I Really Want This Bike! The 6 Best Bikes I Found at Sea Otter Classic 2023

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I pick six of the best bikes from the recent Sea Otter Classic show.
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00:00 Intro
00:29 Van Rysel RCR
1:31 Vitus Venon EVO
3:19 Blackheart Bike Co
4:30 Bridge Bike Works
7:35 Haley Cycles
9:17 No.22
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@brycegracey699 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow - absolutely flattered to make the cut!

@alangrant7349 2 ай бұрын

Dude! Your bikes are beautiful. I am currently considering a new custom Ti frame for Road/Light Gravel and am glad to have watched this video. I will be in touch!

@BuckleyJonathan-nr1wu Жыл бұрын

Nice shirt - Path Less Pedalled?

@davidarthur Жыл бұрын

Yup

@genelegend Жыл бұрын

love the blackheart bike so much. got to test ride the all road ti bike not too long ago for a week and it's my dream bike. been saving for it.

@BrianRPaterson Жыл бұрын

Decathlon has always made outdoor pursuits affordable. When my kids were little, inexpensive Decathlon ski helmets, boots and ski suits made it easy to keep up with fast growing boys. I've read good things about Triban road and gravel bikes. It'll be interesting to see how the new Van Rysels perform. And if they appear in the big races. Probably not for me though. I'm allergic to aero seatposts and internally routed cockpits. They look clean, but I'd have hard time doing maintenance and sourcing spares. Cheerz

@stevebarratt6912 2 ай бұрын

David:you have no idea how helpful this video was, cheers mate.

@LVQ-so5th 2 ай бұрын

Your coverage of the show has been the best. Thanks for sharing. Love the No. 22 bikes.

@justwhenithought Жыл бұрын

Your idea of painting Ti bike on the front and show the natural color in the back sounds good David. That's one of my dream bike too, and probably would remain a dream for a long time.

@dcv9460 Жыл бұрын

Nice Shirt! 😎💯💯💯

@BuckleyJonathan-nr1wu Жыл бұрын

A Path Less Pedalled has these for sale.

@bitgeist21 Жыл бұрын

I love your list! I hope you had a great time at Sea Otter, David!

@MrSandperson0 Жыл бұрын

I saw the No 22 Drifter at the Sea Otter also...the tolerance on that breakaway coupler is absolutely insane!! It was almost like magic when the rep showed off the test coupler.

@jeffandersen6233 Жыл бұрын

All lovely bikes. I've been interested in Vitus for sometime as a good value option. Everything else is out of each but nice to dream about. I see Russ got to you. Nice shirt.

@davidnicholson6680 Жыл бұрын

Great choices. The Vitus looks like a nice option for lots of people, especially given the likely very reasonable pricing. The Van Rysel looks like a last-gen Venge which is a good thing. Also, maybe because I'm turning 50 this year, but the new crop of USA-made Ti road bikes have a lot of appeal for me. Moots, Seven (also check out their dual suspension MTB frames, wow), Firefly, Mosaic, and No 22 are all great and lots of newer brands like Blackheart and Haley keep cropping up.

@rickrichardson1141 Жыл бұрын

Really looking forward to you getting your hands on that Bridgeworks

@SoManyMiles Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great coverage of the Sea Otter 2023, David! Would love to see an affordable titanium gravel bike. Decathlon has one in its lineup for a very good price (made in Italy). Overall, these bikes are unterstandably really expensive.

@davekashuba4730 Жыл бұрын

Titanium is a difficult material to work with - specifically welding. When not done properly, the weld can fail. Because of that, I'd personally avoid super-cheap titanium frames, although I guess there is no guarantee that more expensive ones are manufactured perfectly. I'd only go with a titanium frame with a good warranty.

@tony5269 Жыл бұрын

Wicked Pissah Cool Bikes David!

@charlesblithfield6182 Жыл бұрын

Love the party pace tshirt, path less pedaled

@bikesavvy3654 Жыл бұрын

My wife asked if I would like a titanium bike for my 60th. I still have the Merlin Extralight frame from the 80’s. The Black Heart looks good

@andrehendrik 5 ай бұрын

you're a lucky man: own an 80s Merlin and have a wife asking you if want another Ti bike!

@hardmtnbiker Жыл бұрын

I agree! I own 2 custom Ti bikes free Seven Cycles but I been searching for a bike that I can easily take with me traveling. That Drifter is perfect! BTW I’m traveling the Philippines now with a Ti commuter bike I retrofitted from my old Mtn bike frame and old Mavic 700c wheels

@lancescarborough1 Жыл бұрын

Agree Very nice shirt!!!

@JoshuaBorrow Жыл бұрын

On the “road bike that can fit big tires” front, that’s why I just got an all city cosmic stallion. Lightweight (for steel), somewhat racy geo, 2x rival…

@dicconhill5593 Жыл бұрын

Great pick with the Van Rysel. Saw it at around 3..5k with Ultegra Di2 and some deep carbon wheels. But I think they'll be hard to find in stock. No22 very nice.

