Saucony ProGrid Guide 3 $95 Test Period: 10 months Field Tester: Scatman The ProGrid Guide 3′s were suggested to me after the first shoe I tried gave me blisters within a few miles.  Right away I could tell the Saucony was a better fit for my foot.  I’m a firm believer that if you have the right shoe you shouldn’t [...]

Ibex Woolie Short Sleeve $59     Test Period: 6 months Field Tester: Scatman When you receive a shirt to test you think to yourself, “What can I possibly talk about?”  Well a shirt isn’t a shirt and the Ibex Woolie proves this.  The first thing I always notice about any Ibex piece I get is the feel and quality. [...]

May 22, 2011 Location: Leavenworth, WA Getting there: Head north on Chumstick Road out of Leavenworth. At 1.5 – 2 miles turn left on Freund Creek road, it you go under the railroad underpass, you’ve gone too far. Park at end of road where main arterial turns left. Ride up FRS 7200 through the tree farm.  (note: keep left at [...]

March 5, 2011 Location: Intersection of 356th Dr and the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. Getting there: Take I-90 East to Exti 22 Preston/Fall City. Follow Rt. 203 4 miles to Fall City, follow signs for Rt. 202 (basically turn right at the river and another right, the first on the round about), go 1 mile and turn left onto 356th Dr. [...]

Epic Ride Research The Mountain Feedbag $30 Test period: 1.5 years Field Tester: Scatman I won my Mountain Feedbag while at my first Cascade Cream Puff.  It was my reward for sitting through the longest and hottest pre-race rider meeting ever.  I didn’t use it that year since everyone knows not to try new things on race day. Since my [...]

Stanley Outdoor Mug with Clip Gripâ„¢ $20 Test period: 6 months Field Tester: James B. I love my Stanley Outdoor Mug.  But then again, you might say I’m biased.  I have three Stanley thermoses of varying size and all of them perform well.  That is to be expected.  Stanley thermoses after all, are legendary. But legendary performance alone is not [...]

Swix Pro Fit Bodywear, Turtle neck w/zip $49.95 Test Period: 1.5 months Besides two hats this is the first piece of technical wear I’ve purchased from Swix.  To be honest I didn’t need the shirt but when I saw someone else getting one I followed suit.  The shirt has an athletic cut which I like.  Sleeve length can always be [...]

The day is here to select the winner on the Gyst Concepts Duffel 1-10. There was a lot of interest in this contest and with only one winner the odds were tough. Some people had better odds by getting themselves more entries. And the winner is………….Mike Leary Contact me with your address, and I’ll send out the bag. ———- Scatman [...]

Gyst Concepts Duffel 1-10 $99 Test Period: 1 Month I absolutely love the concept of GYST Concepts.  Everyone  has pulled the floor mats out of their car to change or tried their hand at being a contortionist while trying to change in their car over getting wet/dirty by changing outside of it.  GYST Concepts bags have a reinforced rip-stop polyester [...]

This weeks prize is the Stanley One-Handed Water Bottle. The random number generator has spit out three winning numbers this week and the winners are: Aron Hess Matthew Bianchi and Suzie Hodges Aron please send me your mailing address and Matthew and Suzie let me know if you want yours sent as well or if we can meet somewhere.  Thanks [...]