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In the Click

Clipping into bike pedals is something that seems quite unnatural to many people at first. To this end Shimano has expanded its Click’R pedal line, which are aimed at beginner cyclists as well as commuters. These feature revised SPD clipless technology with a lighter spring and elevated catch that allows riders to be engaged more easily.

The PD-T420 is dual-sided, with the Click’R SPD binding on one side and a flat pedal on the other; while the PD-MT50 is designed as a recreational mountain bike style that features a wider integrated cage for mud shedding with traction spikes.

Shimano Official Website

Runner Scooter

Who wouldn’t want an Audi convertible? Well, the Mini Runner isn’t exactly something for cruising down the highway, but it could be something for the younger crowd to get very excited about. It is a balance bike that converts to a scooter! It is made of lightweight aluminum and is suitable for kids aged three to eight, so it might instill some love of Audi that is there for life!

Audi Mini Runner Official Website

Klear It Up

When taking a mobile phone or tablet to the great outdoors you often bring some of it home with you. The SmartKlear from LensPen will have you erase the grim and grease from touchscreens. It features a cleaning pad that is impregnated with the same carbon compound used in other LensPen products designed for camera lenses and binoculars. This means no liquids, cloths, or sprays.

There are about 300 cleanings per pad, so you can take the phone with you and know you can get it clean when you get home. Continue reading Klear It Up

The Grand Canyon

German bicycle maker Canyon has created many interesting concept bikes, and the company is still on quite the roll. Among its latest concepts is a two speed belt drive urban bike that features integrated lights, a built-in locking system, mudguards, non-slip flat pedals, hydraulic disc brakes and even a removable shopping basket. This is the sort of bike that would be ideal for commuting in urban and suburban locales. Too bad it is just a concept, but we’ll be sure to watch and see if this grand ideal from Canyon takes off.

[Via Bicycle Design: Canyon Urban Concept Bike]

Scope it Out

While a photography tripod will work with a spotting scope, the MeoPod TP-1 is one specially designed for sport shooters. It features a two-way fluid head, guided by a long handle, which delivers vibration-free panning and tilt action. This can be a big plus when digiscoping or iScoping in movie mode.

The MeoPod TP-1 also offers a lockable handle that provides for quick and stable “image capturing” after the target is acquired; while target shooters may find this feature handy as well. When using an angled spotting scope and Meopta MeoPix iPhone Adapter, the shooter can see and photograph bullet holes in targets at long distances without having to leave the shooting position.

This durable tripod weighs just under six pounds and folds to 26 inches for easy carrying in the field or to the range. The MeoPod even provides quickrelease levers to speed deployment of the padded, anodized legs, and its unique leg pivots adjust to four different angles for more versatile observation and photography. The maximum total height with center riser extended is 70 inches, and there is a center hook on which to hang extra weight, such as a backpack, for additional stability.

With this scope you can take your best shot.

Meopta USA Official Website

Pure Times Five

Pure Fix Cycles is on a roll, and the company recently announced its new line of City Bikes. These include five models aimed at urban commuters.

The cute Abbey is ready for down town (get it Down Town Abbey), while the Crosby shows some stylish curves and a mint green paint scheme. The Wilshire offers a glamorous look that evokes the Golden Age of Hollywood, the Langdon is ready for a ride in the city or country, and the Bourbon is designed to be a smooth as a glass of class. According to the company the Bourbon is already sold out, but the others are available now in single speed models with three-speed versions hitting the streets soon.

Pure Fix Cycles City Bikes Official Website

Nike’s MOD Putters Get in the Groove

Nike Golf is looking to get into the groove – with its Polymetal Groove technology that allows athletes to tackle the challenges of launching a ball on the green with consistency and confidence. The Nike Method MOD putters, which will be available November 1, are inspired by some some of the most popular putter models of the past four decades, while Nike Golf engineers combined tradition and innovation.

Each Nike Method MOD putter is weighted to length to ensure proper feel, and the line offers a range of toe hang options determined by where the weight is in relationship to the putter head. This allows athletes to choose a model to his or her personal preference for optimal forgiveness, roll and accuracy: MOD 00 (face-balanced); MOD 30 (30 degrees of toe hang); MOD 60 (60 degrees of toe hang); and MOD 90, (90 degrees of toe hang).

