I do a fair amount of off-roading in our Jeep, but I usually don’t bring bikes along when I do. One of the reasons is that I hate watching the bike get bounced around on the rack in my rearview mirror. With other hitch-mounted racks, that’s what I’d ...

When it comes to gravel suspension forks, you’d think there’s not a lot of opportunity to make 40mm of travel that different from the next brand. Turns out, you can, and the MRP Baxter makes the most of it while also packaging it in a more versatile, adjustable, ...

When the Kuat Piston Pro X debuted, it brought several novel features to market. The most visible was the integrated taillights and Kashima-coated sliders, but those weren’t really what made this rack special and unique. Fortunately, the followup Piston Pro dropped $300 from the X’s price by losing ...

If you work on bikes, even if you just dabble in light maintenance, you’ve probably used one of Park Tool’s bicycle-specific tools. Over many years of maintaining and working on my bikes, I’ve accumulated many of the tools that Park Tool offers, but none like the Park Tool ...

Winter riding is a game of survival, and keeping your feet (and hands) warm and dry is the ultimate battle. Northwave looked to bridge the gap between bulky, flexy winter footwear and high-end race shoes. The result is the Northwave Flagship GTX, a high-end winter shoe with top-tier ...

Other than our legs, the real heavy lifting on our Japanese bikepacking adventure was done by North St.’s bags, with the rear cargo held by Old Man Mountain’s Divide pannier rack. We specifically chose this pairing because the then-new North St. Adventure Pannier bags were specifically designed to ...