This week on Outside magazine Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold, a veteran adventure racer, writes on his “top 10” can’t-race-without equipment list. This post links…
In our new video, “24 Hours on the Border Route,” Gear Junkie and crew traveled to northern Minnesota to traverse a renowned 65-mile wilderness route.…
We test Columbia Sportswear’s new airy bug jacket in the depths of the Great North Woods, a.k.a. Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Our intrepid reviewer…
Sin City, Nevada, each year plays host to the official kick-off of the cyclocross bike racing season with CrossVegas, an under-the-lights party of a race…
And the winners are. . . Outside magazine has announced its winter 2011 “Gear of the Year” awards, a primo kit of cold-weather equipment recommendations…
Perplexed adventure racers in the United States this month must choose between two competing “national championship” races — both of which are taking place in…
With new prizes from SmartWool, Deuter, The North Face, Timbuk2, Lazer Helmets, and Buff, today we re-launch our ‘Checkpoint: SPOT’ nationwide treasure hunt! This post…
Writes Gear Junkie, “In the gear-that’s-changed-my-life category, the line item of ‘small accessible pockets on backpacks’ may seem odd.” This post details a half-dozen products…
With “ape-hanger” handlebars and banana seats, Schwinn first launched its Sting-Ray line of bicycles in 1963. This fall, the retro rides are back in a…
We’re back home from Las Vegas and the Interbike trade show, an international cycling extravaganza last week. This post by T.C. Worley selects some “best…
Swag-o-Rama! Our second annual “Treasure Hunt: Roanoke” event promises tens of thousands of dollars worth in gear for the taking! Be there on Oct. 23,…
These rocker-soled Skechers are touted to promote a “natural running” gait; our testers vehemently disagreed. “To me, while running on pavement, the Shape-ups shoe felt…
GearJunkie correspondents are walking the long and gear-cluttered aisles in Las Vegas today, where the annual Interbike International Expo has just kicked off. Here’s a…
Our very own adventure team, Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers, took 2nd place overall in the Gold Rush Mother Lode this past weekend! This post includes a short…
GearTribe.com offers a Groupon-like formula for deals on outdoors goods. Today, the Bend., Ore., business launched a nationwide program for anyone looking to buy outdoors…
Chelsey Magness, a member of Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers, puts Specialized’s latest women’s road bike to the test on a 50-mile ride up Oregon’s Cascade Lakes Highway.
Electric mountain bikes, snow tires, kid seats, and “energy clothing” touted to reflect infrared rays are among the must-see items in GearJunkie’s Interbike scoop. Did…
The GearJunkie crew is back from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area and the little-traveled Border Route Trail. This report looks at the crew’s fast-and-light assault…
