I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on two wheels this summer, whether it’s riding around the Bay Area, bike touring around Europe, or mountain biking through the Northwoods of Wisconsin. The following gear joined me along all those miles, with many of the items set to join me again on some more bikepacking adventures this fall. Frame Bags I am all about frame bags these days, whether I am bikepacking or just out on a long training ride. I find it so much easier to reach dow...

Bay Area designer and engineer Jordan Vincent took his design skills and applied them to the national parks. In an extremely useful data visualization project, Vincent explores overnight stays at all US national parks and uncovers surprising patterns to help you decided when is the best time to visit. As overnight stays data is made available to the public by the US National Park Service, Vincent took a look at the average monthly stays for the 2013-2018 period. He then plotted the number o...

Last week, POC released some highlights of their new 2020 gear that will be on display at Eurobike later this month. Among them, the new Aspire Solar Switch sunglasses feature an electrochromic LCD lens that instantly and automatically changes tint depending on the intensity of ambient light. POC claims that these sunglasses can significantly improve vision, along with safety and performance in changing weather, light conditions or environments, such as descending through mountain tunnels. ...

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Almost to the top of Vr�ic Pass. Slovenia. I kne...

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Every year, dozens of people get hurt or even die while harassing wildlife throughout the national park system, or wildlife has to be killed as a result of human interaction. To put it mildly, the National Park Service is a bit fed up with the average visitor’s lack of common sense, so they turned to humor to try and get our attention. Last week on the National Park Service Facebook page, they posted this entertaining image of how to pet a bison. In other words, don’t. Observing...

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Ever since I messed up my ankle in a bouldering fall, I’ve had problems with plantar fasciitis in the same foot. The pain severity comes and goes, but it’s always present. To help cut down on inflammation and pain for sufferers like me, insole maker Sof Sole just released a new full length insole that helps provide support to the plantar fascia. The plantar fascia is a fibrous tissue that connects the heel of your foot to your toes and supports the muscles and arch of your foot....

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