Tested: Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit
It's not light and it's not cheap, but the Fahgettaboudit is the ultimate kiss-off to bike thieves.

TESTED: FRS Plus Sports Drink
Resident leg-shaver and all-around racer boy, Dain Zaffke, has been sucking down the latest in sports drinks for months now. Is it really worth twenty-three bucks a bottle?

Tested: Hammer Gel Raspberry
Anything that comes in a jug is good, right? We wanted to see if that golden rule held true for energy gels as well.

Tested: Cane Creek Double Xc
Cane Creek's Double Xc headset enables Cannondale owners to easily run any fork they desire.

Honest Tea
A friend of mine once told me that he helped two girls quit drinking soda by submerging a pork chop in cola.

SKS Airbase Floor Pump
The new SKS Airbase floor pump blows up like an old Dodge in a "T.J. Hooker" rerun -- which is to say, very well.

IRC Trailbear 26x2.25 Tires
XC Bear: "These tires are too fat!"
DH Bear: "These tires are too thin!"
Average Trail Rider Bear: "These tires are just right -- I think I'll steal this one!"

Park TW-1 and TW-2
As much as the old shop wrench in me hates to admit it, torque wrenches are becoming a necessity.

Chris King NoThreadSet
Steeped in 25-year history, Chris King headsets are with out doubt the finest in existence.

Dermatone Endurance Dry Gel Sunblock
5/21/04 - With all those monster SUVs, cows and lawnmowers eating holes in our ozone layer, time in the sun is getting more and more dangerous. Does that mean we all need to don oversized sun hats and long sleeves or only go on night rides?

Hopey Steering Damper
Motocross riders have used steering dampers for years -- the devices help slow down all the little spastic jerks and over-corrections that riders make while trying to steer through rough terrain.

Nokon Brake Cable Housing
So you want disc brakes.

Ortlieb Velocity Pack
The Ortlieb Velocity pack is the waterproof llama of backpacks.

Chris King Coffee
Chris King doesn't simply make fine headsets--their coffee will flush your system and get you rolling in high style as well.

Kenda Karma DTC
In a perfect world, we'd all have tires that grip like 2.5-inch knobbies and roll as fast as semi-slicks, but life is cruel and we're forced to settle somewhere in between. The new Kenda Karma DTC tires are the latest attempt to solve this dilemma.

Morningstar R2.O.C.-TECH
Like the wheel, disc-brake rotors can be out of true, which affects performance. More often than not, this causes the rider to go mad from the horrific squeals let loose from a bent disc rubbing on the brake pads.

Yakima HitchFork Rack and King Cobra Mounts
9/17/03 - Shuttle riders and road-trippers can appreciate a good bike rack, and Yakima's new HitchFork hitch rack is worthy enough to satisfy them-and anyone else who has to transport bikes to the trailhead.

Magic Eight Ball
The future. Destiny. Fate.

3-21-08 // Reviewed: Crumpler Famous Wine Bar
You don't have to be a wine snob to enjoy the Famous Wine Bar bag from Crumpler. The FWB can carry a lot of stuff - two twelve packs alone easily slide into the 1,647 cubic inches of storage space in the main compartment.

1-28-08 // Tested: Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro
Schwalbe stepped up its line of winter offroad tires for ’08 and introduced the Ice Spiker Pro, the James Bond model of Schwalbe’s studded tires.

TESTED: Princeton Tec Switchback 3
Now in its 30th year of making lights for all kinds of outdoor activities, New Jersey-based Princeton Tec is a still a relative newcomer to the bike light game. That said, the company has hit a home run with its new 3-light family of Switchback LED lights.

TESTED: Light and Motion Stella
If a light can be sexy, then Stella’s got it going on. The light blue anodized heat sink casing, laser etched with “Stella” cursively around its perimeter, makes for a clean, svelte look—and boy does she shine.

TESTED: Princeton Tec Switchback 1
The Switchback 1 isn’t the brightest in our test; in fact it’s got one of the dimmest beams of the bunch. However, just because it isn’t going to melt a hole through the next hiker you encounter doesn’t mean it isn’t worth buying.

TESTED: Topeak Whitelite HP 5W
The Whitelite 5W uses a single 5-watt LED bulb powered by a lithium-ion battery that can be mounted to a frame tube or a special top cap. Three settings yield 4, 7 or 12 hours of light, respectively, and a smart charger juices the battery in just 3 hours.

TESTED: Niterider MiNewt X.2
In addition to sporting a sparkling new titanium finish, the MiNewt X.2 is twice as bright as last year's model. Weighing a scant 232 grams, the diminutive MiNewt gets 3.5 hours of life on its 150-lumen setting and seven hours on its lower, 92-lumen setting. Bonus features include a low-battery indicator, helmet or handlebar mounts and a 4.5-hour smart charger.