@StanEby1 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Hope you'll cover Box Components Prime 9.

@Speedy.V Жыл бұрын

The Vitus bike is what I've been wanting for years.

@Loekie-de-leeuw Жыл бұрын

That Van Rysel will be my new bike. Hopefully they get production up and running fast. A Focus Izalco Max 9.7 (with 20% off) is another contender. Shame the Focus is not covered by any legit (KZfaq) reviewer.

@KevinMatassa Жыл бұрын

Vitus looks a lot like my Factor LS (which I use for the same dual purposes road / gravel)!

@steinfossgard5210 Жыл бұрын

Nice t-shirt!

@jevgeniardassov Жыл бұрын

I think carbon threaded BB was rolled not cut, which is much better from an engineering perspective… But I do agree. 👍

@stevek4382 Жыл бұрын

All road with 45mm tires, I’ll be looking for this one.

@rah4981 Жыл бұрын

No.22 titanium fenders cost 900 dollars in the cheapest version. If you want them in the cerakote anodized version you have to pay 1500 dollars. Incredible.

@designeddifference6907 Жыл бұрын

So many bikes, so little room to keep them!

@Bajbajoc Жыл бұрын

Van Rysel isn't exciting? Indeed, it isn't new frameset concept but for a fraction of the price you get SL7-like bike. I bet if you scrape off the brand logo, you wouldn't tell whether it is regular Spec or VR.

@ariffau Жыл бұрын

Have you seen Ventum NS1? 😂

@endcensorship874 Жыл бұрын

You pretty much nailed why I love my gravel bike (a Rodeo-Labs, by the way. Check them out) in that I really love the wider tires because where I live the roads are absolutely crap and not about to get any better soon. And my county thinks improving the roads is doing chip seal. And if you know what chip seal is, then you know how bad it really is and why a gravel bike is perfect for that.

@howlinhauler Жыл бұрын

drifter 4sure! need one with mavic motor.

@rudyelizondo1935 Жыл бұрын

Good show nice bikes! If possible you need to disclose weight of all these bikes too, I’ve been riding bikes since I was 10 years old and am now 71 n still riding, believe me, weight affects the ride. Thanks

@damonbonnett6983 Жыл бұрын

Haley is a San Francisco brand made in Colorado.... just clearing that up!

@MrBerry67 Жыл бұрын

Do Haley cycles deliver internationally?

@edmundhodgson2572 Жыл бұрын

Pretty much agree, probably why I subscribe! The carbon threaded bb though, If this level of engineering was applied to press fit, they would all be problem free and lighter anyway, surely?

@cjohnson3836 Жыл бұрын

You can make a perfect press fit and its still shit. KZfaq 5 year olds keep stammering on about round holes. But the actual reason no one wants press fit is because with threaded, I can use the same damn socket wrench I use for everything else around the house. Press fit is stupid because its a pain in the ass to work on.

@edmundhodgson2572 Жыл бұрын

@@cjohnson3836 I use a hammer, never had a problem, headsets have been press fit for donkeys.... with your flash socket wrench

@sjoerdvandriel7201 Жыл бұрын

Out of all the videos from Sea Otter 23 this No22 Drifter is lonely at the top of my never able to buy list.

@garethdunsmore9913 10 ай бұрын

Black Heart OR J. Laverack?

@garagesale5948 Жыл бұрын

Bridge Bike Works threaded carbon BB is a recall in the making. Violating the laws of physics is not an innovation.

@curtisgoodwin8962 Жыл бұрын

Carbon fibre spindles have been used in automotive racing for years. No human is producing the torque required to destroy those threads. Ever.

@DilbertMuc Жыл бұрын

I like the decent logo on the Van Rysel RCR "Ready to Win" which is a kick in the ass to Cube with their RFR "Ready for Race". Winning is superior to just racing.

@gregvassilakos Жыл бұрын

The present generation of titanium bikes all seem to have carbon forks. What's up with that?

@dominicbritt Жыл бұрын

Vitus is a French brand.

@davidarthur Жыл бұрын

It was but has been owned by Chain Reaction Cycles/Wiggle for a number of years now

@Ballistichydrant Жыл бұрын

Paint it

@benm9469 Жыл бұрын

What I don't understand is why do the small bike manufacturers have to ape the big brands? That is not creative. Why are not built away from the mainstream classic road bikes with rim brakes at interesting prices ... But no all want to build racing bikes for 10k euros ... stupid

@cjohnson3836 Жыл бұрын

Sea Otter is the Dubai auto show of bikes. Its about showing off the premium builds. There's plenty of people, even custom boutique builders (esp custom boutique builders) making rime brake bikes with upper tier tubes. You have the internet, you can do a search yourself for them.