InsideOutdoor | WINTER 2022 32 The Ride Bikes As usual with Tony Ellsworth’s bikes, the new Radiant Carbon E-bike sets a new standard for high-end offerings. His full-carbon frame design is as equally striking as it is seemingly impossibly engineered. With only one chainstay and one seatstay, combined with a single-arm alloy fork and load-bearing rear fender design, the bikes also feature electronic cadencebased shifting, with an Enviolo “stepless” rear hub – which shifts automatically based on rider’s cadence preference – and a chainless (beltdriven) drivetrain extra-wide, tubeless-ready wheels/tires. And the strength of the carbon frame houses a battery with a range of more than 100 miles in eco mode and more than 50 in high mode. SRP is $5,295. Cardo Systems Cardo Systems brings its state-of-the-art motorcycle communication devices to snowsports enthusiasts with the new Packtalk Ski product line. The technology gives skiers and snowboarders a new way to communicate on the slopes and in the backcountry this winter. Packtalk Ski uses the company’s Dynamic Mesh Communication (DMC) technology to allow skiers and snowboarders to communicate with up to 15 people via a crystal-clear, always-on, flexible group intercom system. The Packtalk Ski device easily attaches to a skier or snowboarder’s helmet and is water and snow proof, with a battery life of up to eight hours in cold conditions. The Packtalk Ski works up to 1 km (.62 miles) between each unit in direct line of sight. WNDR Alpine The Reason 120 is a tool for the days we all wish for and “the Reason” we all pursue backcountry skiing, said WNDR. Its girthy waistline provides effortless buoyancy in the deep, while a spry turn radius lets it boogie in tight terrain. The Reason’s Algal Core and Algal Wall live in symbiosis, providing added stability and torsional stiffness to the platform, enabling it to shift into high gear through variable snow with far more poise than one would expect out of such a big platform, said WNDR. Zenbivy Updates to the Zenbivy Light Bed 2.0 make the bed more comfortable and versatile than ever before, said the company. The hood is wider to accommodate more sleep styles, baffles are reengineered to maximize thermal efficiency and the quilts are purely semi-rectangular to provide full coverage. A new patent-pending drawstring along the top edge seals in warmth. It’s available in four sizes in 10-degree or 25-degree versions. In-Season - Gear & Gadgets
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