UltraRob's Adventures

A big thanks to everyone who participated in my gift card giveaway. I had planned to start it a few days earlier but had too many other things going on. It seems everyone else was also busy with Christmas. This gave the ones who took the time very good odds.

First here are the ones that helped spread the word about the giveaway.

• Coach Levi
• Cyclelicious
• ProfessionalJackass.com
• Adventure Junkie
• Bicycle Frenzy
• NannaBee
• noodlestatic

Random.org picked ProfessionalJackass.com as the winner.

The giveaway was really about getting feedback and I only got 2 comments. That gave each entrant a 50% chance of winning something extra for Christmas. Both gave excellent feedback and it looks like I need to work on improving the search matching.

• kwc
• NannaBee

For this one, Random.org picked NannaBee.

Congratulations to ProfessionalJackass.com and NannaBee! They get their choice of gift cards from this page.

I'll probably do something similar in a couple months when people aren't so busy so keep an eye out.

Gordini Da Gore Goose II Gore TexR Mittens Waterproof 600 Fill Power For Women Regular Price: $80.00 $42.46 on sale

Merrell Shoes Mens Intercept Gore Tex GORE TEX Shoe Price: $119.95

GORE Bike Wear Century II GORE Tex Jacket Regular Price: $199.99 $179.98 on sale

Labels: cycling, hiking, skiing, snowboarding

Just a reminder that today is the last day to enter to win a $50 gift card. All the detail are here and the list of gift cards is here. Everybody is busy with Christmas shopping so you have a really good chance of winning.

I'm not going to be picky about the exact time for what is tonight. Any comment that's submitted by the time I check in the morning will get counted. I'm not exactly a morning person so it won't be too early.

Smith Fuse Snowboard Snowboard Goggles Throwing StarsPlatinum Lens Mens Regular Price: $89.95 $69.95 on sale

Oakley O Frame Snowboard Snowboard Goggles Matte WhitePersimmon Lens Mens Regular Price: $60.00 $44.95 on sale

Smith Fuse Snowboard Snowboard Goggles WhiteRC36 Lens Mens Regular Price: $69.95 $54.95 on sale

Labels: cycling, hiking, skiing, snowboarding

I've been working on a cycling and outdoor gear search on this site for a little over a year. I have a lot more things I want to do with it plus some things need fixing. With my limited time, it will be a while before I get to some of the things.

Here's your chance to help me and win a $50 gift card. So that I can spend my time working on things you think would make the biggest difference, I'm going to give away a gift card in return for suggestions.. Look around, search for something you're dreaming about for Christmas. Then write a comment on this post with what you'd like added or what needs improving.

I want to provide incentive to provide good suggestions so I'm not going to award the gift card totally randomly. I also don't want to spend a lot of time agonizing over which is the best comment. I'm going to pick a handful of the best comments and then pick one of them randomly.

Comments must be submitted by Sunday night, December 23rd. Make sure that I can easily find your e-mail address if you link to your site or that you put it in your comments. Feel free to use name[]mysite.com or something so your e-mail doesn't get grabbed by the spam bots. I'll announce a winner sometime on Monday, Christmas Eve. If you win, you can pick any gift card from this page. I prefer you pick one that can be e-mailed but I'll have one mailed as long as you live in the US.

A 2nd way to win a $50 gift card is to help spread the word about this giveaway and the cycling and outdoor gear search. You'll need to have a blog or website for this one. Write something and link to both this post and the cycling and outdoor gear search page.

Once you've linked, either leave a comment here on where to find them or send me an e-mail. I'm going to end this contest a day earlier than the other one so your readers will have time to enter. That means Saturday night, December 22nd.

For the 2nd giveaway, I'll pick a winner totally randomly. The winner will be announced at the same time as the other giveaway. The winner will also get the same choice of gift cards.

Tubbs Snowshoes Womens Mountaineer Snowshoes Price: $269.95

Tubbs Snowshoes Boys Storm Snowshoes Price: $79.95

Tubbs Snowshoes Girls Storm Snowshoes Price: $79.95

Labels: cycling, hiking, skiing, snowboarding

Here are some cool mountain bike videos. A couple other videos I've posted in the past are also making their way around again. They are Jumping the Tour de France on a Mountain bike and a Trials Riding Video.

September is one of my favorite months for riding but a lot of people are gearing up for skiing and snowboarding. The Teame Geard-Up Blog has also posted the top 5 snowboarding crash videos (via The Adventure Blog).


found via Fonk



The Teame Geard-Up Blog has posted what they consider the top 5 mountain bike crash videos. Here's number 5 and the pain factor keeps going up. I've seen at least one of them before.

Found via The Adventure Blog

Deuter Full Face Helmet Holder Helmet Accessories Price: $14.95

Six Six One Evolution MTB Helmet Full Face Regular Price: $149.95 $99.95 on sale

Six Six One Full Face Strike MTB Helmet Regular Price: $109.95 $49.95 on sale

Labels: mountain biking, snowboarding, videos