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Fe Cycles Custom built bicycles Saint Louis

 

Beautiful custom built bikes. I saw a few of Jeff’s finished products today at a bike swap/show and spoke with him for just a minute.

He makes all of his bike frames from USA produced 4130 steel. They are fitted to you, and totally custom. Check out his Gallery to see some of his finished bikes.

 

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Wigwam Socks – Made in the USA

I bought some hiking socks from wigwam after doing some reading about the benefits of hiking with a sock designed for hiking.

What a difference it has made. I’ve been on a couple long hikes while wearing the “Cool-Lite Hiker Pro” and they keep my feet dry and blister free. The socks seem to be lightly padded and very well made.

Check out the Wigwam Amazon Store for more Wigwam products that are Made in the USA.

As always, Shop local.

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Geocaching with the Geomate Jr.

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I recently began geocaching. It’s a lot of fun, keeps me out of the house, and I’ve been places I’d never have seen without it.

To do geocaching, you just need a GPS device and a coordinate. The GPS device I started with was my cell phone but I wanted something durable that I didn’t need to worry about dropping. My phone wouldn’t survive a drop from 4 feet, The Apisphere Geomate.jr sure will.

Over 250,000 caches, 2 aaa batteries last 12-hours. The accuracy is as good (if not better than), my phone. The build quality of the Geomate Jr is impressive. Simple, shock resistant, and very smooth. Best of all, Made in the USA.

Happy Geocaching.

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American Apparel T-shirts Everything

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Made in California.

After doing a little more research (outside of my closet) on American Apparel, I was shocked to find out…. They make everything in the USA. Not just T-shirts.

The only thing I own from American apparel is some t-shirts.  I’ve had them for years and show very little wear.

They have a very thorough Recycling regime also.

An excellent article by Kevin Meyer on American Apparel’s Production facility.  Also you may click here to view American Apparel on Amazon.

∞American Apparel

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WaterRower Natural Rowing machine

Made in the USA of sustainable resources. wri3011_300

I have been doing the fitness thing steadily for the past 4 months, One of my favorite cardio exercises is the Rowing machine.  Though I have not used the WaterRower, I love the idea of rowing in actual water. How great is that?  

 

Comes in Three Flavors:

∞WaterRower

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PowerBlock Dumbbell system

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I just ran across the PowerBlock. They look solid, a quick pin switch and you have a new weight Dumbbell.

If anything, these are SmartBells. PowerBlocks seem to be built well, The Pins eliminate any possible hardware failure, and the space saving is amazing (it would take a 20 foot wall to hold the same number of dumbbells).

They have a few flavors:

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New Balance Shoes- MT811

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Needed Some Workout shoes a while back.  Some of the New Balance are made in the USA.

You have to try these on to understand how comfortable they are.

newbalance_tagHere is a List of New Balance Made in the USA.

Mens:

Womens:

∞New Balance USA store

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