Sea Otter 2019 gallery: Trek's Checkpoint SL, Manitou JUNIT fork and the Evoc Race Belt

We check out Manitou's JUNIT kid's suspension, Alchemy's new bikes, pads from Endura, and more

New kit from Sea Otter 2019

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Alex Evans

Published: April 18, 2019 at 10:33 am

Since Interbike was cancelled late last year, Sea Otter has now become the biggest bike show in North America. And as it turns out, this means it's bigger, better and has more products on show than ever.

We scoured the countless stands and have selected some of the most interesting bits of kit to feast your eyes on.

Alex Evans

Senior technical editor

Alex Evans is BikeRadar’s senior mountain bike technical editor. He started racing downhill at the tender age of 11 before going on to compete across Europe. Alex moved to Morzine in the French Alps at 19 to pursue a career as a bike bum and clocked up an enormous amount of riding. Hitting those famous tracks day in, day out for eight years, he broke more bikes than he can remember. Alex then moved back to the UK and put his vast knowledge of mountain biking to good use by landing a job working for MBUK magazine as features editor. Since working for MBUK, Alex’s focus has moved to bike tech. He’s one of BikeRadar’s lead testers and knows how to push bikes and products to the limit, searching out the equipment that represents the best value for money. Alex is also a dedicated eMTB rider, and still dabbles in racing of a sort, doing his best to top the Strava leaderboard on the steepest, gnarliest and twistiest trails the Tweed Valley has to offer – just for fun, of course. Alex is also a regular on the BikeRadar YouTube channel and BikeRadar podcast.

Sea Otter 2019 gallery: Trek's Checkpoint SL, Manitou JUNIT fork and the Evoc Race Belt

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