Sea Otter Classic: Six tech highlights from day 1

Sea Otter Classic Tech highlights
(Image credit: Josh Croxton)

Sea Otter Classic is underway at Laguna Seca Raceway, just outside Monterey in California. Part bike show, part festival, part multi-discipline race event, the Classic has been running for more than three decades and will attract tens of thousands of people over the coming days. 

The racing, of which there's all manner of disciplines including road, gravel, mountain biking, and even dual slalom, has attracted some huge names in years gone by; the US Postal team a long time ago, and Marianne Vos more recently. The expo attracts just as stellar a field, with Francesco Moser here to promote his brand's new bike, and rumours of Gary Fisher, Floyd Landis, and more roaming the dusty walkways between the hundreds of booths. 

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Josh Croxton
Tech Editor

As the Tech Editor here at Cyclingnews, Josh leads on content relating to all-things tech, including bikes, kit and components in order to cover product launches and curate our world-class buying guides, reviews and deals. Alongside this, his love for WorldTour racing and eagle eyes mean he's often breaking tech stories from the pro peloton too. 


On the bike, 32-year-old Josh has been riding and racing since his early teens. He started out racing cross country when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s and has never looked back. He's always training for the next big event and is keen to get his hands on the newest tech to help. He enjoys a good long ride on road or gravel, but he's most alive when he's elbow-to-elbow in a local criterium.