Whether you’re looking for a mountain bike, a car replacement, or a convenient commuter, there’s an electric bike out there for you. According to the market research firmNPD Group, ebike sales skyrocketed by almost 91 percent in 2017 over the previous year. That’s a lot of bikes. Ebikes are versatile, they burn less fossil fuel, […]
Laptops usually come in one of two flavors: 13-inch for portability or 15-inch for horsepower. Simple. Easy-peasy. Occasionally though, a manufacturer makes a laptop outside of that binary. Sometimes they’re itty-bitty 12-inch ultrabooks, designed to slip into manila envelopes (our favorite laptops). This time, pendulum has swung the other direction, yielding the Razer Blade Pro, […]
Parenting involves more than a little magical thinking. If I go anywhere that parents gather, sooner or later a desperate mom or dad will ask me for the one thing that will make it easier to travel with a baby or small children. I can’t make a 4-year-old avert a meltdown at an airport gate, […]
A certain person chooses a Onewheel over, say, a nice, safe electric scooter. I imagine this person to be a lot like my spouse who, within hours of the Onewheel Pint arriving at our house, was Onewheeling my kids in a stroller down the street. Founder Kyle Doerkson invented the Onewheel in 2014 to mimic […]
Earlier this summer, my already low opinion of scooter shares was cemented by the news that more than 50 rental scooters had been pulled from the Willamette River. In theory, I understand that any type of electric vehicle is better than a car, but riding a vehicle with a lifespan of just one to two […]
Here at WIRED, we are extremely pro-scooter. In fact, we’re pro any electric vehicle that gets cars off the road and reduces carbon emissions and traffic. But as much as I personally love ebikes, eskateboards, and other e-whatevers, I’ve never wanted a scooter. In my fair city of Portland, Oregon, land of the bicycle, the […]
If you currently own a pair of running shoes, the odds are that the midsole—the shock-absorbing layer in between the inner and outer soles—is made from molded ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), which is squishy, resilient foam. As a cushioning material, EVA foam isn’t bad. It’s elastic, affordable, and can be dyed a variety of colors. […]
I first saw Snow Peak’s pack-and-carry fire pit at Snow Peak Way, the cult outdoor brand‘s yearly camping retreat. A few fire pits were set up in the field, deep in the wooded recesses of the Columbia River Gorge. Kids of all ages gathered around them, helping themselves to marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, while […]
It’s not always the case that the most expensive item in a product lineup is the best one, but with Garmin, it usually is. WIRED’s marathon-running editor-in-chief and I have both recommended premium watches in Garmin’s Forerunner line for their accuracy and detailed training analysis. This year, Garmin released several new versions of the Forerunner […]
Folding bikes are portable, but only in relative terms. Lugging around 25 pounds is no joke, let alone while hoisting a hunk of aluminum and rubber in your hand. Tern Bicycles, founded by ex-employees of folding-bike giant Dahon, has devoted years to figuring out how to make it easier to move around with a folding […]