The Most Interesting Mountain Bikes of Sea Otter 2022

By Daniel Palma
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Here’s a look at some of the most interesting and unique mountain bikes spotted at Sea Otter 2022. Which one is your favorite?

A high-pivot Contra bike.
Pivot Shadowcat.
Prototype Vitus full suspension mountain bike.
Shaun Palmer’s custom Troy Lee Designs painted bike.
A golden Norco Range.
The titanium Moots Forager fat bike.
Zeround Mag sporting the new Kenda Rush tires.
Revel Rover gravel bike.
John Horsman color themed Kona Process 134 CR/DL 29
Mondraker Dusk Bike with Ohlins suspension in raw aluminum with matching yellow accents.
Another gold-themed bike, this time from Forbidden. Custom paint job by Tec_Gnar ford.
Chromag Minor Threat kids’ bike.
Duncan Shaw on his custom Marin street trials bike.
Cody Cupp’s XC race bike. The Signal Peak, it was just raced at the Sea Otter’s 80k Fuego XC race. 
Reed Bogg’s Custom painted SB165 freeride Yeti. 
State Bicycle Co. klunker bike.
Juliana Bikes Wilder XC Race bike (unknown rider)
Canyon Neuron.
Race-ready Pivot Phoenix.
Yamaha YDX Moro e-bike.
Scott Spark.
Nukeproof Dissent 290
Pivot LES-SL.
Sage titanium hardtail.
1/1 ever made custom Soil Searching edition Specialized Levo.
Moots Routt ESC titanium drop bar hardtail.
We Are One Arrival 130 (coming later this year).
Custom Rock Lobster tandem hardtail race bike.
YT Jeffsy.
Revel Bikes Rail29.
Specialized Turbo Creo SL.
Trek Slash.
Nukeproof GIGA 297.
Orange Grip2 dials on a Transition Spire.
5Dev components, and check out these funky tires!
Propain scoot bike.
E-bikepacking anyone?
Guerrilla Gravity Gnarvana w/ purple accents.
Another custom Yeti SB150 hand painted by Tec_Gnar.
Santa Cruz Stigmanta fully equiped for long long rides.
Mondraker F-Podium Carbon DC.
Mad dogs and Englishmen Side Car that can be attached to many bikes.
Niner WFO 9 EDO enduro bike.
Scott Spark RC in white/black colorway.
Canyon Spectral equipped with SRAM Flight Attendant.
BMC Fourstroke.
Propane Hugene CF 29.
Wyn Masters GT Force.
Richie Rude’s Yeti SB150.
Custom wrapped Stumpjumper.
Wilier Triestina URTA SLR.
Propain Ekano.
Mondraker Foxy Carbon RR 29.
We Are One Arrival 170 (coming later this year)
Devinci Troy.
This is one lightweight Specialized Epic.
Canyon Spectral:ON.
Mondraker Crafty eMTB.
Full suspension steel Btchn’ bike.
Another Specialized Epic race bike spotted.
A Yeti SB100 race bike spotted at the Yeti Booth.
Norco Optic with a Bright Suspension fork.
Starwars Speed Bike inspired super custom Bowhead Reach Adventure E-Bike.