Gear Patrol | Spirit of Adventure, Passion for Gear

Interesting tidbits from our friends and colleagues from around the web. Candy may turn children into violent adults. (Asylum) Tumi Snow Collection. (Acquire) Beatbox storm troopers t-shirt. (Cool Material) Get a bulletproof autumn look (A Continuous Lean) Fashion trends: dressing for the gym. (Debonairmag) 2010′s Top Diesels. (Askmen) The 7 style mistakes we’ve all made. [...]

Not Just for Tri Geeks

Triathletes are, by nature, gear hounds. Carbon fiber bikes and helmets, tri-specific cycling and running shoes, caps, glasses, water bottles, slippery wetsuits and goggles – the list goes on. So it stands to reason that a bag designed for hauling triathlon gear would do a pretty good job for just about anything. Blueseventy’s Nero Bag [...]

Gear Patrol Agrees. In Mind... And (ahem) Body.

Esquire recently announced their annual Sexiest Woman Alive (and magazine cover) and we couldn’t agree more with this year’s choice. It’s no secret Kate Beckinsale is frustratingly gorgeous. The Brit instantly melted the minds of men the second she stepped foot in her glorious leather-clad-burn-your-face-off outfit on Underworld, but unlike so many hollywood stars, Beckinsale [...]

Still Walking Strong

We’ve got an affinity for Johnnie Walker Black Label. As proof (no pun intended), it was the only liquor that we managed to have 2 bottles of in our bar, save for some Cuervo. It just so happens that Johnnie Walker Black Label is turning 100 this year, and we find this a cause for [...]

MotoX + Surfing = SurferCross

Last month, Gear Patrol’s Jon Gaffney was able to attend the SurferCross event in California, sponsored by Toyota. Since his return, he’s been pretty psyched up. And not just about the

Interesting tid bits from our friends and colleagues from around the web. Hardgraft 2 Unfold Leather Laptop Bag. (CoolMaterial) Details on Apple’s new multitouch patent application. (Engadget) Acronym Fall/Winter 09/10. (Acquire) Is the world’s longest basketball shot legit? (Asylum) Haversack Shawl Collar Cardigan. (Selectism) Get J Greenall’s Bloom Gin. (NOTCOT) Nike Free Run 5.0 Animated [...]

3 Keys. Tracked, Secured, and Saved

Venerable power tool manufacturer Ryobi has rolled out a new set of tech focused tools called Ryobi Tek4 and Gear Patrol has got our hands on a few of them. We’ll be doing a review on the more traditional tools in the coming weeks, but we thought we’d share with you one that we found [...]

British Hoss

If you think you can manhandle 800+ lbs of brutish motorcycle, then the 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster is your bike. Triump has equipped the beast with an equally beastly engine: a 2294cc (2.3 liter) 146 hp/165 ft lb torque powerplant. 43 mm dual inverted forks, Kabaya shocks, and Brembo brakes round out the equipment [...]

For the Frugal Trailer Park Dweller in All of Us

We wouldn’t be going too far out on a limb if we proposed that beer improves just about any situation, even running a marathon. Much to our chagrin though, beer isn’t always allowed in every setting, at least if you’re the rule-following type and don’t live in Montana. But as the saying goes, where there’s [...]

An Appliance with Curves from a Bygone Era

Stainless steel may be all the rage for modern kitchen appliances, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only option available for those in search of panache and functionality. Mimicking classic 50′s styling, these colored throw backs would have seemed quite at home in the kitchens of Marilyn Monroe or Elvis. Don’t let their looks fool [...]

A Larger Sweet Spot Worked for Golf, Why Not Soccer?

We’ve covered loads of sports gear and equipment across a variety of sports, but, to our own detriment, we have rarely considered soccer. This is odd, given that it is arguably the most popular sport in the world. Our bad. So we rushed right out expecting to find a nice pair of soccer cleats, luckily [...]