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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.

By Cool Material
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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
Sports
Freebord

If you ever learned how to snowboard, you understand the withdrawl symptoms that are all too common come the off season. If you're not willing to shell out ridiculous amounts for airfare (and the obscene baggage fees for a board and gear) to someplace a little more chilly, you're shit…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Engineered Garments Herringbone Bike Pack

There are a lot of different ways to get your important stuff from one place to the next. Take your pick: messenger bags, backpacks, engineer bags, satchels, weekend bags and the list goes on and on. The problem is, if you're an active guy - the kind that rides his…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Getting the Digits: Gloves for Warmth and Touch Screens

We love a White Christmas as much as the next guy, but everything before and after is brutal. Snowfall, frigid temperatures and a stiffening wind have a way of dampening spirits, but productivity shouldn't be affected. We're talking about the important kind of productivity here: text messages, twitter, Angry Birds,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
DeBruir Weekend Holdall

The DeBruir Weekend Holdall is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in mystery. It's a weekender bag with dimensions as follows: 620mm x 250mm x 250mm. There is an interior flap that secures closed with leather straps and brass buckles. Then, there's another flap on top of that to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Eton Raptor

If Batman could have gotten all these life-saving gizmos in one handheld device he could've ditched that heavy old belt (assuming it wasn’t holding up his Batpants - fighting crime in boxer-briefs is most likely frowned upon).  The Raptor from Eton is an emergency radio that has a billion (estimated) other…

By Mike Newman
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