Over the spring break I traveled to Monterey to go to the biggest bike event/race in America. After a long drive down to the coast, we arrived at the campsite. Everyone there had a bike of some sort, everyone was stoked and happy to be there. Its pretty unreal to ride with strangers from all parts of the world and have a great time. The vibe there was like no other place, everyone was connected by the love of bikes. The bike show was pretty awesome, a lot of the pros were there and bike parts were on sale. I spent 175 bucks on new parts and I don't regret it. The actual race part of it was cool as well. Although I did not race myself, I watched a lot of the racing and events. I plan on racing next year for sure. It felt like this was the mekka of the bike community all in one place.
Another aspect of Sea Otter was the crowd, so many people were super rowdy, cheering, blowing airhorns, waving flags while screaming, downing beers at lightning speeds, and doing whatever they could to be crazy. Sleep in the campsites was pretty much impossible because of the noise of surrounding parties, but after a long day of riding the second day, and some melatonin, sleep was a lot easier. There were random bands of people running through the campsites at night screaming and waving flags, there was for sure some patriotism
involved over the weekend.
I made a video from the weekend of my experience. watch it below....
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/358725/
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