The Bicycle Wheel, Reinvented
With the highly anticipated Copenhagen Wheel, from MIT-born Superpedestrian seeks to improve urban biking.
With the highly anticipated Copenhagen Wheel, from MIT-born Superpedestrian seeks to improve urban biking.


The Baja 1000 is one of the most grueling races in all of motorsports. Running nearly the entire length of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, drivers haul ass for 24 hours on motorcycles, production vehicles, trucks and buggies across some of the most varied terrain in the world.

Packing perfectly for the Baja Peninsula in Mexico means being prepared for everything — because anything can, and will, happen.

Back in 2011 The Atlantic reported on “The Divisive Pumpkin Ale”, alleging that the style had become synonymous with increasingly stale and overdone flavors. This is still the (very subjective) argument for people who loathe the stuff.
By Chris Wright

The Ford F-150 is the reigning champ of the truck world, having been the most popular truck in America for 37 years and — get this — the most popular overall vehicle for 32.

A week with the Trek Lync 5 proves it’s the commuter bike you need, whether or not it’s the commuter bike you want.

This year Walter Lange turned 90, and the company his grandfather built celebrates 20 years since its post-Cold War rebirth.
By Jason Heaton

I’ll never own a Lange & Söhne timepiece. Yet ask me what my favorite watch brand is and I’ll spit out their name without hesitation.
By Jason Heaton

Iceland is perhaps the most exotic place on Earth. And it’s only a five-hour flight from Manhattan.
By Jason Heaton

Meet the folding commuter bike that will steamroll your fixie.

Tokyobike’s arrival in New York City feels like fate.
By Tucker Bowe

Commuting cyclists require a specific type of pant.
By Tucker Bowe

For the 11th installment of our Timekeeping Selects series with Analog/Shift, we’re presenting an OMEGA Seamaster Professional “SHOM” ($3,500), designed for the study of French coasts in 1973 by the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine.
By Jason Heaton

Vanmoof claims they’ve built “the world’s first intelligent commuter bike”.

Today in Gear: waterproof formal attire by Samuelshon, HTC’s handheld camera, a new collab from Sperry Top-Sider and Barneys New York, a siege-proof dock lock and more.
By Tucker Bowe

From miserly compacts to full-sized fuel-sipping sedans, you can have your cake and eat it, too, with both style and a serious salute to the environment.
By Amos Kwon

“The Story of the Chopper” explores the surprising birth and history of the world’s most recognizable motorcycle style.

With this month’s introduction of iOS 8, SwiftKey — along with other alternative keyboards — have made their way over to the iPhone demographic. Suddenly, taking the words right out of one’s mouth is all the rage, but what’s it to you?
By Gear Patrol

In the past decade, the Volvo Ocean Race has seen boats dismasted and sunk, sailors break bones and lose teeth — and in one tragedy, a Dutch crew member washed overboard and was killed. It’s no wonder the race is called the “Everest of sailing”.
By Jason Heaton