UltraRob's Adventures

This past week, I've enjoyed reading what readers would buy with a $50 gift card and what adventure they'd use it on. Mike Panic is the lucky winner of the $50 cycling and outdoor gear giveaway. Congratulations!

This is what he said.

Thank you! I've been looking / wanting a new travel bag, my Thor MX bag is too big to take for most week-long trips and I'm going to St. Thomas in June and need a manageable bag to carry a week's worth of clothing. While I should be buying new running shoes or a new rear derailleur for my road bike, I feel this Gravis bag in Rebel Yellow would be the best use of the $50 for me right now to help me schlep my gear to a sunny island this summer. I'll even send you a postcard!

Oh, I still need to purchase Thule LB50 load bars to complete the roof rack system I pieced together this winter.

Mike, I'm looking forward to the postcard! To claim your gift card, send me an email with your choice of cycling and outdoor gift card.

Victorinox Swiss Army Werks Traveler Messenger Bag Regular Price: $200.00 $59.95 on sale

Victorinox Swiss Army 18 Wheeled Upright Werks Traveler 30 Luggage Regular Price: $480.00 $239.95 on sale

Victorinox Swiss Army 30 Wheeled Expandable Upright Werks Traveler 30 Luggage Regular Price: $720.00 $359.95 on sale

Labels: cycling, gear, giveaway, hiking, mountain biking, running, skiing

Update 3/16/09: The gear winner has been announced.

Everyone loves to get some cool new gear. It's even better if it's free. You have a chance to win some free gear this week.

I am giving away a $50 gift certificate to the winner's choice of these cycling and outdoor stores. Deadline to enter is Sunday, March 15th. To enter use the search box to find your gear. Then tell me in the comments below what gear you'll get if you win and what adventure you'll use it on.

You don't have to limit the price of your gear but if it's more than $50 you'll need to use some of your own money. Put some thought into your comment because the winner will be mostly random but if you write something I like you could increase your odds.

The winner will be announced on Monday, March 16th. The winner will have until Wednesday, March 18th to contact me with the choice of gift certificate. It'll be easiest if you pick one that has electronic certificates.

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Good Luck!

Update: I really intend for this to be easy to enter. As long as you aren't lame and don't try, you'll have a good chance at winning since I'll pick a random number. You just need to write something simple like I'd buy a headlamp so I can go on a moonlight hike. If you do write something really cool, I'll enter you twice.

CamelBak MULE NV Price: $87.99

CamelBak MULE NV 100 oz S09 Regular Price: $110.00 $99.00 on sale

Camelbak MULE 100 oz Price: $89.95

Labels: cycling, gear, giveaway, hiking, mountain biking, running, skiing

Update: Congratulations to @mudsweatbeers for winning!

@backpacking became my 1,000th follower on twitter this morning. If you don't know what twitter is, it's a service that lets you post 140 character updates. You can find out more of what I'm up to by following me.

To mark the occasion, I'm going to give away a $25 JensonUSA gift card to a lucky twitter user. To enter click this link with the text "@UltraRob $25 JensonUSA Gift Card Giveaway today through 8PM MST http://www.ultrarob.com/ #cycling". Don't wait because I'm going to pick a random winner from tweople that twitter that exact tweet that by 8 PM MST Tonight. Entering more than once will not get you another entry. Good luck!

Thanks to Cyclelicious for the inspiration to use twitter for a giveaway.

Denali Thermal Jacket Womens Price: $199.00

Girls Denali Thermal Jacket Regular Price: $99.00 $79.95 on sale

Denali Thermal Jacket Girls Price: $99.00

Labels: cycling, giveaway, mountain biking

Today is the last day to enter to win a $1,000 Mountain Cycle Fury full suspension frame from Mountain Biking by 198. I'm sponsoring the 2nd place price. Third place is a Clix Wheel Release System.

The gear I'm giving away includes my favorite multi tool and the Rogue Camelbak that I use for rides that last a few hours.

Regular readers will know I'm a big fan of the Hammer Nutrition products so there's a Hammer Gel Jug, Hammer Gel Flask, HEED Drink and a large Hammer water bottle. If Hammer is new to you, here's how I use the Hammer Nutrition products.

So how do you win all this cool stuff? Go over to Mountain Biking by 198 and submit the best trail review. It doesn't matter where you live or where the trail is. Check out the original post for rules so your trail submission qualifies for the contest.

Intense Uzzi VP Frame 09 Price: $2420.00

Intense Cycles M6 Fro Frame 09 Price: $3150.00

Intense Cycles 951 Fro DH Frame Price: $2760.00

Labels: gear, giveaway, mountain biking

Today Mountain Biking by 198 started a contest with a top prize of a $1,000 Mountain Cycle Fury Frame. The contest is for writing the best mountain bike trail review.


I'm providing the 2nd place prize of a mountain bikers essentials package. It includes my favorite multi tool and the Rogue Camelbak that I use for rides that last a few hours.

Regular readers will know I'm a big fan of the Hammer Nutrition products so there's a Hammer Gel Jug, Hammer Gel Flask, HEED Drink and a large Hammer water bottle. If Hammer is new to you, here's how I use the Hammer Nutrition products.

The 3rd place prize is the Clix Wheel Release System. These are not available in stores. The Clix Wheel Release System makes mounting your front tire easier than ever.

Head over to Mountain Biking by 198 for full details on the contest.

Crank Brothers 5050 X Regular Price: $79.99 $69.99 on sale

CRANK BROTHERS Flex Fit Hat Price: $9.98

Crank Brothers Egg Beater SL Pedal Price: $100.00

Labels: gear, giveaway, mountain biking

Bicycle Frenzy is giving away a bottle of Rock 'N' Roll Extreme Chain Lube on each of the next 3 Mondays. That would be April 21, April 28, and May 5.

I've been reading Bicycle Frenzy for a few months. It's definitely worth reading if you're a cyclist. Entering the contest will make sure you don't miss new posts. All you have to do to win is sign up for the Bicycle Frenzy RSS or via E-mail and then leave a comment on the post that says you subscribed.

I recently saw a study that showed a shockingly small number of people are using RSS. It allows you to read new content from your common blogs and sites in one place without needing to go see if there's something new.

There's plenty of different feed readers. For a while I've been using Google Reader. I like it because I can share what I find interesting. You can always see the latest things I've shared in the widget in the right sidebar.

I'm not giving anything away but while you're at it you can sign up for my feed or new posts by e-mail.

PEDROS Ice Wax Chain Lube 4 oz Price: $6.00

Pedros Go Chain Lube 4 oz Price: $7.50

PEDROS Ice Wax Chain Lube 2 oz Price: $3.99

Labels: cycling, giveaway

Over at Ride-Strong, they are giving away 20 t-shirts just for commenting. I just commented and it looks like 16 are left.

They are also doing a raffle for a Colnago Carbon bike. Only 100 tickets are being sold so you have a 1 in 100 chance of winning the bike.

Colnago Team Glove Price: $34.99

Colnago Short Sleeve Cycling Jersey Price: $74.99

Colnago San Remo Wind Vest Mens Regular Price: $148.95 $67.03 on sale

Labels: cycling, giveaway