Schwinn is going retro this holiday season with its Limited Edition Schwinn Fritz Fifty Sting Ray, which looks like it rode here straight from the summer of love.
Schwinn is releasing 500 of these next week, so act fast!
Schwinn Sting-Ray 50th Anniversary Official Website
Every year we see many stories of bike giveaway programs and we still find the Bike Lady to be among the most touching. Ohio resident Kate Koch Gatch – a.k.a. the Bike Lady – has been helping get bikes to children in need for the holidays. She works with inmates at the Pickaway Correctional Institution, where they assemble the bikes, which are then provided to children.
We’re happy to report that a semi-trailer loaded with 510 sets of tires, pedals, brakes and gears left Huffy’s California distribution center last earlier this month, and has arrived Pickaway Correctional Institution, where the first wave of assembly. Kudos to Ms. Gatch – the Bike Lady – for helping deliver so many bikes under the trees. Video after the jump
Even if you are a light sleeper the Alite S.H. Sleeping Bag will offer a soft place to lay your head and body. It is rated to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, but more importantly is designed to allow wearers to answer the call of nature so to speak! It has a center crotch zipper, padded feet and built-in fleece slippers so you can actually walk around in this one!
Or if you’re camping with a friend – a friend with benefits we assume – you can even zip two or more “Sexy Hotness” sleeping bags together to make double or triple room
The CycleTEK Momentum1 trainer will help riders get through the winter months. The fluid resistance unit uses neutral silicone that is not affected by temperature, and this helps produce a resistance curve that is measurable and repeatable.
It also features 29er compatibility, a large flywheel for realistic coasting and acceleration resistance and a fluid resistance unit that offers a smooth and repeatable resistance curve.
Nike has introduced a new snowboard boot that will light the sky like a full moon. The Nike LunarENDOR QS features LED lights that are powered by an embedded lithium ion battery. Beyond the novelty of lighting up the books promise to provide a softer and more responsive ride on the slopes, while the 3-D molded upper and a Nike Flywire inner lacing system further enhance fit and provide comfort that will have you practically over the moon. Continue reading Nike Ready for Launch and Landing
We’d like to think that the gym is the place where you just get fit, but Max Hawthorne has looked at gyms another way.
Not since the 1985 movie Perfect, which starred John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis, have fitness clubs been exposed to the degree of Memoirs of a Gym Rat, which chronicles one man’s 20-year journey through the bowels of the health club industry. Hawthorne pulled from his real-life experiences to uncover shocking behind-the-scenes shenanigans with his humorous but eye-opening account of our nation’s health clubs.
“After 20 years in the business, I’ve seen it all,” says Hawthorne. “Walk into almost any fitness club around the nation and you’ll find it – sex, drugs, deceit, membership cons, locker robberiess – you’ll be shocked to know what really goes on at these cllubs, both during and after business hours. It’s all very troubling.”
Outdoor Tech’s Turtle Shell 2.0 outdoor speaker is as rugged as the original, but includes advanced CSR Chip, upgraded drivers, the latest audio codecs and what the company promises is a ridiculously long battery life. It features two speakers and passive bass port to pump out 96 decibels of quality sound, and it is built to withstand dust, water and shock at the IPX6 level– ideal for any action adventure or even the daily adventure of your shower.
There are plenty of options for those looking for a durable tactical flashlight. ZeroHour could however be the first modular tactical battery that doubles as a flashlight when it is needed most. The ZeroHour a 1,000 lumen LED, 10,000mAh of USB backup power for smartphones and tablets; while its modular component design allows for a variety of other uses.
This tactical-grade flashlight, which is now being developed via a Kickstarter campaign, is dust-proof and waterproof up to one meter and features a made in the USA CREE LED with four levels of illumination and two safety modes. Continue reading Lighting the Way at ZeroHour
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Ubisoft’s hit Just Dance franchise has arrived for next generation systems. Just Dance 2014 is the newest installment on the number one selling dance series, and it is now available for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 video game consoles.
Players on the next-gen consoles will be treated to a unique gameplay experience. Players on PlayStation 4 system will be able to play hands free using the new PlayStation Camera, while those getting the grove on with the Xbox One can use Xbox SmartGlass technology to navigate through the game’s menu and select songs all from their smartphone or tablet. In addition, Just Dance 2014 is playable with up to six people at the same time with the power of Xbox One.
Just Dance 2014 features more than 45 tracks, including “Applause” by Lady Gaga, “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell, “Kiss You” by One Direction, “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams and “Starships” by Nicki Minaj. “Roar” by Katy Perry is also available as a free DLC at launch.
Less people are taking part in winter sports. According to a recent national report from the SnowSports Industries America (SIA), participation in alpine skiing actually dropped 19 percent last winter and overall snow sports participation was down by three percent. While some states, such as Utah, are seeing growth the national picture far different.
This report further suggests that the lessons for skiers has been flat, while season pass and even multi-day ticket sales have been down. This isn’t good news for the snow sport industry at all, but could be attributed to the recent mild winters.
[Via The Salt Lake Tribune: Ski, snowboard participation dropping nationally]
Nike Golf is looking for you to convert, or rather improve your game with the new VRS Convert 2.0 family of drivers, which the company recently introduced during an event at the company’s World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. These promise to be bigger fastter and longer than last year’s industry game-changing VRS Covert drivers — the world’s first to feature conforming High Speed Cavity Back technology. The VRS Convert 2.0 drivers will deliver more forgiving distance, faster ball speed and simple, intuitive customization to meet your swing needs comes spring.
Press Release: Nike Golf Delivers Forgiving Distance with the VRS Covert 2.0 Driver
Sometimes good ideas don’t take flight, such is the case of the LifeDisc – a Frisbee-shaped gizmo that wasn’t about a game. Actually, this was devised to be a survival pack that just happened to be in the shape of a disc.
It was designed to hold everything you might need to survive in the wilds, but we’re not sure why it needed to be in a disc? Perhaps that why this Indiegogo project didn’t take off and go. Whether the LifeDisc sees new life isn’t clear, but the designers can always toss it around with some other ideas we’re sure. Video after the jump