Review: Sound Disk Beanie

Do you worry that you look like the Terminator with your Bluetooth headset? Check out Aerial 7’s new speaker-equipped beanie.

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Mission Workshop Vandal

San Francisco’s Mission Workshop just released a new $225 bike bag. It’s waterproof and has a special fold-open pocket design to accommodate large loads.

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Cyber Monday Gear Deals

It’s one of the busiest days of the year for retail electronic commerce in the United States. Here are a few options for gear junkies…

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Xtensor Exerciser

It looks like a robotic aid. But the Xtensor Exerciser device works a muscle group in your forearm often underworked and ignored.

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Potter, ‘Adventurer of Year’

Dean Potter has been named an “Adventurer of the Year” by National Geographic Adventure magazine for his BASE jumping and wingsuit flying feats.

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Snow Angel Base Layers

Many women who play outdoors want the first layer next to their skin to be comfortable, functional and maybe even fashionable.

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Trek Project One

For a hefty price, Trek’s Project One site allows you to customize a road bike to suit your style.

Written by Stephen Regenold

‘Black Friday’ at REI

In the spirit of ‘Black Friday,’ REI is giving away gift cards this Friday to the first 300 customers at each store. Go get in…

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Bike Culture vs. Pop Culture

Popular culture more than ever embraces bike culture. At least on the ‘small screen.’

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Brev M. Components

Urban riders often wax poetic about the minimalism of their rigs. Brev M. is an outfit made for these folks.

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‘PublicEarth’ Travel Guide

When a travel guidebook doesn’t dish the details you need, try PublicEarth.com, a new site that gives insider info on millions of places around the…

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ENGO Blister Relief

Like moleskin for your shoe, ENGO created a Teflon-coated patch that reduces friction and eliminates blisters.

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Odor-Eating Sleeping Bag

Sierra Designs’ BTU line is touted to eliminate the “I’ve-slept-in-this-sleeping-bag-too-many-times-without-washing-it” odor.

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Sony Camera Phone

A phone with an 8.1-megapixel camera inside. Meet the Sony Ericsson c905, a phone that allows for “quick and easy” access for uploading high-res shots…

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Anti-Bonk Elixir

For active outdoors people looking to avoid the dreaded bonk, our writer recommends Proendorphin, a supplement made by Saint Louis, Mo., based Nutraceutics Corp.

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Serengeti Polar PhD

Serengeti introduces a lens technology that incorporates a material used in fighter jet cockpits and for skyscraper windows.

Written by Stephen Regenold

Winter Base Layers

‘Long johns’ are no longer. Instead, outdoors companies now sell “next-to-skin technical base layers.” Here are three sets of skivvies for winter 2010.

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Pumori Exped Wrap-Up

In October, Expedition Hanesbrands made an attempt on Mount Pumori, a 23,494-foot in Nepal. Here is a wrap-up from the three-week trip.

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Inner Tube Messenger Bags

Made with “upcycled” bike inner tubes, Green Guru Gear’s Recycler and Vulcar messenger bags have an urban look and commuter functionality.

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Review: Helly Hansen Patrol Jacket

A $600 shell made with input from ski patrollers from Colorado to Norway. After 50 days of use, Stephen Krcmar offers this review.

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