Nike Golf Official Website

Playground Power

Kids seem to have a lot of energy, and perhaps playtime can mean power time. Empower Playgrounds has developed a merry-go-round that generates electricity. The company president Ben Markham came up with the concept while in Ghana, where he took part in an 18-month stint volunteering.

According to reports a healthy 8- to 12-year-old can generate about 150 watts of energy per hour whilst vigorously playing, so Markham took this idea and created playground equipment that can utilize this power.The equipment is designed to turn a windmill generator with more than 70-percent efficiency, and the power can be used to help provide power that can be stored for later use by the school.

Empower Playgrounds
[Via Fast Company: A Merry-Go-Round That Turns The Power Of Play Into Electricity]

It’s Snow Time in Washington

The snow sports industry has seen some ups and downs the last couple of years, and last month board members from SnowSports Industries America (SIA), the snow sports industry’s member-owned trade association, along with National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) board members, joined forces in Washington, D.C. to discuss how to grow participation and to lobby around regulatory and trade issues currently affecting the snow sports industry.

While the meeting looked at efforts to expand snow sport participation programs, including Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month and Bring a Friend Challenge, some other important issues were discussed.

SIA and NSAA spent the day on Capitol Hill meeting with Members of Congress and their key staff members focusing on five main issues – Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Miscellaneous Tarriff Bill, TSA Policy for Avalanche Air Bag Canisters, Water Rights for Land Resorts and Immigration and Visas. Continue reading It’s Snow Time in Washington

Snap to It

Form is a big part of golf, and Dr. Jenni Martin MS DC LPGA Class A teacher and club professional could help players get more snap in their swing. She has long provided a three hour full Gapper Golf Swing analysis that has attracted players from around California, but now Martin is introducing a series of online fitness exercise clinics.

Martin’s passion is to help golfers, young and old, new and seasoned, high and low handicaps, fit and perhaps… not so fit. She sees that understanding an individual’s goals, physical needs, limitations, body, and swing is the only way to make permanent, goal-oriented, and effective swing changes and improvements. Martin’s method is thus designed to be fun, entertaining and informative.

The Golf Gapper is a comprehensive golf swing and body positioning analysis system. The use of State of the Art evaluation equipment provides a customized and easy to understand way to empower your golf game. Golf Gapper methods will immediately improve consistency, distance and overall swing as well as create body awareness within the physical abilities and goals of the golfer. Continue reading Snap to It

The Lying King

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While he probably would have preferred to have a film made about this life that was more Pride of the Yankees, Lance Armstrong will have to settle for something a little less flattering.

The Armstrong Lie originally began as a documentary by Alex Gibney that was to look at Armstrong’s return to professional cycling, but apparently the truth had a nasty way of getting in the way. This two-hour film reportedly chronicles Armstrong’s rise to power and glory and examines the fallout from one of the greatest scandals in the history of sport. It will open in New York and Los Angeles on November 8.

Serious Tool Time

We think of Swiss Army Knives as having a lot of tools, but the above tool probably is king of the multi-tools. Created by John S. Holler in Germany more than 100 years it is no mere pocket knife. The tool is part of a Smithsonian collection, and is now on loan from the National Museum of American History to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyo., for the exhibition “Journeying West: Distinctive Firearms from the Smithsonian.”

With around 100 pocket knife blades of every style imaginable, including a serrated blade, two dagger blades, as well as several different types of shears and scissors, an auger, a corkscrew, two saws, a lancet, button hook, cigar cutter, tuning fork, pens and mechanical pencils, mirror, and a straight razor it is truly the tool to beat.

[Via GearJunkie: The Mother Of Multitools]

Spencer for Rider

The leaves are changing colors and cool weather isn’t so much coming as it has arrived. The Oliver Spencer Biking Gloves will keep the heads warm as the temperatures fall. These are knitted from soft lambswool that features just a bit of nylon to provide shape retention and added durability. The leather palms will help improve grip.

Oliver Spence Biking Glove at END Clothing