Otso’s Warakin has been a popular choice for those wanting a stainless or titanium chassis all-road bike and today, the brand announced the steel version. Let’s take a closer look…
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The Otso Cycles Waheela C Gets a New Paint Option for 2024
Otso Cycles‘ flagship gravel bike, the Waheela C, just got a new color design for 2024. Let’s check out the new white and cool gray Waheela C below.
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Otso Cycles Hoot Ti Review: Titanium Hardtail Gets the Last Laugh
Launching today, the Hoot Ti from Otso Cycles is the brand’s first foray into designing a truly modern and progressive hardtail mountain bike. Built around 140 mm of front suspension with short 425mm chainstays across all sizes, the Hoot is meant for demanding trail riding yet is playful enough for riders who like to get airborne. It’s an evolution of where the brand, which has been innovating since day one, is going while also showcasing its ability to deploy new technologies to solve challenging design problems.
Josh has put considerable mileage on the new Hoot over the past few weeks, both in his usual testing grounds of southern Arizona and a big week in the steep mountains of northern New Mexico. Continue reading below for Josh’s review of the Hoot and a peek inside Otso’s Minneapolis, MN-based operations.
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OTSO Cycles Win a Fat Bike and a Trip To Cuyuna Giveaway
Wolf Tooth and Otso Cycles have a great giveaway running to get you out on a fatbike this winter, with an all-expense paid trip to Cuyuna and all the equipment you plus a friend will need to be cold rolling on some fat tires, so read on to see what you’ll win!
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Radar Roundup: Wilde Rambler Steel Fork, Otso Cycles Waheela C Colors, Restrap Coffee Dripper, Solstice Century, New Knog Blinder Front Lights, Bell Sanction 2 Helmets, and Ride Every Day
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Announcing The Radavist X Otso Cycles Collaboration Voytek
Otso Cycles and The Radavist have joined forces to share a special new Voytek. This is a bike that blurs the line between mountain bike and fat bike. It handles snowy Minnesota trails just as well as arid New Mexico singletrack with its adjustable geometry, versatile carbon frame design, and agile handling. A small batch of frames and complete bikes are now available in this limited colorway, with a portion of proceeds going to the folks at Protect Our Winters to help ensure snowy trails for generations to come. Check out more on this limited edition drop below!
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The Otso Cycles Fenrir Touring Bike is a Drop Bar 29er Stainless Steel Monster!
Is it a gravel bike? A drop bar 29er? Or something else entirely? When it comes to the nomenclature surrounding these modern touring bikes, I often scratch my head, pondering an answer to this question. My usual inclination is to envelop these bikes under the umbrella of “adventure bikes” but then this bike landed in my lap. The Otso Cycles Fenrir is aligned with bikes like the Kona Sutra ULTD and the Moots Baxter but Otso did something different – i.e. better – than its competitors. The Fenrir took it up a notch and has utilized boost spacing wheels, which in my mind, put this in the drop bar 29er category.
I’ve had the Fenrir for a while now, have taken it on an overnighter, and have ridden some of my favorite mixed terrain routes here in Santa Fe with it. On washboarded sandy roads to singletrack, doubletrack, and gravel, the Fenrir is a hell of a bike and one that I really resonated with, so let’s check it out in detail below…
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Shop Tour of Wolf Tooth & Otso Cycles
Lifting the veil behind manufacturing companies offers an intimate look at what makes them tick. In a little different approach to the standard Shop Visit photos, Wolf Tooth and Otso Cycles takes on an aerial look at its facilities.
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Otso Cycles is Seeking a Bike Builder
Our friends at Otso Cycles are looking to hire a full-time employee with benefits. You can head to Otso to read all about it:
Otso Cycles is seeking an experienced bicycle builder to join the team in our Burnsville, MN facility.
Duties:
-Assembly of complete bicycles
-Packaging and shipping bicycles
-Packaging and shipping spare parts and accessories
-Kitting parts for bicycle sales and assembly
-Servicing demo bikes
-Aid marketing and sales staff at bike demos
-Flex to Wolf Tooth assembly and machine shop as time permits
Contact brendan@otsocycles.com for more details or to apply for the position.
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Otso Cycles Has Waheela C Completes In Stock
Otso Cycles received a shipment with drivetrain components, so they’ve been able to assemble a handful of Waheela C complete bikes with Shimano GRX 600, GRX 800, and Campagnolo Ekar. In the current bicycle part and frame shortage, this is big news for the brand and its followers who have been patiently waiting for bikes to be in stock all year. Once Otso sells through their current inventory, the next chance to get a new Waheela C complete bike is likely in November. Start building your Waheela C at Otso Cycles!
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Otso Cycles’ Versatile Voytek Carbon Hardtail is In Stock Now!
Whether you’re a 26″ fat, 27.5″ plus or 29″ chunky rider, the Otso Cycles Voytek hardtail has the geometry for you. These wheel and tire options are made possible by the patent pending Tuning Chip™ system, designed by the team at Wolf Tooth Components, it allows you to modify the chainstay length. The Voytek’s chainstays are adjustable from between 430mm for responsiveness or 450mm for stability in loose ground. All built with many options, starting at $3,899 and in stock now at Otso Cycles.
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Otso Cycles Rises from Wolf Tooth Components
If there is one company that has made our lives easier in terms of gearing options, it’s Wolf Tooth Components. Everything they’ve introduced to the market has been smart, innovative and has opened the door to new, affordable drivetrain systems. It should come as no surprise that the guys behind Wolf Tooth have a few opinions as to how bicycles should be designed, which was the motivation for launching Otso Cycles.
Their introductory framesets are the Voytek, a carbon hardtail and the Warakin, a stainless steel all-road. See more details below and be sure to check out Otso Cycles!
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Otso Warakin Steel Review: A Gravel Bike That Cuts Through the Noise
The field of all-road and gravel bikes may seem crowded, but Otso Cycles always seems to add something new to the conversation with their bikes. In this review, Hailey Moore writes about what sets the Otso Warakin Steel apart among its off-road peers.
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Update: Hailey’s True Love Cycles Heart Breaker With Rigid Whisky No. 9 Fork
Earlier this year, Hailey Moore reviewed her True Love Cycles Heart Breaker—a steel-tubed drop-bar mountain bike made in Warsaw, Poland. The original build spec saw the Heart Breaker outfitted with a short-travel color-matched and refurbished RockShox RS-1 but, after a long review period with this setup, Hailey was keen to shave a little weight and see how a rigid fork paired with the frame. Read on for her update on riding the Heart Breaker with Whisky’s No. 9 MTN Boost fork.
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Long Term Relationship: A True Love Cycles Heart Breaker Review
After spending nearly six months riding Polish builder True Love Cycle’s Heart Breaker, Hailey Moore pens a long-term review of this drop-bar 29er, and compares and contrasts two vastly different build specs.
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Otso Voytek Limited Boreal Pine Color
Computer renderings only go so far. Sometimes when brands envision the next season’s colors, they have to make a sample run. That’s what Otso did with its Voytek this season…
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Radar Roundup: Otso Arctodus Ti Fatbike, 1Up Giveaway, Ballern Cycle Works Sexy Rack, Crumb Works Chunk Pre-Order, SAS S1-J Jackets, Ultra Distance Scholarship Application, Rapha Brevet, and State 6061 v3 Fixed and GRT55 Wheelset
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Radar Roundup: Otso Voytek 2, Curve Cycling Air Kev, ORNOT Small Monsters, Boone Tech Ti Cranks, and Revel Tweedy
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
