Specialized for so so long… the old demos are not in stock so….. but i wait i wait and nothing happens…

[@jagoss45]

How about the KARBON Powwline SL e bike? Boutique brand from Massachusetts.

[@mikestivers8302]

welp if what's in the box is the new Sresh, tis already on the website. so not a secret...

[@gmbntech]

...But what if it's not that 😉

[@mikestivers8302]

@@gmbntech im gonna re-trace my steps.. because it's not that.. ;)

[@stephenrodgers5587]

Glad you ignored the marketing fools with the secret exhibit. They’ll fire their marketing idiot next month.

[@Pieterpittigeportiepeperpathe]

Cool, I guess the ebike helmets have a Faraday cage

[@jeanmarc_in_Hudson]

😄

[@gmbntech]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Ghostina1]

Kona ist dead???

[@EthanRC_MTB]

That’s not a top tube, that’s paper😂

[@markbrown9803]

How do you go about “e-bike rating” a helmet?!

[@BSE75]

psssst propain light emtb

[@karbonaterol6969]

Where you there ?

[@karbonaterol6969]

Where you there?

[@22Jeffers]

How can a helmet be ebike certified??

[@gato2002]

Those thin tubes in the thumbnail don't look safe at all.

[@kingflynxi9420]

That weakened DH bike looks like an old lapierre dh720

[@ryanwoodland2074]

#askgmbntech What the f is ebike certified? I'm pretty damn sure I've broken many ribs and smashed my head on my downhill bike pointed down a mountain with certified gear many times over someone climbing a trail on an ebike?

[@chrisprysok7634]

No new geometry to see here. We've hot warehouses full from 2022. We peaked. Lol.

[@minerva2958]

E-bike certified helmet… that’s the biggest pile of marketing cobblers ever!!!!

[@45graham45]

Good show but most things that you said were obvious really were not.

[@jaimeolmedo7405]

Only here for the downhill bikes.

[@BuffiestFluff]

"we are one components" is a hilarious mistake

[@melbournechugging2999]

What tech basically the same overpriced stuff year after year

[@gasparugarte4720]

Ok, what is it about all these generic AI comments in this video??? They're obviously fake. At least put some effort

[@gmbntech]

There's a lot of bots about these days! We try to ban/hide when they come up but it's an uphill battle 😅

[@ericjohn5461]

At least I didn't have to see trek trash 🤮

[@Alan-75]

Sorry but those gold fox forks just look cheap and nasty🤮🤮🤮 looks like something I did as a kid using spray cans from the local DIY shop..Looks worse than the dog 💩 brown forks they did. Whats next, rainbow coloured or maybe bright pink or yellow.

[@marcmaza2821]

Sea otter sucks zzz not like the old days!

[@emanuelv19]

shhhh old geezer. Times have changed, except maybe your attitude.

[@pb4305]

Ehh bunch of downhill full suspension BS 💩 Not interested 🥱

[@godstrashman]

I hear they are showing off all of the titanium hardtails at the old folk's home next door, maybe check that out

[@pb4305]

@@godstrashman I'm in my mid 20's. comment irrelevant 🤣

[@emanuelv19]

@@godstrashman yea cause everyone wants to act cool with their hardtails. Annoying