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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Oakley Jawbone sunglasses

The Pro Tour peloton is full of faces wearing Oakley’s Jawbone shades. Contributing writer T.C. Worley tested the sports glasses for three months to see…

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$10K Polartec Grant

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

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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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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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Van Dessel WTF

Van Dessel looks to the past for the design of its new WTF bike. At the Interbike Expo last week, writer T.C. Worley found it…

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First Ascent ‘Tech Hoodies’

Eddie Bauer First Ascent bridges the elusive hoodie/mid-layer gap with a pair of tech tops. T.C. Worley gives the concept a multi-month test.

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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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Surly Bicycle Trailer

Next spring, Surly will offer a trailer to up the viability of hauling huge loads with a bike. Gear Junkie got a preview of the…

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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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