The new Wayside multi-tool has just about everything you’d need for a day on the road, or the trails, including a locking knife for, you know eating apples and avocados.
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Blackburn Central 700 and Central 300 Lights
For the oncoming autumn commutes, Blackburn has two new lights to offer a wide range of illumination both on and off-road. The Central 300 is a 300-lumen lamp that’ll get you home safely on the street and still offer enough light to navigate off-road riding, while the 700-lumen Central 700 is a trail-capable head lamp. Both are USB rechargeable and hitting shelves at your local Blackburn dealers this fall.
See more specs below.
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Comes With Baggage Screening at Velo Cult on Saturday
If you’re in Portland, swing through Velo Cult this Saturday for the screening of Comes with Baggage between 7-10 PM.
There will be a raffle from Velo Cult and Blackburn Design along with a bikepacking Q&A from Limberlost.
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Blackburn Ranger Shayne Khajehnoori
Anyone up for some touring and packrafting? By bicycle…
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Blackburn’s Ranger Camp 2015 Video
The Blackburn Ranger Camp was a total blast this year. Bikepacking, bourbon, bb-guns and more, all of which are captured here in this video showcasing the new Rangers’ aspirations. Best of luck to all of the Rangers and I hope this video inspires you to plan a trip of your own!
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Bring the Party on the Road with Blackburn’s Local Cooler Panniers
The warm months are here and Blackburn’s got a product that will keep your cold beverages cold while making it easy to pedal around. The new Local Cooler Panniers are insulated, feature a bottle opener and are $79… Head to Blackburn for more information and your local dealer to check them out in person.
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Locked and Loaded on the Niner RLT9 Steel Cyclocross Bike
Cyclocross bikes may be designed to race for 45 minutes to an hour in various conditions, but their beauty lies in their versatility. I’ve put in a lot of time on my cross bike over the years, and only a fraction of those hours were spent racing. Instead, my bike’s been on road, trail, dirt, gravel and frontage road rides. With the right gear range, which is now as simple as a cassette or a chainring swap, a cyclocross bike could very well be the only drop bar bike you’ll need.
Companies like Niner are banking on that and while they offer a few ‘cross bikes, the RLT9 Steel is their flagship steel rig. Made from oversized Reynolds 853, with a pressfit 30 bottom bracket and a sweet carbon fork, the RLT9 Steel is being marketed to the “adventure” crowd.
What better way to test a bike’s capabilities than to pull one right from the box, strap three day’s worth of camping gear on it and chase 20 people around the mountains, roads and singletrack in central California?
That’s exactly where my relationship with the RLT9 Steel began… In the San Jose airport.
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The Road to Sea Otter with the Blackburn Rangers
These days, I’m spending a lot of time riding and lugging around my DSLR. While I’d much rather do a ride with close friends and leave the camera at home, I couldn’t pass up yet another year of the Blackburn Ranger Camp. Last year’s ride / popsicle hammock experience was too good, so when Robin from Blackburn invited me along for a second time, I accepted the invitation without hesitation, only picking up on keywords: “camping, Big Basin, Redwoods, bourbon, BB guns, beach, Sea Otter, Niner bikes.”
The logistics of my past few weeks went something like this: Giro Grinduro shoot in Sierra Nevada, home for two days, back to Cali for Eroica, ride 130 miles on a 1982 7-speed crit bike, drive immediately to San Jose, arrive at airport hotel at 1am, work for 3 hours, sleep for 3 hours, cab it to the San Jose Airport, pack up my Niner RLT9 Steel cross bike with three day’s supplies, clear CF cards, and commence the herding of cats…
WARNING! This is going to make you HATE that today is Monday. 100 images await you…
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We’re Bikepacking to Sea Otter with Blackburn
… and I’ll be out of technology’s reach for a few days. Fear not, I’ve got some really great content scheduled, so enjoy.
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Comes with Baggage
Blackburn has been in the industry for 40 years and in that time, a lot has changed. Here’s a brief trailer for a full-length Blackburn film that’s airing at Sea Otter. Check out the flier for that below.
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Reminder: Blackburn Ranger Program Applications Due by the 15th
Just a reminder, the Blackburn Ranger program applications are in by the 15th of February. Read up on what the ranger program is below and apply at Blackburn.
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Be a Blackburn Ranger in 2015
Blackburn’s Ranger program returns in 2015, with another call for entries. Head over to Blackburn for more information!
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Blackburn’s New Outpost Bags
Bikepacking bags have gained a lot of momentum in the market over the past few years and now Blackburn offers up their take on these simple designs. By utilizing a standard dry sack, the Outpost Seat Pack and Bar Roll make it even easier to load and unload your bike, all while remaining secure, even on the most technical singletrack.
See more Outpost products at Blackburn, including their new Cargo Cage and Top Tube bag.
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Blackburn Rangers Sam and Kurt on the Great Divide
Sam and Kurt are two rock-climbing, wheelie poppin’ rad dudes who found themselves smack dab in the middle of the Great Divide route this summer, as part of the Blackburn Ranger Out There program. Here’s a quick video showcasing their personalities and inner expectations.
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Blackburn Central Smart Light Review – Kevin Sparrow
Blackburn Central Smart Light Review
Words and photos by Kevin Sparrow
Tis the season for summer to come to an end and the days to become shorter. Having a good light is the key to riding all year round, especially if you are a commuter who ends your day at 5 or 6 pm. Over the last month or so, I’ve been testing out the Blackburn Central Front Smart Light. “What makes this light so smart?”, you may ask. Well, Blackburn has developed a light with a sensor that measures how much ambient light there is around you. The sensor then auto adjusts the brightness accordingly. This not only saves on battery power but is also really nice when you are riding through a city where light is constantly changing.
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Interviewed: Robin Sansom – Brand Manager at Blackburn Design
Photo by Spencer J Harding
As both a “journalist” and a consumer, I get really excited when I see something new coming from a brand, especially one with a history like Blackburn. In recent months, I’ve gotten to know the brand a bit better, both through their Meet the Rangers program and from a product perspective. I’ve seen a few of their forthcoming products, many of which I think you’ll be stoked on but before those roll out, I thought you’d appreciate a little Q&A with the brand.
To give the readers of the Radavist some insight into Blackburn’s modus operandi, I reached out to brand manager, Robin Sansom for an interview.
Read on below!
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Blackburn Introduces the Central 100 front and 20 Rear Lighting System
I was using my Central lights for a few months now, on multiple bikes before I lost them in all my travels. I particularly liked the rear, because I run a generator lamp on my tourer and it wasn’t annoyingly bright for people riding behind me. I even found the front to be exceptionally bright for what many would consider a “blink light”.
The Central lights mark a new push for Blackburn as they will slowly be releasing new products over the next few months, most of which I’ve had hands-on experience with and all of which I’m anxiously awaiting more testing time.
See more on the Central 100 Front and Central 20 Rear below!
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The 2014 Blackburn Ranger “Out There” Program
This just in from the new Blackburn Rangers Program. I spent a weekend with these fine folks in Prescott, Arizona at the Whiskey Off-Road and they’re such a solid group of riders.
Check out the full press-release below.
