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Sea Otter Classic Expo, Monterey, California, USA, April 16-19, 2009

Ritchey have launched a new WCS-trumping Superlogic line
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The carbon rim also utilizes boron fibers
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Mountain bike riders get their own Superlogic carbon wheel as well.
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The disc-specific Superlogic mountain bike rims
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The WCS range gets a new all-carbon clincher
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The new carbon rim is significantly lighter
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Last year's WCS rim is now given to the Pro range.
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The carbon-and-aluminum rim
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The new Ritchey Pro carbon rigid mountain bike fork
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The giant aluminum crown is drilled out from the sides
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Carbon dropouts are molded in and protected
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Ritchey have added a carbon version
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The signature color for Ritchey's Pro line switches from blue to red
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The new Carbon Streem saddle
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Ritchey's 10D bar uses an innovative bend
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Naturally, many of Ritchey's components
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Cane Creek's new AER headset
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Aggressively milled-out cups
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Most of the weight savings comes courtesy of a unique Norglide composite bushing
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Cane Creek will offer the AER headset to fit
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The venerable Cane Creek Double Barrel rear shock
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Cane Creek have also developed a new yoke
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Syncros jump into the carbon mountain bike wheel market
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The new 25mm-wide rim is just a bit wider
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The lightweight hub accepts six-bolt rotors.
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Syncros use special double-row bearings
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Coming soon is a second-generation FL seatpost
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The FR line gets a new 'grunge' graphic.
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The Syncros Meathook pedal
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Syncros have revised their FL stem (unfortunately it wasn't on hand at the show)
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Easton fill a gap in their wheel line
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The carbon rim offers more aerodynamic efficiency
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Easton add a compact option to their EC90 road crank
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Race Face will offer an updated set of rings
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Shaping is far more complex than before
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There aren't necessarily more shift positions on the new rings
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Race Face will offer a limited-edition gold Deus crankset.
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The ultralight Next SL crank saves a few grams
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The new chainrings match well aesthetically
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Want some color?
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The new Atlas stem features harder edges than before.
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Rotor's latest crank prototype is tentatively called the '3D'.
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Rotor start with an extruded bar of aluminum
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Two channels are milled in from one side
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The resultant piece is mostly hollow for light weight
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The beefy chainring spider is also machined.
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Rotor's lightweight SP1 seatpost is finally under way.
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Angled bolts are easy to access.
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A new Rotor SD1 saddle
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Rotor is now supplying the Specialized factory team
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Rotor had to design special rings
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Edge Composites showed off a new carbon stem
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The titanium hardware threads into aluminum inserts.
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Edge Composites are also continuing to work on a seatpost
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The Hive now offer a clever-looking fifteen.G mountain bike crankset.
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A 'trilobe' taper design supposedly offers 100 percent surface contact
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External bottom bracket cups hold oversized bearings
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The deeply scalloped arm shape
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Pinned and ramped rings presumably
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The Hive also showed off their new range of geared mountain bike hubs.
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