Blue Collar Summary:
The Planet Bike Orion Full Fingered gloves are comfortable, affordable and durable. They keep my hands dry and at a perfect temperature. The extra large terry cloth thumb also keeps the sweat out of my eyes. They are easy to pull on and off and keep my hands nice and [...]

Blue Collar Summary:
The helmet is the most important piece of equipment that I wear. There is no other part of my body that I want to keep safe like my melon. I had a first hand look at what not wearing a helmet can do to someone, and it is not funny at [...]

Blue Collar Summary:
This long sleeved, bike specific base layer is perfect for riding in cooler to cold weather. I road with it all through the winter and into the moderate spring months and it consistently kept my temperature controlled. It also came through the wear and tear mountain biking gives without any tearing [...]

Here’s an embarrassing fact: I biked for close to a year without really knowing what a baselayer even was. I mean, I’d hear guys talk about how great their cycling clothes were, frequently saying “yea, it just wicks the sweat right off my skin”, and I’d nonchalantly nod, pretending I knew what they meant.
During my [...]

I just wanted to give an update on the Wingnut Hyper Pack. I’ve had the Wingnut pack now for about 10 months. It is still going strong. I’ve had no problems with fatigue from the pack and the light sailcloth material is proving to be more durable than I thought it would [...]

I didn’t squint unless I looked directly into the sun, which my mom said when I was a kid, would make me blind.