An electric fence seems to do the trick quite nicely.
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We always hoped the next major advance at Strava would be better, easier ways to message and communicate with people we follow (Strava Messenger?), instead Strava is rolling out what they are calling Beta Clubs. On the surface these “clubs” appears to be nothing more than a news providers. Here’s how Strava is over pitching it:
The Beta Clubs mark the first time that content other than an activity could show up in your feed, which is a big step toward serving every need of the athlete. That’s an ambitious goal, and no doubt we’ll be learning and iterating along the way. But we’re up for the challenge, and these Beta Clubs will help lead the way. Only these clubs can post for now because we trust them to be awesome — they are going to show us and the rest of the Strava community what it means to run a great club. They’ll set the standard, and it won’t be long before we open the ability to post content to all clubs and athletes.
The Beta Clubs include popular media, retailers, and product brands Like Bicycling Magazine, Bike Radar, Canyon Bicycles, USA Cycling, Rapha, Clif, and Competitive Cyclist (that’s just seven of the twenty-seven brands listed). Users can “join” the clubs they want to get news from. Then each time the companies blast out “news” it will show up in the feed between rides.
While getting news from brands we care about might be interesting, this really looks more like a revenue generation play by Strava that will eventually lead to feeds clogged with irrelevant advertising. We sincerely hope this doesn’t happen, because we really like Strava. It is our Facebook. And if it becomes as annoying as Facebook we’ll be forced to purge it from our lives and that would be a serious bummer.
How do you feel about the new Beta Clubs? Let us know in the comments.
[Link: Strava Beta Clubs]
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LA based 686 snowboarding clothing company got together with LA based cycling clothing company Cadence for a match made in winter.
Life on the bike. From the realities of commuting to and from work to the euphoria of a bike packing escape. Each step empowered by ones own physical ability. We are only limited by what we push ourselves to try. Fail or succeed it is the journey that is the ultimate destination. . . Propelled further forward with the Cadence x 686 Insulator and 3L rain jacket. Built for lifestyle cycling.
[Link: 686 X Cadence]
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Watching the colored cow’s Rampage event is hard on the nerves. Seeing the stars of freeriding blowing down the mountain can be amazing, while watching the guys who are trying to become stars ride beyond their abilities can be horrifying. Luckily, Carson Storch is a member of the former and not the later. We agree with Carson when he says, at the end of this video, “Yes. Yes.”
[Link via VitalMTB]
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. . . all the way home.
We’re just putting this Danny MacAskill edit up to remember when it blasted out into the world. We know you’ve already seen it and that we have no real information to add. It’s perfectly produced, lit, and edited. And looks sweeter than ice cream with sugar on top. If you’re interested in a behind the scenes look at how many people were involved in this colored cow production, you’ll have to look elsewhere.
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It’s October so that means Sockguy has their latest version of their annual spooky socks up on the website for a limited time. What better way to sock out Spookycross? To grab a couple pairs, click the link.
[Link: Sockguy]
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You’re goin’, right?
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Fantic, an reportedly “iconic” Italian motorcycle brand, has decided to dive in on overweight, lazy American’s fascination with not having to pedal their bikes by offering “a robust selection of models ranging from Fat and Mountain bikes to Gravel bikes.”
“The, pedal-assist segment is rapidly growing in the US, and it’s the ideal time to introduce our bicycles to the American market,” explains Fantic CEO and former women’s Motocross world, American, and Italian champion, Stefy Bau. “Our pedal-assist bicycles enable people to push beyond their limits and re-define what is possible for them. We can’t wait to show how enjoyable it is to go out and ride with a Fantic!”
As Americans get fatter and lazier, mopeds are bound to become even more popular and Fantic plans to be there for them. For the official word from Fantic, please follow the jump.
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If you’re headed up to Mammoth Mountain this weekend for the 2016 Kamikaze Games (the Mammoth MTB season’s final hurrah) then you’ll certainly want to check out one of the parks newest flow lines: Midtown. The trail begins with 22 berms (Lombard Street) and then drops into Knee Deep. Click play to see how smooth it is. It’s one more reason we tend to shed a few tears each fall when the snow begins to drop.
[Link: Mammoth Mountain]
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We weren’t the biggest fans of Otto Designs smartphone based rear derailleur tuner (reviewed here on DigitalTrends.com), but their new product, the Ottolock looks like a really smart way to secure a bike when you have to leave it for a short time (to get coffee, or run into a store for milk). We haven’t tested it, but it definitely looks like a step in the right direction. It’s light, doesn’t require a key, and can easily wrap around more than one bike. What more do you need?
If you’d like one, click the link to help them out on Kickstarter.
[Link: Otto DesignWorks]
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