Beginning of First day

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There are some amazing bikes and kool vendors

I loved the Africa Bike and LOOKs track bike!

Bamboo action, such an amazing ride

NuVinci drivetrain






This Bianchi was ready to come home with me, I would need to get a rack though.  The first few hours I felt starstruck, maybe bike-struck


Wow, have you had your fiber today?

Headed to INTERbike

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Here we come Vegas for anotherexciting expo


After a week

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Outdoor Retailer has been over for just over a week now and I have some findings to report on products I picked up and have been able to use.  This is a preliminary evaluation or a first look.

On the second day at OR I came across a booth that had an unusual product that would move the sweat through a channel away from your eyes over to the side of your face.  The demo was amazing and since I sweat a lot I was very interested in this product.  The GUTR is made from a PVC compound and is soft and flexible.
The Sweat GUTR comes with three different sized rings to make it adjustable for almost all head sizes.  A word of caution would be to not over-tighten the GUTR, on a trip a ran it a little tight for my ride to work and it took a little for the redness to go away from my forehead.  The first two trips I did not have that problem since I did not tighten it too much.  So far this product is amazing, however I will report on this after more rides and include some runs in as well.

Terox flip-flops are another product I have worn a lot since OR. I found out about Terox after talking to several people about the awesome Incredisocks.  One of those people was Cam White, who promptly asked if I had heard of or tried Terox.  I had not so I went over to their booth as he explained a bit about their products.  First and foremost you should buy Terox as your next flip-flop because they are made in the USA, that's right folks this is the first injection molded flip-flop to be made in America for a long time.
These are an amazing wear and should replace whatever you use for after-ride\run!  Super light and extremely comfortable this is a must have for almost any trip or whatever event you may be at.  I have worn these everyday since OR and they are my go to slip-on.  These can be worn in the shower, on the road, chillin' at the beach, in camp, or jut to walk the dogs(at least twice a day)!

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A whole lotta stuff!

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Went thru my pickins from OR and thought I would show some pics and get ready to test!  I have already worn the ec3d socks, Teva's, and Terex flip-flops.  The GUTR is one of the most interesting concepts I saw there, so I had to get it and will test it.


EC3D twist compression socks

Teva's are always a good find at OR

I thought this was interesting so more to follow on the GUTR

This is a great pair of flip flops I have already worn
Thanks Terox!

I cannot say enough good things about LifeStrength, they are going
 to be great to work with in the future.

The Now bars are amazing!

I have wanted Zhik shoes for a while now!
So looking forward to the testing of these

True tools, this rivals Gerber!

SUP boards and Cooling towels were a trend this market

This is not everything I picked up, but this is a lot of the stuff I will be testing as well as finishing up on Winter Market stuff.  Progression7 knocked it out of the park!








Almost done

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Today was the last full day at OR, tomorrow it is all over and I stopped by a few favorites like D-fa, EcoVessel, AVEX, Sport Vue, Supco, and Sockwa. I can now add a few new favorites like True Fit, they are amazing, hope to have a spotlight on them next week. Gibbon is another company that I am appreciating and will get pics up of me attempting the sport.  Teva is always great and they had a great deal on some shoes coming in at $20

So far today

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Here are a few kool things so far today, really like the Roo hammock

Great Wanderings

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Today was a good scouting day as we made our way through an even larger Summer Market. The word of OR is SUP board, they are everywhere!


Keen's display was crazy huge and of course they had a lot of shoes!

I barely had a chance to check out the new vendor tent, so tmrw will start out there!

Hari Mari was one company I checked out that had some flip flops and a nice booth. Lazerbrite was close by with a modular flashlight we will be testing!

Look for more tomorrow.