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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

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.

LEGO Bugatti Chiron

The Bugatti Chiron costs close to $3,000,000, which is a few mill more than we can drop on a ride. Oh well. For all of those in the same boat, we'll have to live out our speed freak fantasies with the LEGO Technic Bugatic Chiron, an uber-detailed LEGO vehicle that…

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Knister Grill

Lugging a grill around while riding a bike sounds like a complete joy. Just think of how much fun your back and shoulders will have! With the Knister Grill, you can comfortably, and safely, take a grill with you while peddling your Huffy. The Knister Grill fits most common handlebars,…

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VanMoof Electrified S2 and X2 E-Bikes

If you need proof of our love for VanMoof, you need only look at this post from the earliest days of Cool Material. If that grainy, poor-quality image doesn't show that we've been on the VanMoof hype train for years, we don't know what will. We loved the brand then,…

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Timeless Kustoms 1954 Corvette ‘Death Star’

Timeless Kustoms, the shop responsible for the 1969 Twin Turbo Camaro and the Vicious Mustang, are seemingly incapable of building anything that isn't insane, gorgeous and worthy of the Timeless name. It's in that spirit that we take a trip into their archives for a build that's almost a decade…

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Leaos Pressed E-Bike

We've seen quite a few impressive e-bikes over the years, many of them from Leaos, but none of them were like the new Leaos Pressed Bike. Constructed with a patented frame design from Harry Thaler, this bike has an ultralight frame made of two pressed aluminum halves. The technology and…

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