National Outdoors -- Kids Clothing | Gear

The Titus racer-x won Bicycling Magazines 2005 mountain bike of the year award. Not much has changed in the award wining design since then. Titus makes this frame is seven different sizes depending on your size and the travel in your fork. They also make the racer-x frame in titanium and carbon (if you have the big bucks). Here's a link to Titus site.

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The Scarpa TX or Terminator X was designed for the Rottefella NTN telemark binding. Due to the new binding system, the boot does not have the traditional "duck bill" of a telemark boot. There is a flange beneath the front half of the boot that catches the binding. These boots are Dynafit compatible, so you can buy one pair of boots for your Randonee and Telemark set-ups. Believe me, they are definitely stiff enough for your AT skis.

I tested the Patagonia Down Sweater Jacket on a few early season backcountry ski tours. Weather conditions varied from bone-chilling fluffy powder, to a face stinging grapple, to a cool, clear blue bird morning. The Down Sweater Jacket kept me toasty as intermediate layer beneath my shell and as a outer layer. The jacket weights under a pound and can compress to the size of a Nalgene bottle. The shell material is made from 50% recycled polyester.

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