Alleycat Bike Race

Alleycat races pit urban riders against a course made to mimic the route of a bike messenger on an average day in a city. Gear…

Bear Grylls Knife

Bear Grylls, he of the broadcast television hit “Man vs. Wild,” has designed a knife for Gerber. The “Bear Grylls Ultimate Knife” comes to market…

TNF Kishtwar

The Kishtwar jacket from The North Face recently won Outside magazine’s “Gear of the Year” award. Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold offers his review on…

Indoor ‘Ice’ Climbing

The IceHoldz line of permeable plastic holds are made to take repeated ice ax placements to allow for training indoors. Numb fingers and falling ice…

Vibram gets ‘Naked’

To promote its latest FiveFingers footwear line, Vibram has captured a pair of buff naked athletes and displayed them lifelike and full-screen online.

Outside ‘Gear of Year’

Twice a year, Outside magazine issues its “Gear of the Year” awards and a special edition buyer’s guide. Here is the 2011 winter GOY list.…

Review: ULTRA Headlamp

Overkill for the average hiker, but an essential tool in certain high-stakes nighttime scenarios, Petzl’s ULTRA headlamp is in the running as the brightest on…

Review: LifeSpan Rower

Contributor Jill Adler, a certified ski instructor, tests a rowing machine to get in shape for the upcoming ski season. The machine costs $495 and…

Tiny GPS Beacon

The quarter-size Chirp, a new product from Garmin, is a GPS beacon made to stand in as the “cache” for participants in the activity of…

‘Yuki’ Expedition Parka

Canada Goose has a new polar mash-up parka this season. The exclusive coat, made in collaboration with Japanese designer Yuki Matsuda, costs a cool $1,750.

Review: Hitch Racks

Gear Junkie reviews bike-ready hitch racks from Thule and Kuat. Stout outrigger arms and a solid connection to the hitch make the racks bomber for…

Inov-8 ‘Evoskin’

To-be-released silicone “shoe” from Inov-8 Ltd. resembles Vibram FiveFingers. But the Evoskins are even more minimal.

‘Boy Who Conquered Everest’

Highly controversial or highly awesome? You can decide. Jordan Romero, the 13-year-old who climbed Mount Everest, co-wrote a kids book on his experience.

Interbike Rides back to Vegas

Change of plans. After a flirt with Anaheim, Calif., for its show next year, the Interbike Expo is riding back to Las Vegas again after…

Fi’zi:k Bike Shoes

Italy’s fi’zi:k brand jumps into the bike-shoe market with a high-end line. Kangaroo leather, sail cloth, and $400 price tags are included in the feature…

‘Performance’ Lingerie

A new company in Carpinteria, Calif., touts sex appeal alongside athletic functionality with its line of “performance lingerie.”

Giant Obelisk of Bikes

It stands more than 60 feet tall. It’s made of recycled bike parts, concrete and steel. Meet “The Cyclisk,” a public art sculpture in Santa…

HANEBRINK Hybrid Bikes

Its tires are 8 inches wide. It floats on snow and sand. On flat terrain, the HANEBRINK X-5 can reach speeds of over 65 MPH.

NEMO Polar Pod

Built with a unique “air-permeable reflective insulation” material, the $3,400 Isopod tent is Nemo’s design culmination from a multiyear experience working for NASA.

Swobo Crosby

A Swiss Army Knife-like bike, the Crosby converts from urban commuter to CX rig, or from fixie to freewheel with the turn of a screwdriver…

Giant Crystal Cave!

Crystals up to 36 feet long. Scorching-hot temps that could kill a human. Welcome to the Cueva de los Cristales, a rare cavern in Mexico…

Forerunner 310XT

Garmin’s uber outdoors/fitness/GPS watch tracks and quantifies a workout or an adventure like few products on the market. Gear Junkie gave the watch a multi-month…

Costa Rica AR

Contributor Trish Riley reported live to cover the inaugural Costa Rica Adventure Race, part of the AR World Series. A 500km coast-to-coast course drew an…

$10K Polartec Grant

Got a wild idea for an expedition in 2011? Applications for the $10,000 International Polartec Challenge Grant are available now.

Review: Princeton Tec Byte Headlamp

Small headlamp. Bright light. That’s the promise from Princeton Tec with its 2.25-ounce Byte. Gear Junkie tests it trail running and on a bike.

Aron Ralston Film

“127 HOURS” is a new film directed by Danny Boyle that recounts the story of Aron Ralston and his run-in with an immense boulder in…

ARTCRANK Bike Posters

Bicycle-inspired posters are the theme of the traveling ARTCRANK show. With a show in Portland, Ore., opening this week, here’s a preview of posters from…

Ciclotte Exercise Bike

It may look like an aesthetically-sublime torture device. But the Ciclotte is an exercise bike in disguise. Cost? A cool $10,700.

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