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Encore! Interbike 2010

Gear Junkie offers a final peek at equipment and new bike products from the massive bike love-in last week in Las Vegas that was Interbike…

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Bootleg Canyon MTB

Bootleg Canyon, a mountain-biking area in Boulder City, Nev., is the venue for Interbike’s Outdoor Demo, a two-day industry event. Gear Junkie reported from Bootleg’s…

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Merino Wool Stores

Two of my longtime favorite merino-wool purveyors, Ibex and Icebreaker, are opening suave urban stores, respectively in Boston and in the SoHo district of Manhattan.

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HD HERO 960

GoPro’s latest camera is an entry-level version of the company’s flagship HD HERO model. It’s marketed as a “full-blooded GoPro camera” at $179.

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Wal-Mart Camping Gear

$19 dome tent, anyone? Josh Turner, a host on CampingGearTV.com, took a trip with camping gear procured only at Wal-Mart. This is his review.

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‘All-Terrain’ Camera

It looks like an old-school SLR camera wrapped in waterproof housing. But this “all-terrain” HD video camera is shock resistant and waterproof to 65 feet.

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Remembering Jure Robic

Journalist and Gear Junkie contributor Stephen Krcmar remembers one of the greatest cyclists of all time, Jure Robic, a Slovenian solider who was killed last…

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Highlights: Interbike 2010

Four days, a few miles of desert trail ridden, press meetings, and a dozen bikes tested. . . the Gear Junkie crew is back from…

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GPS Helmet Camera

The ContourGPS has an embedded GPS unit made to capture location as the video records. It is touted as ushering in a “new era of…

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Interbike 2010!

The Gear Junkie crew travels to Las Vegas this week for the Interbike Expo trade show. Here’s a sneak peek at some new gear from…

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External-Frame Backpacks

Clunky remnants of another era? Not so claim several backpack manufacturers who have brought external-frame models back to the retail floor.

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‘Preppy’ Cycling Gear

This “preppy” cycling gear performs in the saddle and looks good off the bike, too. Stephen Krcmar goes through his top picks in a lineup.

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‘Teva House’ Contest

10 days in Fiji. That’s the prize with Teva’s once-in-a-lifetime South Pacific adventure trip.

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Magnet Bike Bottle Holder

Vincero Design’s bike-bottle holder uses rare-earth magnets instead of a cage to keep your bottle in place. Weight? 16 grams!

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‘Outside’ Photo Clinic

“Four intense days of all photography all the time.” That’s the billing for Outside Exposure 2010, a clinic put on by Outside magazine next month…

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Kodak Playsport Camera

Because sometimes you don’t want to take your good camera on adventures (especially if you’re in or near water), there are “rugged” point-and-shoots like the…

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‘Skiing Business’

Launched this week by Bonnier Corporation, this new online publication is billed as “the premier site for covering all business aspects of the skiing industry.”

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Burton Snowboards 2011

Burton’s 2011 collection includes graphics by Paul Smith and Ralph Steadman, with aesthetic nods that range from electrical-wire motifs to Hunter Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing…

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Origins of Swiss Army Knife

Swiss Army Knives are symbols of utility and smart design known the world over. Gear Junkie traveled to Switzerland this summer to investigate the history…

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CRUNCH Granola Bars

In a direct affront at a market long dominated by General Mills and its Nature Valley line, Clif Bar & Company debuted CRUNCH granola bars…

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6-Hour Orienteering Race

Team GearJunkie.com wins! After almost six hours of backwoods racing, Team GJ completed a tough orienteering course to take first place in the 2010 MNOC…

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Brainwave Device for iPhone

Mind control! The XWave device can sense brainwave signals on the surface of your forehead and control an iPhone.

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Review: Canon Rebel T2i

This digital SLR includes HD-video capability and 3.7 frames-per-second capture. Gear Junkie tests the camera for outdoors use.

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Head Test: Giro Prolight

Two-dozen vents and a “labyrinth of optimized internal channels” create a hollowed-out helmet that weighs mere ounces and is unnoticeable on the head.

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NDAK Adventure Race

For a bit of Labor Day weekend adventure travel, Team GearJunkie.com races this Saturday in the “toughest race in North Dakota.”

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Icebug SPIRIT OLX

Low-to-the-ground fit and carbide-tip studs make these shoes among the coolest footwear introductions seen in 2010.

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SCAPE Sunscreen

Outside Labs touts its SCAPE product line as the “most advanced sunblock on the planet.” Gear Junkie gives it a test.

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Pearl Izumi Syncro Fuel

Contributor Stephen Krcmar puts Pearl Izumi’s Syncro Fuel XC running shoes to the test on Mammoth’s pumice trails.

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