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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
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12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Good luck spotting Nike's best releases this week. They're all camo.

By Cool Material
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DEFY Gear Kit

Unfortunately, a purse is not a socially acceptable thing for a guy to carry around. It's too bad because, well, we've got a lot of stuff. For all our assorted gear, DEFY has created the most masculine holster we've come across. Crafted from US military contractor sourced M35 canvas/vinyl truck…

By Mike Newman
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Tessel Jet Pack Backpack

While the Tessel Jet Pack Backpack has exactly zero rocket boosters, we still like where the guys who made it are coming from. The idea was to make a backpack that was both professional yet still youthful and fun. We think they're pretty much spot on with that (even though…

By Mike Newman
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Best Made Co. Front Loading Toolbox

Best Made Co has a habit of redesigning things we never thought needed redesigning. Like the toolbox almost every guy reading this has sitting around somewhere in his house, apartment, garage or parent's basement. The bright red paintjob on the metal box might have faded or given way to rust…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Kevo iPhone-Operated Lock

ABC's Shark Tank has given us some stupendously awful gadgets and a few rare items that happen to be great (see: The Bevbuckle). Kevo would be one of the latter. The iPhone-operated door lock, which debuted on the show, was picked up by Kwikset and is ready to remove the…

By Mike Newman
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Eephus League Official Baseball Scorebook

Keeping a scorecard at a ballgame is a lost American tradition. Now we go to the Bronx or Fenway and are too busy double-fisting $15 beers to be jotting down notes. It's time to put down a beer (guarantee that's the only time we will ever say that) and bring back…

By Mike Newman
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