Sports & Outdoors

Rolling Sands is a family-owned supplier of quality drinkware, serveware, and home party products. The company, based in the United States, focuses on eco-friendly, sustainable items.  They offer BPA-free reusable sports water bottles, but also other drinkware, including fast flow push and pull lids, squeeze gripper water bottles, beer glasses, kids cups, caps, and other reusable cups. Rolling Sands prides itself on not being a big faceless corporation but instead offering customers individual service with …

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Rock Lobster is a small, independent operation based out of Santa Cruz, California. It’s owned and operated by its founder, Paul Sadoff, who has been building bikes almost his entire life. Sadoff began working as a bicycle mechanic in 1976 and started his own business in 1987. Since then, Rock Lobster has produced frames for bike events all over the world, including the Olympics and world championship cyclocross competitions. The truly unique thing about Rock …

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Before Litespeed Bicycles created bicycle frames, it was a high-end machine shop that specialized in producing exotic metals. The business in Chattanooga, Tennessee was called Southeast Machine. They manufactured a variety of items anywhere in between custom nuts and bolts for nearby companies and government-commissioned underground tanks that used liquid gunpowder. This family-owned business was run by mom and dad, their daughter, and their three sons. After encountering a running injury, the oldest son was …

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Turner Bikes is a small company based out of Murrieta, California, specializing in handmade bikes that are not like what other companies are producing. They’re known for their hybrid bikes that can easily handle a multitude of terrains and remain long-lasting. Founded by former professional mountain bike rider, David Turner, who began racing mountain bikes in 1987, and has been designing and riding his own bikes since 1992. Turner produced his first 150 mountain bikes …

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Detroit Bikes founder Zak Pashak started manufacturing bicycles in 2011 to revive the bike industry in the United States using American materials. He was always interested in alternative transportation, but in Calgary when Pashak looked into buying a bike, he was disappointed by the cheap array of options. The bikes he saw were either too flashy and poorly-made or chic racing models for serious cyclists. After moving to Detroit, he came up with the idea …

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Renovo Hardwood Bikes made some of the highest quality hardwood bike frames in the world. Unfortunately, the business went bankrupt. However, in 2019, all of its assets and intellectual property have since been purchased by Pure Timber, a wood bending company known for its chairs and sculpture work. Renovo hardwood bikes are now available from Pure Timber. The company has applied its extensive wood bending expertise to improve certain components, including the seat post and …

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Jeff Steber launched Intense Cycles in 1990 out of his garage in California. The 1990s were a heyday of mountain biking, and Intense Cycles found their way into the market quickly thanks to a commitment to innovation. From his very first ride on a mountain bike, he started scheming of ways to improve the experience. While his initial design used existing frames and simple construction, Jeff deployed one small quirk: sealed bearing pivots. For a …

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Chumba bicycles pride themselves on handcrafted, made-in-the-USA bikes that meet everyone’s highest standards, from amateur riders to pros. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Chumba offers a full line of mountain bikes, gravel bikes, and road bikes. Each product comes proudly adorned with a USA sticker, signifying that each bike is built by hand in the United States. Each bike is constructed by expert in-house welders who painstakingly put together high-quality materials, using specific geometry to create …

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Many kayaks are manufactured in the USA, but nearly all of them have some parts sourced from overseas. Below, you’ll find our top recommendations along with extensive details about each product and the methodology behind our picks. For all of our research, scroll to the bottom of the article and you’ll see a big list of all the brands we found that are made here and some well-known brands that aren’t. Our Findings During our …

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