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Tuesday, December 16th, 2014QALO Offering New Silicone Ring Colors
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
We’ve mentioned QALO’s silicone wedding bands (seen here worn by an AF aerial gunner) in the past. Now, they’ve expanded their outdoor line with several colors that will be of interest to our readers. The new Outdoor line includes Hunter Orange, Forest Green, Brown, Sand and camouflage in Men’s and Women’s styles.
Whether at work or play, wearing a traditional wedding band can be dangerous for those in a wide variety of fields. The QALO rings are made from 100% medical grade silicon. They won’t conduct electricity, are nonporous and less prone to exacerbating injuries such as degloving and compression wounds associated with metal jewelry.
qalo.com/collections/outdoors-collection
Sneak Peek – Kryptek Inferno
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
For The Ladies – Adidas Camo Windbreaker
Saturday, November 15th, 2014
The Adidas Camo windbreaker is a full-zip windbreaker made from 100% polyester taffeta. It features a hood with drawcord-adjustment, side pockets with snap-button closure, elastic cuffs, and a drawcord on the hem. It comes in Adidas’ own ‘Multicolor’, which has more than a passing resemblance to Flecktarn, for those of you who are into German camouflage.
www.adidas.com/us/camo-windbreaker/M30311_470.html
Prepare Your Wallets for 11.14.14
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
Adidas Introduces Camo to Pure Boost Shoe
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
Adidas has introduced a new in-house Camo pattern for their Pure Boost shoe. Adidas has been doing quite a bit of Camo this season with a MultiCamesque shoe earlier this year along with a ladies jacket in a fractal pattern. This Pure Boost pattern offers woodland and urban colorways.
Mojo Dave is a Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Each year Dave from Mojo Tactical attends the New York ComicCon in costume. This year, it’s as a Sexual Tyrannosaurus complete with bush hat and chew.
Revisiting The Magpul Ronin
Friday, October 3rd, 2014
At SHOT Show 2010, Magpul unveiled the Ronin, a concept motorcycle built around the Buell 1125R. The name comes from the title for a samurai who lost his master, an appropriate name for the bike given the discontinuation of the Buell line by Harley Davidson. The unique design of the Ronin included a custom monoshock linkage suspension system, front-mounted radiator, unitized handlebar assembly, new ram air intake, cast aluminum tail section, and high-flow exhaust system, features which enhanced the bike’s ride and decreased the total weight by 54lbs from stock. This concept gained enough interest that Magpul decided to expand production to 47 bikes, paying tribute to ‘The 47 Ronin’ of Japanese folklore.
Since the initial concept bike, the Ronin has understandably received some changes. The production Ronin is sharper and more distinct in appearance when compared to the concept bike. Additionally, on the production bike, many of the items have been unitized into a single part, such as the battery box and foot pegs having been integrated into a single cast unit. Perhaps most uniquely, the standard key ignition has been replaced with a hidden RFID chip, and the production model also features custom gauge and ECU.
The Ronin will be released in sets, each release different from the last. The first 12 bikes are currently available (with 5 of them sold at the time of writing) and come in the Black & Silver color of the original Ronin concept bike, priced below production cost.
This will be followed by 10 All-Black bikes at an increased price, further followed by a release of 8; these releases, the second and third, will be available in the coming next few months.
Further releases will come in a set of 6, then 4, and then 2, all with different color schemes and features. The remaining 5 bikes will be one-off designs from the factory, each unique. Each bike will come with a bamboo toolbox.
We’ve been following the Ronin project since its debut in 2010. To finally see its release 4 years later is a welcome event.
For more information on the Ronin, including how to purchase the bike, visit www.the47.com.
