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Stain Not in Vain

You spend $75 a month on your gym so you can fit into the well-tailored shirts you’ve spent hundreds of dollars buying. Problem is, you’re still sullying them with pitstains. No matter what your credo, pitstains don’t fly. Not with us and especially not with the ladies. Time for a cheap upgrade. Speed Stick with [...]

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Australian for Boot

While spending a couple of weeks in Sri Lanka helping clean up after the 2004 tsunami, I met a friendly Australian ex-pat who was a walking cliché of his homeland. He wore a bush hat with one side rakishly buttoned up, a sweat-stained khaki safari shirt and he actually said things like, “crikey” and “mate.” [...]

Warmth Secrets Abound

Anyone who spends a lot of time outside inevitably runs into a situation where there simply isn’t enough clothing to stay warm. Perhaps, the weather warrants a little more coverage during the first few hours of a morning hike, when a storm gales while sailing, or simply after the sun sets at a football game. [...]

Green Means Go

To equate the electric Silveira Customs Green Samba Personal Watercraft ($TBD) to a Tesla on water is the equivalent of an editorial shortcut, but the likeness is just too easy to pass. Similar to a sport bike, the Green Samba’s semi-prone layout is designed to feel like an extension of the driver’s body. On water, [...]

Feed Your Style and Stomach

Normally any connection you could make to sausage and shorts is something we’d leave up to other websites with more libidinous agendas, but in the case of Outlier Clothing, we’ll make an exception. The Wurst Outlier Short ($129) is made from Outlier’s versatile 4Season fabric in a limited blue color that feels great on the [...]

Simplicity at its Finest

The fact that we’ve covered the Dymo LabelManager before should have already tipped our hand to you guys that we’re into organization. Dymo has kindly reminded us though with the Dymo RHINO 101 ($20) that satisfying our need for order doesn’t always have to require batteries. Designed to be reusable and refillable, the RHINO 101 [...]

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Stick to your Mac

You know what that svelte, sleek MacBook needs? It needs hair. Actually, it needs hair and a mustache. Well, the creative folks at Herraiz Soto & Co in Barcelona, Spain have got the fix: Stick with me, baby! stickers. Whether you want to Bro or Mo your Macbook (Pro) they’ve got some genius sticker options [...]

Single in New York

Brooklyn Industries, known for their kick-ass bags, also manufactures some kick-ass bikes. With an Empire State of Mind, the Brooklyn Industries Broncks Black Single Speed ($645) is constructed entirely in New York of American steel. The black 21″ upright rider weighs 29 lb and sits on 26″ aluminum wheels for casual, upright riding (as single [...]

Because Great Style Arrives by Knowledge

Alan Flusser, author of recognized men’s style books and permanent member of the International Best-Dressed List (yes, there’s a list for that), has recently published his most recent book, Style and the Man ($10). Essentially an abridged variation of Dressing the Man, The Art of Permanent Fashion (a general reference resource at Gear Patrol), continues [...]

Inspired by the Sea to Help You See

Sailors bound to an office instead of their boat can still showcase their nautical leanings to colleagues with this Royal Marine Tripod Table Lamp ($395). More than just a clever design for supporting a light bulb, instead Restoration Hardware has meticulously reproduced the construction of a British surveyor’s tripod complete with machine-turned gear mechanism and [...]

Find 8 in Nine

Back in 1998, when our ears were being assaulted with one-hit wonders, Russian brewery Baltika began bottling Baltika #9, their strongest beer at an 8% ABV. The smooth, light golden lager tastes of sweet malt and though it’s produced by a mass manufacturer maintains a degree of complexity and uniqueness that connoisseurs seek. Interestingly, the [...]

Fancy Yourself Upwardly Mobile

Cyclists and cycling fans are no doubt enthralled to see their sport’s premier event, the Tour de France, underway and in full swing. It’s only appropriate then that Timbuk2, a company that consistently tops the podium in messenger bag design and construction offer the Timbuk2 Limited Edition Tour de France Climber Messenger Bag ($120) to [...]

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