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Songs of the Outdoor Life?
July 26, 2010 - Anyone know any good songs or singers of the Outdoor Life?
I'm thinking of...
*two-tracks ("Seasonal Road, Unplowed")
*bike riding ("King of the Big Ring... off the front!")
*xc skiing
*vintage travel trailers ("It's a Mighty Rig...")
*kayaking, canoeing, small boats of any kind...
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Diverse Bike Tech Book: "The Cycle Zoo"
June 09, 2010 - Stephen Nurse is a bike buff and builder. He's invented a modular bike that uses a plug'n'play system to create a bunch of different bikes -- single upright, tandem, load-hauler, recumbent, and mixed 'bent/upright tandem -- it looks like you can even make triples and such with it.
He also recently self-published a bike tech book ... > Read
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Wingnut Gear: a Low-riding Load System
May 24, 2010 - I've been pondering low-riding loads lately.
I enjoy a fannypack for my allday ski outings. -- I appreciate the ability to rotate the bag around for snacks and wax. But I dislike tightening and unloosening the buckle every time to do so. And I dislike the sagging load. I pine for suspenders. Actually, I'm usually wearing them but ... > Read
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Bike Joring: Mtbikes and dogs on the trail!
January 28, 2010 - I've posted about Skijoring here a couple times before (our friend David Spieser ROCKETS on skis with his *two* GSP's up north). And I've also posted about a bike joring rig for sale at a website. But I'm not sure I've linked to this nifty video yet, so here ya go.
(It's from New Zealand. ...The narrator sounds like Murray of... > Read
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Great, thrifty ultra-headlamp: Magicshine 900
January 26, 2010 - The folks at Geo Man Gear offer the stick type flashlight that I really like, the one with the SSC-P7 emitter and chubby 18650 LiPo battery -- it gives a great flood for outdoor action PLUS supermaxhigh power -- maybe 500 lumens for about $50 for all you need. I got mine from DealExtreme.com but these guys have it, too.
But, w... > Read
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Far-out Bikewear
January 26, 2010 - Here's a bikewear company that makes TONS of things, often available in far-out fabric designs.
I kinda like the Camo shorts, but wish they had a Camo jersey, too.
It's a bit hard to follow everything they offer. Some things are shown as photos, others as sketches. Do they make club jersies and offer printing? I can't tell... > Read
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"MYOG": Make Your Own Gear -- hot backpacking scene!
January 25, 2010 - You'd think there'd be a MYOG.com or .org but not yet. (Or, at any rate, the geeks have bought 'em up before an MYOG'er could put them to good use.)
"Make your own gear" is a hot new scene in backpacking, but it can apply to anything, right?
Thanks to ultralight godfather Ray Jardine a decade or so ago, folks started makin... > Read
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Pedal-powered Electricity Generator
October 19, 2009 - Since at least the 1970's folks have been working on ways to turn pedal-power into electrical power. I was thinking that they've probably worked out a tidy plan or other tidy option by now and it looks like they have. "They" being tinkerers. Yes, it's still a tinkerer's field, it looks like. Although, I should check out Real Good... > Read
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A Pannier that Converts to a Backpack
October 10, 2009 - Brule Mountain is a little company that makes a pannier that converts into a backpack. They make them in various sizes and offer a bunch of accessories for them as well. (It's possibly the most rustic website still out there, in every sense. Whew! But a neat product!) > Read
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Etsy: "your place to buy & sell all things handmade"
October 06, 2009 - In case you don't already know, http://Etsy.com offers everything crafty and DIY-artsy on earth. It's a gathering place for small-shop artists and craft people. It lets them easily list their wares so that you can easily find them. Search by topic and craft-material. Everything indie under the sun here. > Read
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Bike Canoe Trailer: It's a Cinch!
May 31, 2009 - I've long wanted to create a simple trailer for towing a canoe behind a bike.
A lot of times when I'm biking and I come across some tasty water I suddenly want to get paddling---especially when the waterway is going my way or when it's a shorter way to go my way.
To me, the two joys fit together--the glide of a bike and the gl... > Read
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Sweet new thrifty bike light! (good for everything else, too)
December 03, 2008 - I just got my new bike (and everything) stick light in the mail. I bought a handlebar mount, too. (I still need a headband for it.)
Dang, it seems to be rockin' powerful. And it seems to have what I need in a bike light.
The main thing is that it takes the huge brightness of a 2-foot Cree hotspot and spreads it out over ab... > Read
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The Cheap Sweet Bike Light: more DealExtreme.com
November 08, 2008 - I've been studying the problem of the cheap sweet bike light for awhile. I'm talking a light that really lets you see the road.
These can be readily had in the form of "HID" systems (dunno what that means) that cost typically $350. So there's that.
There's also these new Cree-type LEDs that I've been telling you about th... > Read
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Finally: Shockproof, Waterproof Digicams
September 12, 2008 - Finally, there are two options out there for outdoor/action digicam users. Face it, digicams are fragile or at least they have been.
I'm talking about little ones, to take everywhere with you.
In my world they need to be good enough quality for printing and they need to offer wide angle and they need good video.
And th... > Read
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Flashlights Gone Wild: Deal Extreme is the place!
September 08, 2008 - LEDs have changed lighting forever, it looks like.
There seem to be 3 bulbs, I mean "emitters," that are rocking the world. Cree, Seoul and Luxeon Star Rebel.
I saw a report that said in 10 years that light bulbs---in houses and everywhere---will all be Crees---and that electricity usage will drop by half and lighting dur... > Read
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