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Open Ears Beat Reflective Strips After Dark
Last fall I rolled out of a trailhead parking lot after sunset, bike caked in mud, headlamp on low. A reflective vest caught the headlights of a tr...
Open Ears Beat Reflective Strips After Dark
Last fall I rolled out of a trailhead parking lot after sunset, bike caked in mud, headlamp on low. A reflective vest caught the headlights of a tr...
Read moreYour Bike Isn't a Pack Mule: Rethinking the Lig...
I spent a full summer chasing a lighter pannier. I read fabric weights, compared clip systems, and counted grams like they were trail snacks. Then ...
Your Bike Isn't a Pack Mule: Rethinking the Lig...
I spent a full summer chasing a lighter pannier. I read fabric weights, compared clip systems, and counted grams like they were trail snacks. Then ...
Read moreYour Commute Is a Mountain Day in Disguise
Six years of riding to work in the city taught me something that sounds a little backward. The bags with commuter in the name kept failing at the e...
Your Commute Is a Mountain Day in Disguise
Six years of riding to work in the city taught me something that sounds a little backward. The bags with commuter in the name kept failing at the e...
Read moreBone Conduction Started With a Stick. Use It Sa...
Beethoven lost his hearing and refused to quit. When he could no longer hear the piano through the air, he bit down on a wooden stick, pressed it t...
Bone Conduction Started With a Stick. Use It Sa...
Beethoven lost his hearing and refused to quit. When he could no longer hear the piano through the air, he bit down on a wooden stick, pressed it t...
Read moreThe 70L Duffel Grocery Run: More Room, Less Fus...
Grocery shopping by bike usually means a wobbly crate or a backpack that smells like spilled oat milk. I tried both. Then I strapped a 70L bike duf...
The 70L Duffel Grocery Run: More Room, Less Fus...
Grocery shopping by bike usually means a wobbly crate or a backpack that smells like spilled oat milk. I tried both. Then I strapped a 70L bike duf...
Read moreLeave the Phone at the Trailhead: Pairing Open-...
There was a stretch of mountain biking history when riding with music meant strapping a disc player to your pack and threading a cord under your je...
Leave the Phone at the Trailhead: Pairing Open-...
There was a stretch of mountain biking history when riding with music meant strapping a disc player to your pack and threading a cord under your je...
Read moreOne Zipper Beats a Dozen Pockets on Frozen Rides
I ride through northern Utah winters, and the moment between a 20-degree trailhead and a warm truck is where bike bags fall apart. A winter bike ba...
One Zipper Beats a Dozen Pockets on Frozen Rides
I ride through northern Utah winters, and the moment between a 20-degree trailhead and a warm truck is where bike bags fall apart. A winter bike ba...
Read moreOne Hand, Three Items: The Top Tube Bag Rule Th...
My first top tube bag spent a full season doing the wrong job. I treated it like a tiny backpack strapped to the frame. I shoved in a multitool, a ...
One Hand, Three Items: The Top Tube Bag Rule Th...
My first top tube bag spent a full season doing the wrong job. I treated it like a tiny backpack strapped to the frame. I shoved in a multitool, a ...
Read moreTransparency Mode Is a Software Apology for Blo...
Halfway up a loose switchback, a rider behind me rang a bell. I had both earbuds in, pass-through mode on, and the chime arrived flattened, like it...
Transparency Mode Is a Software Apology for Blo...
Halfway up a loose switchback, a rider behind me rang a bell. I had both earbuds in, pass-through mode on, and the chime arrived flattened, like it...
Read moreYour Sport Headphone EQ Is Safety Gear. Tune It...
Most sport headphones ship with a sound curve tuned for a quiet room. On a mountain bike at speed, that curve buries the sound of another rider beh...
Your Sport Headphone EQ Is Safety Gear. Tune It...
Most sport headphones ship with a sound curve tuned for a quiet room. On a mountain bike at speed, that curve buries the sound of another rider beh...
Read moreCharge Rate Per Minute: The Trailhead Spec That...
I used to judge wireless sport headphones by one number: total battery life. If the box said 12 hours, I was interested. If it said 8, I kept scrol...
Charge Rate Per Minute: The Trailhead Spec That...
I used to judge wireless sport headphones by one number: total battery life. If the box said 12 hours, I was interested. If it said 8, I kept scrol...
Read moreStop Muting the Mountain: Open-Ear Headphones f...
I used to hike with one earbud in and one dangling, and the result was a mess. The earbud played a podcast, the dangling ear caught some trail soun...
Stop Muting the Mountain: Open-Ear Headphones f...
I used to hike with one earbud in and one dangling, and the result was a mess. The earbud played a podcast, the dangling ear caught some trail soun...
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