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The latest innovations, performance reviews, and buying guides for everything from athletic apparel and footwear to fitness trackers and sporting accessories.

The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
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The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
By Lanny Fuller
Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History
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Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History

The Harrington jacket is only the beginning.

By Cool Material
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
Accessories
Sword & Plough Repurposed Military Surplus Bags

We're always fans of products that put old material back to use. When said material happens to be surplus from the military, even cooler. Sword & Plough offers three different bags - an Urban Rucksack, a Messenger, and a Tote - each made from at least 80% repurposed military surplus.…

By Mike Newman
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Ringtool

If you purchased everything for your key chain that we've ever featured, you'd be carrying around a ball of keys and metal the size of Epcot Center. Still, we keep finding items that just need to be on there. The latest is the Ringtool. The circular piece of stainless steel…

By Mike Newman
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Titanium Bolt Action Pen

A good pen is an investment. Unfortunately, that investment is usually in a writing instrument that is, as best we can put it, "stuffy." The Titanium Bolt Action pen is not. Designed by Rainer Wenning and knifemaker Thomas Braunagel, the Titanium Bolt Action Pen is as fine a writing device…

By Mike Newman
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Postalco Totem Key Holder

The Startac was pretty great--until the iPhone. There were lots of cool sneaker options before Michael Jordan--but then Air Jordans. Wallets to card holders. Funding rounds to Kickstarter. All products that work well because of the way they were designed. Redesigning each of those products/ideas was probably ridiculous difficult. Now…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Mini Crowbar Keychain Tool

The crowbar is associated with doing random work as much as it is with movie villains slowly walking over to a car to bash someone's skull in. For some reason, this makes it cooler. While this little guy won't do you much good in a carjacking, it will be helpful…

By Mike Newman
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