Ditch the Bivy; Get the Kilo 1P

Monday, November 05, 2012

If you are used to utilizing bivy structures on your camping trips, then chances are that you will certainly appreciate the special kilo 1p mini-tent. The tent itself actually weighs a single kilogram (as per its name) and is meant to be used as a three-season sort of shelter. Keeping it upright is little more than a couple of stakes and a single thin carbon fiber pole. What makes it so intriguin...

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Energy Drink Could Replace All Else

Monday, November 05, 2012

Tailwind is one of the most interesting energy providing options on the market at the moment for endurance athletes looking for a serious, complete source of fuel for their body. The stuff is marketed as complete race fuel and is designed specifically to work as an all-in-one sort of substance that can provide all necessary hydration, calories and electrolytes in a few gulps (it is a liquid). Thou...

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Gloves and Sleeves Fit for Sun

Friday, November 02, 2012

At times, a person can end up feeling incredibly overheated in a certain environment without having any idea of what they could do to fix their situation; rarely do such individuals realize that the counter-intuitive jump to properly designed long sleeved garments and protective gloves could be all that they need to cool down. Some manufacturers are proving this strange paradox to be quite true w...

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Learn to care for your biking gear

Friday, November 02, 2012

Most cycling gear and apparel typically can provide you with protection, comfort and even a place to carry your tools and nutrition during your rides. As long as you take good care of your things, you can probably rest assured that they will last you plenty of time before they need to be replaced and you’ll be the guy (or gal) who rides around in style with good-looking gear all the time. Of cours...

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A backpackable bike

Thursday, November 01, 2012

“Hike up the mountain, and bike back down.” That’s the promise with the to-be-released Mountain Skyver from Ortovox; a foldable, carry-able, all-terrain scooter/bike made to be backpacked up a mountain and then converted on top for fast, wheeled descents back down. This bike comes with absolutely no pedals for the user to utilize and no seat either; a single pair of foot pegs are used on this bik...

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Start Bike-Packing and get more from the outdoors!

Thursday, November 01, 2012

START EASY Don’t worry about taking on massive distances and extreme conditions at first; instead, try to ease your way into the activity. It does not all need to be completely epic after all. As a matter of fact, overnight trips are quite common in the realm of bike-packing. There are endless small adventures that you can begin with. Little things like the well-known S24O trips can be all it ta...

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What are Twin Tip Snowboards?

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Both the sport of snowboarding and snowboards themselves have managed to evolve quite a bit over the years. Since their start in the 70’s, snowboards have expanded from being produced and designed in garages and home work-shops to being mass-produced by large companies for a large variety of different specific uses and branches of the steadily rising sport. The snowboards that are used in our mode...

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Wild Country’s Superlight Rocks for climbing

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Just about all of the possible sizes of climbing chocks that you can imagine can be found in sales bins at your local climbing store. For this reason, you’d probably think that most manufacturers would give up on crafting something new that can hold its own in such an area. However, Wild Country begs to differ with their recent addition to the market’s available versions of this type of product; t...

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Shoes for trail-building bikers

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Very few people would ever expect a company like Five Ten that is historically recognized as a climbing shoe brand to create a crossover item that could cater in some way to both biking and trail building. Footwear for such a combination of two activities (intentional anyway) has as of yet, never before been made available on the market for purchasers to choose. The company’s jump into such an a...

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Shorts fit for a mountain biker

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Apparently Zoic (a san Diego, California based company that specializes in the creation of effective cycling apparel) is specifically focused on the crafting of very relaxed kinds of jerseys as well as extremely comfortable (if not a little baggy) riding shorts for those who do not want to constantly take on the image of a competitive biker each time they head out to the trails for a ride. This ...

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