Ryan Stuart, explore's gear editor
Ryan Stuart's tell all blog spot on his gear addiction and life and times as explore magazine's gear editor
June 2009 archive
Video Review: Cannondale's entry into All Mountain bikes
One bike that just missed the cut for our all mountain bike review in the June issue of explore was the Cannondale Rize 4. This is a great bike and only missed the print mag because of space. I liked it so much I bought it. Cannondale is an interesting ...
A bus of a tent
The North Face Minibus 23 tent Think of a minibus and you probably imagine a roomy van with lots of room and big windows. With that definition in mind The North Face Minibus tent is well named. The four pole design – two across and two spreader poles – create ...
Video Review: Big Agnes Slide Mountain tent
This is a gear review of Big Agnes' funky Slide Mountain SL three season tent. It uses the BOA lacing system, basically a wire on a spool, to tension the tent. Very interesting. The tent held up okay under a heavy shoulder season snow fall that would collapse most light ...
Four great hiking jackets tested and reviewed
Waterproof and breathable jackets. Everyone needs one and you want it to look good. You also want it to work – it has to stay dry through all-day down pours, be light and packable so you don't think about leaving it behind and it can't restrict movement. Here are three ...
Vasque Blur SL - an improved, versatile runner
Vasque Blur SL Building on the popular Blur trail running platform, Vasque looked to make a shoe that could handle hotter weather without messing with the features that made the original a stand out. The big change is in the upper, which is now much more breathable. This is great ...
GPS your phone
In the age of Apps and iTunes, you Blackberry users will be happy to know there are cool cell-based applications for you too. Trimble Outdoors has a trio of outdoor centric GPS software that use the GPS receiver in more and more cell phones to navigate to geocaches and trails ...