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Zipp Speed Weaponry SUB-9 Tubular Disc Wheel

Rating for this product: 5 August 25, 2008

OREC is the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission. They are very strict in these matters.

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Everything you'd expect

prAna Stretch Zion Pant - Men's

Rating for this product: 5 August 6, 2008

These pants are great for hiking/bushwhacking around Idaho and Montana in the summer. I haven't tried them in the winter but I am wondering that, if I layered underneath them with capilene, if I couldn't snowshoe in them to. Anyway, we have tons of devil's club, knapweed, shrubs and mosquitoes up here and these pants take care of all those things. I've even "assed" my way down some scree in these pants and they STILL look like new. They're very breathable. The Capri function is over rated and not worth that much IMHO...unless you were planning on wading a 6" deep creek for some reason. They are like a bell bottom fit but that means they'll go over your boots easily. I'm a 31-32 waist and a 33 inseam and I wear the medium and love it. My brother is slightly more portly (34 waist 33 inseam) and he wears a large and is happy.

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I wear an 11.5 in a running shoe and a 12 in boots. Is the 46...

Alpina BC 200 Touring Ski Boot

July 20, 2008

I wear an 11.5 in a running shoe and a 12 in boots. Is the 46 close enough to fit me? The sizing chart puts its somewhere in the middle.

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Lorpen Coolmax Multisport Light Shorty Sock

Rating for this product: 5 May 26, 2008

Strategically padded yet thin, cool and breathable, looks good...what more do you want in a trail running sock? I love how they fit my foot and don't move, let my foot move or bunch up. I got a Large for my 11.5-12 foot and it seems good.

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Warm, lean and lots of pockets.

The North Face Aconcagua Down Vest - Men's

Rating for this product: 5 May 26, 2008

This vest is very comfortable and doesn't get in your way. As others have said, it's not too puffy like some vests. I wear it before and after running, kayaking and what not. It's also low enough profile that it's comfortable to wear while sitting in a chair with your laptop. I expect I'll be packing it along next winter for something to put on under a softshell when the going gets cold since it seems to be very stuffable. There are a plethora of pockets which is nice too...and they all zip up!

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Great for cold weather

The North Face Arnuva 100 TR GTX Trail Running Shoe - Men's

Rating for this product: 5 April 8, 2008

I got these shoes with the North Face GTX Winter gaiters for running in slush/snow. I live in North Idaho and run forest roads and single track. Up here we often see snow until June in the mountains and then it comes back a few months later. I've found these shoes to be waterproof, to have great traction even in the snow\mud, and to be very comfortable. They are breathable enough and light enough that I plan to wear them in the summer, as well. I wear between an 11.5 and a 12 and I ordered a 11.5. I tried a 12 on before and it was a bit too loose. The 11.5's felt tight until I had run about 30 miles in them and now they fit like a glove. I have narrow feet.

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