{"id":3960,"date":"2014-05-23T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2015-06-11T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:11:18","slug":"norco-yakima-and-knog-products-all-featured-in-outside-magazine-buyers-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/2014\/05\/norco-yakima-and-knog-products-all-featured-in-outside-magazine-buyers-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Norco, Yakima, and Knog featured in Outside magazine buyer\u2019s guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outside Magazine\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-gear\/summer-buyers-guide\/summer-2014-buyers-guide.html\" target=\"_blank\">buyers guide<\/a> has hit newsstands, and in it you\u2019ll find recommendations on this year\u2019s perfect summer gear, including bikes for all budgets, gear for urban cycling, and field tested car racks.<\/p>\n<h1>Sight Carbon 7.1 earns Outside\u2019s prestigious title of &#8216;Gear of the Year&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/14-05_Outside-low.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3962\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"Outside magazine Norco Sight 7.1 Killer B Review\" src=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/14-05_Outside-cover_Page_1.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/14-05_Outside-cover_Page_1.jpg 2382w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/14-05_Outside-cover_Page_1-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/14-05_Outside-cover_Page_1-749x1024.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norco\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.norco.com\/bikes\/mountain\/trail\/sight-carbon\/sight-carbon-71\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sight Carbon 7.1<\/a> took home the stamp of mountain bike of the year, praised for it\u2019s playfulness and ability to both \u201cascend like a cable car\u201d and \u201cpounce down technical descents like a panther,\u201d (MSRP $6,300 CAD).<\/p>\n<p>Straddling the line between form and function with ease, the Knog <a href=\"\/\/www.knog.com.au\/gear-hi-power-lights\/blinder-arc-55.phps\" target=\"_blank\">Blinder Arc 5.5<\/a> front light and <a href=\"\/\/www.knog.com.au\/gear-hi-power-lights\/blinder-road-rear.phps\" target=\"_blank\">Blinder Road Rear<\/a> made an appearance in a spread on urban cycling with the tagline \u201ccity biking gear finally gets cool\u201d (MSRP $160 CAD, and $68 CAD respectively).<\/p>\n<p>The Yakima <a href=\"\/\/www.yakima.com\/shop\/bike\/hitch\/fullswing\" target=\"_blank\">FullSwing<\/a> hitch-mount rack got the nod for its \u2018ease of use,\u2019 with Outside citing the FullSwing\u2019s one bolt instillation, and easy access the rear of your car (MSRP $667 CAD).<\/p>\n<p>Read the full review, from <a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/14-05_Outside-low.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Outside Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outside Magazine\u2019s buyers guide has hit newsstands, and in it you\u2019ll find recommendations on this year\u2019s perfect summer gear, including bikes for all budgets, gear for urban cycling, and field tested car racks. Sight Carbon 7.1 earns Outside\u2019s prestigious title&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[619,98,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5735,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions\/5735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}