Sea Otter is full of weird and wonderful people and products - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
This copper Shinola townie had what seemed like a magnetic draw to its shiny, gold-hued tubes - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Shinola claims this ancient truck runs and drives, but it's still trailered from festival to festival - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Pit Viper believes in the eighties: boom box, cassette tapes and neon sunglasses - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Hopefully - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
"Do you even drift bro?" as seen on Jerome Clementz Cannondale Jekyll enduro race bike - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Breezer #2 was on display. Joe Breeze's first ever mountain bike couldn't be at Sea Otter, it's on display at the Smithsonian - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
The man himself with the 30 May 1977 blueprint for what would become the mountain bike - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Every type of bike was present and raced at Sea Otter - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Love beer and need a safe, reliable way to transport it? Drinktanks has you covered - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
A C02 cartridge pressurizes the system to create a mini keg tap anywhere you go - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
E-bikes are motorcycles? No, this Alta e-moto with 120lb feet of torque (!!!) is a motorcycle - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Fox Shox was showing off more than just mountain bike suspension - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
Huge oil reservoirs and several feet of coil springs are needed for the 32in of rear suspension travel - Russell Eich / Immediate Media
To commemorate its 30th anniversary, Devinci revived the XYZ with a modern 29er trail hardtail twist - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
Upfront, this Devinci XYZ sports a custom painted RockShox RS-1 - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
Devinci still manufactures some of its frames at its Canadian headquarters - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
I doubt anyone could have predicted the progression mountain biking would take when the XYZ was introduced back in 1987 - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
Trail building and maintenance seem like a great use for e-mountain bikes - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
Speaking of blasts from the past, Fat Chance is back with an updated 27.5 hardtail - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
Industry Nine was showing off a limited edition copper option for its colorful anodized hubs and spokes - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
This customized Surly long tail is impressive, but take a look at all that gold chain! - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
This custom trike built by 3D Racing turned heads at the NoTubes booth - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
For 2018 the industry will move towards 27.5 DH tricycles... - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
The Epic World Cup Hardtail is the latest in a long line of race bikes from Specialized, including this vintage S-Works - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
It goes by many names: Sea Weasel, Aqua Ferret, Marine Marmot. Call it what you will, the Sea Otter Classic is the cycling industry's annual kick-off party. Companies show off their latest wares to the public while professional and amateur racers toe the line to test their early season fitness.
This year we saw downhill trikes, kegs for bikes, some gorgeous retro-inspired mountain bikes and vintage models that formed the foundation for the mountain bikes we ride today.
Take a scroll-stroll through this gallery for a look at some of the weird and wonderful things we saw at this year's Sea Otter.
Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.
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