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Reviewing outdoor gear and occasionally talking about industry happenings and athletes.
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Author: Rocky Thompson
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Posted on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 03:32 PM
If buying a new bag with solar cells that allow you to charger your iPod and phone is just too wasteful, take a look at the Sakku Solar Sail Bags. These Swiss bags are made with recycled sailcloth so you can feel extra green while charging your MP3 player to listen to the latest podcast [...]...
Posted on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 01:04 PM
Hopefully the recycled bike rides better than it looks. This plastic bike is made from reinforced polypropylene and could eventually be made from recycled plastic though this prototype isn't. Sounds like a nice idea, but let's face it—bike frames aren't exactly crowding the landfills. Just because cyclists are earth-loving hippys doesn't mean we'll lap up [...]...
Posted on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 11:16 AM
The splitting and selling of the Arc'teryx brand is being kicked up a notch for 2009. What used to be a carefully controlled line of gear developed and tested over several seasons—a line that offered elegant solutions to outdoor problems through simple, clever designs—is now pushing out a big batch of gear to turn some [...]...
Posted on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 08:46 AM
The top amateur athletes from the United States will be relying on the matheletes back at home to keep their lungs gunk-free. The U.S. has secretly developed a pollution mask that Olympians can wearing while sightseeing, attending the opening ceremonies, or playing tennis. Of course, they risk insulting their hosts who insist that [...]...
Showing remarkable media savvy for a 14-year-old, this Minnesota girl rode her bike from the Midwest to Washington D.C. over 32 days to hand deliver a petition calling for…I don't know, something that had to do with bikes, probably. The newspaper article is woefully short on details about what kind of bike she rode, whether [...]...
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