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Toothpaste Dots Are Not My Friend

by Andy Amick

Or as my kids would say – Epic fail!!  Making the dots was easy, but actually using them for toothpaste was the hard part. Some experiments in lightening your camping setup result in failures and that’s ok.  They either become too lightweight and don’t hold up, or they are too uncomfortable.  For this attempt, the [...]

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Repackage Toothpaste Into Smaller Containers

by Andy Amick

When designing the OutThere kits, I worked really hard and spent countless hours to find items that would make the kit as small as possible.  But somehow the fact that a full travel tube of toothpaste was included instead of a smaller amount escaped me.  A travel size tube is more than enough for at [...]

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MYOG – Coroplast Seat Bag

by Andy Amick

This is a follow-up to the Political Sign post to show the detailed steps of how to make a custom bikepacking seat bag from all of those signs that will be taking over yards and roadsides during this election season. Overall cost for the bag is under $15 with most of the cost coming from [...]

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Finally, A Good Use For Political Signs

by Andy Amick

It’s election season again and we are beginning to see some yards that resemble this: Or worse: I’m not a political strategist, but I think the second one is a yard full of junk and won’t lead to any votes for any of these candidates.  But all is not wasted if the candidate’s supporters choose [...]

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