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The OYB Pannier --Classy! 4 Options!
August 03, 2010 - [$45 postpaid in USA for ONE pannier.]
Presenting the OYB International Model Perfection Pannier!
(Title courtesy of Herter!)
Dang, these items are sharp.
The base cases are high quality, rare, vintage military surplus in good condition---used, with nicks, scuffs, stains and rumples. They have "beausage"---th...
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Waterproof Swiss Rucksack
July 24, 2010 - [$50 shipped in the US. I JUST GOT FOUR OF THESE RARE ITEMS! And I've now sold two of them today. So...only two left! I don't know when I'll find more. They're in 75-85% condition.]
Here's a good, used waterproof Swiss Army vintage military rucksack. In very good condition -- broken-in but not worn much. You'll be impresse...
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"Silent Sports," July highlights: Chicago Biking
June 24, 2010 - [$4 mailed sample. SOLD!]
"Silent Sports" is a dandy magazine of outdoor enthusiams -- mostly of the fitness, aerobic, human-powered kind.
I sell samples to let a wider audience know about this fine magazine. It's not available on many newstands outside its main WI/MN markets.
This issue offers Part 3 of a "How to R...
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"Momentum" #45, May/June: NYC snob revealed
June 20, 2010 - [$3 mailed sample issue. SOLD!]
Heck, even the ADS in this new breed of bike mags are sweet. Bike culture rules!
This issue of "Mo," the bike culture mag from Canada, features...
*Detroit!
*Electric bikes
*Bike Snob interview
*Lotsa summer touring info and reports!
Plus dozens of sidebars in 9x11" and 50 ...
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Verlen Kruger biography: king of canoe adventurers
June 20, 2010 - [$25 mailed.]
Here's a like-new inscribed-by-author copy that I found at a garage sale.
Hardcover. 305 pages.
Verlen Kruger started the modern scene in endurance adventure canoeing. He also developed the key boat design in the class.
He paddled epic adventures until he was in his 80's.
He's a local guy to us and I pad...
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The OYB "Dually": a Nukeproof Saddlebag/Pannier from Repurposed Mil-Spec
April 23, 2010 - [$39, mailed in the US.]
Check out this dual-purpose bag!
It's a big, tactical-tough bike saddlebag.
It's also a pannier!
(And if you add the $10 option, it's a Shoulerbag!)
And it's repurposed from a thrifty, brand-new MOLLE-type of mil-spec bag.
(You know I like the versatile stuff!)
Made of polyester cordu...
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Nice Little Shoulderbag: Czech Army Bread Bag
April 22, 2010 - [$20, mailed in US.]
Here's a nifty little shoulderbag, a Czech Army Bread Bag, vintage but in good shape. I found a couple dozen -- when they're gone, they're gone.
Details: Rusty-Olive color canvas. Size: 10" wide x 9" tall x 4" deep. Adjustable fixed shoulderstrap extends to 44" (good for probably up to 6' 2" person...
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Classic Canvas Rucksack w/ 3-Pockets & Clips
April 19, 2010 - [$25 postpaid in the USA] Here's a nifty 3-pocket canvas daypack, the Dakota. Packs set up in such a great configuration are very rare (sadly) and usually far more expensive. It's similar to the Small ALICE pack, but a bit bigger...and cheaper.
Man, I like the 3 pockets: they really let you keep smallish things organized. Yet h...
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The OYB Bag --The World's Only 7-Way Bag!
March 04, 2010 - [$39, postpaid in US] The 7-Way OYB Bag is ready for action! Click on the PayPal button to the left under the picture and order away! Available with extra options like the very popular snug-mount stick (to optimize saddlebag mode), top-straps, and waterproofing. Read on, there's so much more! (Hmm, this is such a long produc...
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Allen & Mike's Really Cool BC Ski Book
January 21, 2010 - [$15 postpaid in the USA. Used.] There aren't many groovily illustrated outdoor sports books out there. This is one of them. It's a friendly, down-to-earth presentation of getting along in the winter outdoors on skis, with a big emphasis on camping out. Allen & Mike publish another equally famous book on how to tele ski. This tit...
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XC Skier Mag: super 11/09 issue!
January 20, 2010 - The November '09 issue of Cross Counry Skier Magazine was a winner in my book. It had a great overview of Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer who helped boost Norway's national identity at a critical time. It had an essay on a gem of a singletrack trail: something to look for and crow about in any area, I think. It profiled the amazin...
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XC Skier Mag 12/09: exploring regions at home and abroad
January 20, 2010 - This issue of Cross Country Skier magazine has dozens of articles, as usual, covering a huge range of XC. Among the stand-outs that caught my eye are an overview of the huge high school ski scene in Minnesota. It also gives an overview of skiing in Washington (with its rockin' Methow) and New York states, plus the city of Oslo, N...
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OYB Full-On Shoulderbag
January 05, 2010 - [$24 postpaid in the US.]
Here's a shoulderbag that's just a shoulderbag. No options, no other uses.
I've been using one as a car-bag for a year now, and I really like it, so I figure I should let you all know about it and make it available as yet another way for you to support the OYB Way of Life.
Its specs are 4" x 1...
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From OYB: "Momentum" by Pete Vordenberg, Only $7!
October 17, 2009 - [$7 postpaid in the USA] Published by OYB, here's the ONLY book in print about the quixotic world of XC ski racing. Now, get this classic for only $7! ...A HUGE discount off the regular price of $17.95!
If you're nuts about sport, you know it's a year-round thing. So our sale is going year-round, too. XC skiers ...
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"Silent Sports" Sample, 10/09: Rollerski Selection, Ultra running how-to, and More
October 06, 2009 - [$3 postpaid in the US. SOLD OUT.]
"Silent Sports" is the only magazine of "low-key" human-powered outdoor sport. It has a Midwest focus but its topics cover the seasonal range. It has a strong "thrifty activities for everyone" orientation, built around the Midwest's many great regional resources, events, parks and trai...
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