Entries filed under 'REI Expert Advice'

Huge L.A. Ride Points to Bright Urban Cycling Future—REI Has Tips to Get You Started

When an estimated 150,000 smiling Angelenos take to the streets of their famously car-dominated city for a day of bicycling, you know a movement is happening. To help you put a bicycle into your day-to-day life, REI offers our latest Expert Advice article, Urban Cycling: The Basics. ...

Posted by Steve T on April 22, 2013 11:30 AM & Tagged CicLAvia, Cycling, REI Expert Advice, bicycle and urban cycling | permalink | Comments



Traveling Internationally? Get Tips on Electricity Adapters from REI Expert Advice

Hair dryers? Tablets? Laptops? If you want to bring such electricity-based gadgets on your international trips, it’s wise to be prepared—or a poof and a cloud of smoke could be the unintended result. Our newly updated "Electricity Guide for Travelers" article quickly gives you the basics. ...

Posted by Steve T on February 15, 2013 10:00 AM & Tagged REI Expert Advice, Travel and electrical adapters | permalink | Comments



Gift Hunting? Maybe REI's #giftpicks Can Help

You need a gift. You want advice. REI has plenty of both. So toss us your gift-giving question via Twitter or Facebook, include the #giftpicks hashtag and, if time permits, we'll give you a personal answer on REI's YouTube and Pinterest pages. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on December 14, 2012 8:00 AM & Tagged Expert Advice, REI Expert Advice and gifts | permalink | Comments



Presenting a Few Tips for Snowboard Shopping

With fresh snow and lots of ski resorts in both the East and West opening for the season, you may be in the market for a new snowboard. In this post we offer a few shopping tips that can make the process more efficient for you. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on November 21, 2012 6:30 AM & Tagged REI Expert Advice, Snowboarding, snowboard boots, snowboards and snowsports | permalink | Comments



Feeling a Little Disoriented Today? Could Be Because It's 'Marooned Without a Compass Day'

Yes, today is Marooned Without a Compass Day. Why? No one knows. It just is. Interestingly, the historical origin of the compass itself is cloudy as well. The Facts on File database speculates that people of China, prior to 1040 AD, discovered by accident a magnetized needed would always point in the same direction. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on November 6, 2012 8:15 AM & Tagged REI Expert Advice, compass and gps receivers | permalink | Comments