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Stephen Regenold

Columnist | Ultrafit

Stephen Regenold, whose Ultrafit feature runs Wednesdays in Source, writes about extreme and unusual sports and gear. Online, you can see his work at www.thegearjunkie.com.

Recent content from Stephen Regenold

Upshifting a pro cycling team
From hotel valet to bike team owner, Charles Aaron is milking his momentum to push Minnesota's first pro cycling team to victory.
Jun 30, 2008
See the light
See the light
Jun 29, 2008
Barefoot-style shoes
Want to try the barefoot experience, but your tootsies are too tender? Barefoot-style running shoes incorporate little padding or arch support, instead allowing the foot to flex and feel the ground as you go. Here are four footwear options that simulate the experience in their own ways.
Jun 23, 2008
Barefoot believers
A growing subset of runners are shedding their shoes and putting bare feet to the ground -- and footwear companies are starting to take note.
Jun 23, 2008
High camp
Toting the creature comforts of home -- or maybe a four-star hotel -- to the campground is a rising trend called "glamping."
Jun 19, 2008
Ultrafit: Office-park shaman
Doctor and athlete Chris Frykman cracks backs, wields crystals and sends "thought energy" in his customized version of an alternative medicine called applied kinesiology.
Jun 11, 2008
The Gear Junkie: Jetboil Helios
The race to boil a liter of water began with the slight nudge of a fuel dial. My watch ticked as the liquid started to warm, little bubbles percolating in the pot. Underneath, a whirring flame torched metal to a red-hot glow.
Jun 11, 2008
Ultrafit: Conquering the 'Marsh Mountain'
Swamp climbing is no oxymoron for dedicated Twin Cities adventurers who grapple with the rock faces in the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge.
Jun 4, 2008
The Gear Junkie: Cargo box on a small car
My goal was singular and precise: to outfit a small station wagon with maximum equipment-carrying capacity. This meant adding a rooftop rack, of course. Plus I needed a cargo box for tents, sleeping bags, pads, backpacks and other gear.
Jun 4, 2008
Gear Junkie: The Jimi Wallet
Small and translucent, rigid and smooth, the Jimi is "the wallet for people who hate wallets," says Mike O'Neill, a San Francisco cyclist and entrepreneur who created the plastic money holder a couple years back. O'Neill's creation -- a slim and unobtrusive case that holds credit cards, a driver's license and some cash -- measures 4.25 by 2.6 inches, just slightly longer and wider than a Visa card.
May 28, 2008

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