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国产吃瓜黑料 magazine has chosen its Spring/Summer 2011 winners of the Gear of the Year awards, featured in the 国产吃瓜黑料 Spring/Summer Buyer鈥檚 Guide, on newsstands April 26th.
国产吃瓜黑料's Buyer's Guide has 325 of our favorite products. Our testers and editors spent several months torture-testing the latest crop of sleeping bags, tents, shells, trail shoes, and packs in more than a dozen states. As always, the products in this year鈥檚 guide represent only the best-performing gear available. Our Pennsylvania-based hiking shoe and boot tester initially called in 63 shoe models (108 pairs). In the end, only nine made the final cut. Down south, in Tucson, Arizona, we conducted our largest bike test to date, starting with an initial crop of 58 mountain and road bikes.
And the winners in the 14 Gear of the Year categories are鈥
SLEEPING BAGS:
SHELLS:
HIKERS:
TENTS:
PACKS:
CAMERAS:
SUNGLASSES:
ADVENTURE TECH:
LUGGAGE:
MOUNTAIN BIKES:
ROAD BIKES:
BOATS:
ROAD RUNNERS:
TRAIL RUNNERS:
The 国产吃瓜黑料 Spring/Summer Buyer's Guide not only highlights the very best in adventure gear, from sports equipment, tools, and gadgets to footwear, outerwear, and sunglasses, but also calls out the best values in each class. This year鈥檚 issue contains over two dozen Killer Values鈥攁s well as 125 products under $100鈥攁nd covers everything from mountain-bike jerseys to waterproof camcorders. Organized according to sport and activity, the Spring/Summer Buyer's Guide is the ultimate resource for product reviews, technology, news, and tips.
Now in its 16th year, our annual Spring/Summer Buyer鈥檚 will be on newsstands all summer, from April 26th to September 27th. Plus, new this year, check out the enhanced Spring/Summer Buyer鈥檚 Guide iPad app.