Summertime is prime bike riding time thanks to the lack of snow and rain to dampen spirits. But it can also be hot. Add to that the heat of a working body and what was meant to be a casual ride to the market quickly turns into a sweaty mess. And it’s only a mess Read more ›
There are plenty of reasons to have a satellite communicator, but most options have been downright expensive. There were annual plans, activation and suspension fees, auto-renewals and that was on top of the hundreds of dollars spent to purchase the device. So basically, unless you were a guiding outfit, a professional explorer, or a hard-core Read more ›
One of the great joys of summer entails hitting the road. The venerable tradition of the fly-fishing road trip even predates personal vehicles – in the late 1800s, anglers would hop onto railroad cars and head north into the trout camps of Maine, Michigan, and Canada. Today, savvy road-tripping anglers make camps alongside some of the Read more ›
I’m not normally one to cede control. No one shops for me. I pick my own clothes. And I don’t normally just pay someone to give me random stuff. But starting now, I will make an exception when it comes to one thing. Random gear. You might first think that a box of random gear Read more ›
Kayakers, rafters and canoers have always relied on Watershed Drybags, the industry pioneer of 100 percent submersible drybags, to keep sensitive gear dry. Now, Watershed is hitting the bike trails with the McKenzie, their first-ever handlebar bike bag. Notable Features Made in the U.S.A. With so many products mass-produced and made overseas, it’s a pleasure Read more ›
Many fly fishers consider dry fly fishing the pinnacle of the sport. There’s no angling equal to the thrill of presenting a bit of fur, feathers, and thread in a way that a wary trout believes it to be a real insect. Seeing a trout rise from the watery depths and slurp their artificial fly Read more ›
Any kid who ever watched The Great Escape on a summer afternoon immediately went out and pretended he was Steve McQueen, and that his bike was a stripped down motorcycle. The new Scrambler S ebike from Vintage Electric knowingly pays homage to one of moviedom’s most iconic scenes, and also to one of the coolest Read more ›
Revant Optics, founded in 2010 to produce replacement lenses for sunglasses from Adidas to Under Armor, has launched its own line of sunglasses today on Kickstarter. True to their roots the new line is designed with the ability to easily replace pieces as they wear, break or scratch. And with performance sunglasses priced at higher Read more ›
For decades, anglers have hopped into drift boats or rafts and floated down a trout-rich river for a day of fishing. But because many of the rivers we fish are near roads or farms and communities, few folks think to spend the night camping at the riverside. That should change. Rivers like Washington’s Yakima and Read more ›
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For many riders, 1×11 systems simply did not have the gearing for high-cadence spinners, especially on steep hills and power moves. SRAM quickly addressed that issue a few years back, launching the first-ever 1×12 systems, in their top-end – and very pricey – XX1 and XO1 Eagle lines. This was a truly revolutionary technology, giving Read more ›
About this time two years ago, I made a little list of the top six items rocking my ski quiver during an epic, endless winter that began in Argentina, ended with several feet of snow in Breckenridge, Colorado, and in between included turns in Austria, Utah, New Mexico and Japan. Along with the Dynafit Chugach Read more ›