Action Pants: ‘Softshell Jeans’

Oregon-based Thunderbolt Sportswear offers a premium pair of pants with its namesake “softshell jeans,” a Schoeller-based product that retails for $188.

Ode to Eggbeaters

A titanium spindle, bearings, a threaded end, and clip-ready titanium “wings” comprise the artwork that is the Eggbeater pedal design. In this article, GJ gushes…

Bite-Size Energy ‘Solids’

Sidewalk chalk or energy food? Gear Junkie tests “the strangest energy food he has yet to try,” Hammer Nutrition’s chalky, hard Perpetuem Solids.

Review: Women’s ‘Down Puffy’

It weighs 8 ounces and packs to the size of a grapefruit. Our contributor gave the Gnar Jacket from Sierra Designs a test in the…

Review: $1,400 Bike Case

Need to fly with a bike in tow? Gear Junkie reviews what is advertised as “the best bike hard case on the market” during a…

Adventure Racing Food Plan

How do you eat for a week-long wilderness expedition race? Gear Junkie gives a peek inside his race pack for a few tricks from the…

Yakima ‘Luxury Box’

At $699, Yakima touts its SkyBox LoPro model as the “finest rooftop cargo box ever made.” Our writer is on her second season using the…

Nalini ‘Winterized’ MTB Shoe

The made-in-Italy Nalini Black Rocks are touted as “winterized” mountain biking shoes. T.C. Worley gives them a month-long test in the depths of a Minnesota…

Ultimate Gear Test: Patagonian Race

Jason Magness, a member of Team GearJunkie.com, rates the best and worst gear he used, abused and destroyed during the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race.

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Are you a true gear junkie? Show your colors with a free sticker from GearJunkie.com.

12 Questions With Andrew Skurka

Back from his six-month “Alaska-Yukon Expedition,” ultra-light backpacking phenom Andrew Skurka sits down for a Q&A with Gear Junkie.

Merrell ‘Trail Glove’

Merrell’s go at the barefoot-footwear game includes six new models in its “Glove” line of shoes. Gear Junkie got an early pair of the trail…

‘Kid-Size’ Trail Shoe

The incredibly light weight — and incredibly small! — Inov-8 X-Talon 160s are made for kids or shorter adults. Our pint-size tester gave the shoes…

World’s Warmest Winter Hat?

Black Rock Gear’s Original Down Hat is like a puffy jacket for your head. The company touts it as the “lightest and warmest hat on…

The Gear Junkie Show: Iceland!

In collaboration with Trails.com, Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold hosts a new video series. Episode No. 2 was shot last summer on a volcano in…

Trip Report: ‘Tunnel Vision’ Climb

Gear Junkie recounts a recent rock climb in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, where peaks rise thousands of feet off the sand, and petroglyphs…

‘Glass-Like’ Bike Bottle

Specialized Bicycles’ new water bottle has an infused layer of silicon dioxide to promote “the pure taste of drinking from a glass.” Gear Junkie gave…

Winter Camping Pad

Looking to sleep in the snow this winter? This cushy, four-season camping pad from Pacific Outdoors performs no matter the temperature outside.

Women’s Winter Boots

After decades of lingering in the back alleys of fashion, winter boots made for women have hit a stride as of late with form as…

Interview: Alpine Speed Freak

Switzerland’s Ueli Steck, a record-setting solo climber, is one of the speediest alpine technicians on the planet. Gear Junkie caught up with Steck for a…

Ultra-Light Ski Gear Test

Can you say featherweight? Gear Junkie put a lightweight ski package (boots, bindings, and skis) from Dynafit to the test in the Wasatch Mountain Range…

Q & A With Team GearJunkie.com

Team GearJunkie.com battled to an awesome 2nd place finish in this year’s Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race. We lounged around today in Punta Arenas, Chile, and…

Wenger Patagonian Race Report #6

“T.C., can you be ready in five minutes?” shouted the voice attached to the hand shaking my shoulder. I was only two hours into my…

Wenger Patagonian Race Report #5

As Team Adidas disappeared into the forest, Sam, Paul and I hurried to set our tent up and escape the cold. Two 40-degree, waist-high water…

Wenger Patagonian Race Report #4

In the starkest of contrasts, I’ve gone from living and suffering in the wet wilderness to sitting in a posh (for this area of the…

Wenger Patagonian Race Report #3: Day one

In a dust cloud of whirring, rattling, clacking bikes, the riders began the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition race. Their whistles and whoops soon quieted as…

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