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Ultra Light Hiking Gear

I’m an experienced long-distance backpacker and I’m all for lightweight gear, but you can take things a bit to the extreme. Here’s an interesting test of some gear by Rod Johnson, owner and founder of Midwest Mountaineering. I certainly agree with his running shoe vs hiking boot idea. I’m loving my new Merrell Siren Sport [...]

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DIY Bike Trailer

Riding your bike is all well and good, until you have to carry home more than 2 bags of groceries at a time. Toby from the DIY cyclist website Bike Hacks has assembled a pretty keen towing package for your wheels. Click here to read DIY Bike Trailer.

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Secure Bike Storage on a Massive Scale

Click here to see a video & read how the Japanese have solved their bike storage problems.

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Buy Deeply Discounted Outdoor Gear through The Clymb

The Clymb is a FREE private sale network that will give you access to insider pricing from an amazing group of outdoor brands. If you climb, hike, run, ride, paddle or ski, you’re gonna love this. Here’s how it works: you accept this invite, register on the free The Clymb website, and The Clymb will [...]

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DIY Hi-Low Beam Bike Headlights from Hardware Store Parts

It’s getting darker sooner, and that means more and more bicycle enthusiasts are spending their rides in little-to-no light. Try whipping up a pair of these hi-low beam headlights to keep the world around you bright at night.
Biking at night can be a dangerous thing. These headlights can switch on their own hi-beams to give [...]

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Attaching a Garmin nüvi to Bike Handlebars

Click here to read Attaching a Garmin nüvi to Bike Handlebars

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Practice regular maintenance with your hiking boots

Hiking boots endure a significant wear and tear while exploring the great outdoors, so they need plenty of care off the trail. Hikers should perform the following tasks to keep boots durable and comfortable.
- Use oil-based waterproofing on leather boots. Apply silicone-based waterproofing to synthetic boots. If boots have a Gore-Tex lining, use a silicon-based [...]

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Stand Up Paddling … Time To Sit Down

by Sue Freeman
It seems to be all the rage. I keep seeing mentions of the new paddling sport called stand up paddling. It started with surfers paddling out to meet the waves. The equipment and techniques got revised and fine tuned and has now emerged as a whole new sport. Intriguing, I thought. I’d like [...]

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Hiking Boots Certainly Have Improved

by Sue Freeman
In 1996 I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, walking for 6 months from Georgia to Maine. On my feet were the highly recommended footwear of the time – the all-leather, above ankle Montrail OneSport hiking boots. Weighing in at 4 pounds, they were like lead weights on your feet. Yes, they were durable. And, [...]

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