Gear Patrol

Slap a logo on any hunk of metal and you have just jacked the price at least ten-fold. Kuat resists the temptation with the Dirtbag, a bike rack that probably epitomizes the paragon of simplicity and value. Sturdily constructed of steel with no moving parts, the rack attaches with bolts or screws to an available…

Here’s a quick mental exercise for you. Imagine you were faced with a fight, in which you knew your opponent was bigger, stronger, more experienced, and had access to the best facilities, trainers, and coaches money could buy. Would you step into the ring? It’s a terrible analogy, but those kind of Rocky odds are…

Bike rack maker Kuat (Koo-at) has released a convenient and clever contraption for keeping your wheels safe. What looks like a typical bike water bottle from the outside actually contains a five foot internally coiled 8mm cable thats designed to lock back into itself. The bottle also sports a lower storage compartment for stashing keys…

Drive down the main street of any outdoorsy town like Boulder, Jackson Hole or Ely and every other Subaru you see will have some sort of roof rack on it, carrying a quiver of bikes, boats, skis or cargo. But rarely will they carry all of the above. That’s because most of the rack systems…