Outdoors
Tested: SportCrafters Omnium Trainer
For cyclists, both trainers and rollers have their respective pros and cons.
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Today in GearToday in Gear: February 14, 2014
Today in gear, we discuss a stunning British coupe, a beautiful bar game from Los Angeles, an app that helps you write like Hemingway and more.
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OutdoorsBreakdown: Under Armour Mach 39 Speedsuit
Speedskating — not to mention its thrilling short track sibling — is known less for its technical innovation and more for its excitement. Under Armour, partnered with Team USA and Lockheed Martin has set out to change all that.
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Outdoors5 Best Helmets for Snow Sports
These days, seeing someone without a helmet on the slopes is a rarity; more than 70 percent of all mountain-goers are donning them, and countless brands are releasing offerings onto the market. With hundreds of brain buckets to choose from, though, the task of finding the right one can be daunting — but, with your IQ and major bodily functions on the line, we beg you to persevere.
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TechNew Year’s Resolutions: Five 4K Displays You Can Actually Afford
Now that the content is beginning to arrive and prices are right, it’s time for consumers and video professionals to use 4K monitors. A whole crop of 4K displays have been announced by all the big names in electronics (save for one…we’re waiting on you, Cupertino), and the variety combined with esoteric naming conventions can lead any well-minded consumer to bouts of madness.
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MotoringRotary Club: Take to the Skies with These 3 Drones for the GoPro
Drones with GoPro capability have exploded in popularity over the past two or three years and are finally beginning to arrive at price points that might make the budget-minded filmmaker’s ears perk up.
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StylePopping in to the Pop Up Flea
The 2013 Pop Up Flea NYC shows off an overwhelming assortment of goods covering every aspect of a man’s wardrobe, from a beautiful Tiffany & Co-signed Rolex DateJust from Hodinkee to boots and leather goods from nearly every vendor at the show. Seriously, the PUF may or may not be the largest concentration of tanned hide ever assembled in one NY room.
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MotoringThe 127-Year-Old Startup: Visiting Mercedes-Benz’s New Silicon Valley R&D Facility
Mercedes has been innovating in Silicon Valley for over two decades, but they’ve decided to bolster their cutting-edge technological efforts with their new Mercedes Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
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ArchiveThe 21 Greatest Buildings of the 21st Century
We’re only 14 years into the 21st century, and only time will tell if the impact of these buildings will endure.
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TechBreakdown: Meridian Signature Reference System
Smart folks in Cambridge, Massachusetts have estimated that the average American will spend a little under five and a half years driving during their lifetime. Meridian Audio and Land Rover have teamed up to make those years a bit more enjoyable.
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TechTested: Olympus OM-D EM-1
Olympus’s new OM-D EM-1 ($1,400, body only) is way ahead of its time. Effectively an upgraded version of the already-capable E-M5, the E-M1 is an excellent shooter across the board, albeit one that can’t quite find its place in the market.
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ArchiveSpirits of Ásgarðr
Pictures and film — as much as we love them — can sometimes have a hard time expressing things: the vastness of the Grand Canyon, the height of Dikembe Mutombo and the misery of climbing mountains. Look at any picture of Sir Edmund Hillary on Everest and you’ll probably think “boy, that looks like a good time”.
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OutdoorsTailor-Made: Building a Bike From the Frame Up
For a long time our options for buying a bike were limited to what was at the local shop, which was a roll of the dice in terms of selection and service. But with e-commerce consumers have limitless information available at a mouse click.
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OutdoorsRising From Ashes
Jonathan “Jock” Boyer was the first American to ride in the Tour de France and later left the the U.S. to create a cycling program in war-torn Rwanda.
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FootwearShip Shape: 5 Great Boat Shoes
Since its creation in 1935, the modern boat shoe has been an obscure sailor’s footwear, a prep staple and, since the ’80s, a mainstream fashion icon. They’ve come back into vogue recently and are available in hundreds of fabrics and colors; for the true boat shoe experience, though, you’ve got to look towards Maine.
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HomeEn Fuego: 10 Great Hot Sauces
Hot sauce is a strange beast: part condiment, part cult item. Risking the ire of spicy fanatics everywhere, we’ve put together a list of sauces that light a fire under our own specifications: they have to taste good, look good on the table, and lastly, not offend any minorities or people who voted blue in the past ten years (this narrows the search considerably).
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HomeBreakdown: RoboReel
You know those videos from the 50s promising a future of flying cars and robo-butlers by the year 2010? Well say hello to what we’ve managed to conjure up in those 60 years: the RoboReel ($649).
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FootwearBreakdown: Red Wing Heritage 875 and 877 Boots
Red Wing’s heritage department has just relaunched the company’s classic 875 and 877 boots with the same Oro Legacy leather as the 1952 originals, bringing character and patina back to the line. Whether you choose the 875 or 877, you’ll get the same Minnesota-made quality that Red Wing has always been known for — and a boot that will last you through countless adventures.
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TechFeed Me: Great Alternatives To Google Reader
The internet cognoscenti’s response to Google Reader’s shut-down announcement has been incredible. Yet the fact remains: as of July 1st, the longstanding browser-based RSS compiler with a social streak will be shuttered.