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Portland, Oregon-based CiloGear promises to sell you the most bomber, versatile alpine packs on the market
Best-in-class picks to match your style. (Amplid) Amplid LoveLife Best For: Aggressive Riders Amplid got the memo that not all women crave soft flex and graphics that look like Disney-princess wallpaper. Despite the unfortunate name, expert testers endorsed the LoveLife for its tip-to-tail stiffness, created by a low-density poplar core and a…
How to get into the boutique, nearly lost art of the wet shave
Fear not these fashion-forward frames. The best sporty-shades makers are showing new style.
Your paws deserve the best. (Outdoor Research) Outdoor Research Capstone Heated Why spend five bills on electric gloves? To play longer when the mercury drops. A heating surface covers 70 percent of the Capstone (twice the area of most other models), and the lithium-ion batteries deliver up to eight hours…
World Cup skinny-ski gear for your local skate track
Meet the off-road vehicle that assembles like an Ikea project
For its fifth generation, Land Rover returns off-road capability to the Discovery
"Trail to town" has become a massive cliché in the outdoor industry. But Arc’teryx got the formula right with its A2B collection.
They now make tiny houses that pop up like tents
Living in a one-man tent that weighs over 23 pounds
Your new favorite way to get to work
LVL, from BSX Technologies, is a wearable for hydration tracking. It'll tell you how much to drink, and when.
Each year during Interbike, the city of Las Vegas hosts the Cross Vegas cyclocross race. It’s an important event for the sport’s top pros, but it’s also a big party for the spectators, who come out and drink beer while watching riders tear through grass and sand and over wooden barriers. We sent photographer Stephen Lam to capture this year’s action.
The Swedish brand releases a 2017 helmet and lots of apparel options for XC racers
The five products we’re most excited about this year
Plus, the differences between liquid fuel and pressurized canisters
Damn, this is a good looking bike
A lightweight backpacking stove that runs on twigs
Now you can haul your bike trailer pretty much anywhere
To find out, I torture-tested five top brands by, you know, smashing them with a kayak and running them over with my Camry
Hook the Edelux II up to a hub generator and you can say goodbye to batteries and plugs forever
The Yakima SkyRise introduces a few important upgrades to the growing rooftop-tent industry
A serious photographic upgrade for your phone
A short-term off-road project that quickly went the way of the dodo
A convenient way to haul your gear on top of the car
Watch to see what Outside’s online gear editor and resident photographer, Jakob Schiller, loves about this game-changing bag.
It's called the Dutch Reach, and if a Massachusetts doctor has his way, it could prevent road riders from ever getting doored again
Watch to see how this simple technique might just save a cyclist's life.
All the products released Monday move the action-camera market forward. Could GoPro have gone even further? Sure. But the new Hero5 Black is the best POV camera to date, and the drone one of the most capable we've ever flown.
With the Procaliber SL, Trek has reengineered the race bike with a modicum of comfort and revived our interest in hardtails
Cyclists are badly hurt or killed in crashes with cars in every major North American city with regularity. Surely their lives mean more than maximizing the productivity of dump trucks.
Jerseys and shorts for technical, steep, big-mountain riding
The annual Fjällräven Classic is a trek tradition that the gear manufacturer has brought to Colorado for the first time
The alpine ski racer filed a lawsuit against the gear company on Monday
Engineers futz with things for a reason: that’s how breakthroughs happen. And as these 29 products demonstrate, there’s never been a better time to mess around.
The second edition has more amenities than the original, but is still light enough to tow behind a Subaru
Six tricks for better off-the-grid travel
Watch as they share some tips on the best way to disassemble and box your bike up for shipping
The new Watch is a more sophisticated fitness tracker than its predecessor, with GPS, waterproofing, and a sleek, fast operating system
Keep your bikes organized and safe
Life in the slow lane, with a first-generation Land Rover Discovery
It's to be the best small, lightweight camera you can get for the money, ideal for shooting outdoor adventures when you don’t want to lug around pounds of heavy equipment.
We've long loved Land Cruisers. This new model is supremely capable—for an eye-watering high price.
The best upgrade you can make on your rig? A new set of hoops. Presenting our favorites for road and mountain.
Nothing beats a hot meal after a long day on the trail, and Omeals makes things a whole lot easier with their self-heating packaged meals.
All you have to do is visit a National Park and get very, very lucky
Ignore the goofy spelling. This gadget is a great way to incorporate high-octane bodywork into any outdoor adventure.
How an independent record label launched the first vinyl into the stratosphere
This is the company’s first endurance bike and we think it's the perfect marriage of comfort and speed
So many! But we tracked down 6 powerhouses at this year's Outdoor Retailer who own, manage, or design for some of our favorite brands.
New-for-2017 tents expands mountain livability
Celebrate (and support) the National Park Service's birthday with these 7 products
I figured anyone who's hiked hundreds of miles across the United States would probably have some useful advice, so I asked five Pacific Crest Trail veterans about the most essentials tools in their packs
We put them through the wringer to find out which would come out on top
Felt’s newest trail machine makes a strong argument that one bike really can do it all
Hiking a marathon a day in Yosemite with the pro photographer to launch Fitbit's newest fitness challenge
Dorky? Yeah. But also insanely packable, versatile, and easy to use.