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Sea Otter Tech: Magura, Ridley, Rotor and Lezyne

  • By Matt Pacocha
  • Published Apr. 23, 2008
  • Updated Apr. 23, 2008 at 4:09 PM EDT

By Matt Pacocha

Magura has a new brake that is claimed to weigh under 300-grams

Photo: Matt Pacocha

Sea Otter is over, but this year’s expo was bigger than ever and the overflow of what we saw there can and will go on for the rest of the week. In this edition we’ll look at brakes from Magura, Ridley frames, Rotor cranks and accessories from Lezyne.

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Matt Pacocha

Matt Pacocha

Pacocha, the VeloNews test editor, started in the industry sweeping shop floors at 13. Since then he’s wrenched, raced mountain bikes on the national circuit for four years, worked at IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) for two years, raced on the road in Belgium for six months, and served four years as the tech editor for VeloNews. And, of course, Pacocha is the staff's resident cyclocross fanatic.