Knipex Plier Wrenches ... so much better than an adjustable wrench and useful for all sorts of small tasks beyond bolts.
Park AWS-1 three way hex wrench. Makes working on bikes so much faster.
Dynafit Ski Touring Bindings... the patent has expired and there are loads of copy's based on the original idea now but they changed the sport of ski touring in a way that can't be overstated. (tlt5/6 boots and now the scarpa alien rs are up there too as well as modern powder skis)
Petzl Nomic Ice Tools. Again much imitated but they way they work with the human body to make climbing ice (or rock) easier was revolutionary and is something you can feel just by picking them up.
Leica M6 - or m series in general. what if we made a camera from a squished piece of pipe.
Hah thanks! Unfortunately hillmap is in a semi defunct state. Most of the apis that made it work are gone or really expensive and i haven't had time to make my own replacements.
Oh man! Thank you so much, It is hard to convey how much I have used hillmap. I just had to check in and make sure the site was still up.
Anytime I want to roughly get a sense of distance it is my first and only thought, from planning offtrail backpacking and ski trips, to trying to figure out how far I ran on a given day, or trying to talk my girlfriend into swimming various point to point routes.
I'd say of the pin bindings the race style are the ones I think of when I admire the design.
Thanks! It is all almost all client side and easy to keep hosted but the elevation and slope stuff has stoped working. If you or anyone on here wants to figure out a cheap alternative to the google elevation service and slope angle layers and wire them in let me know.
Yeah the original u spring design now used in race bindings is classic (I use afk trofeos now) but really it is the boot binding interface that is important and remarkably versatile/long lived.
Park AWS-1 three way hex wrench. Makes working on bikes so much faster.
Dynafit Ski Touring Bindings... the patent has expired and there are loads of copy's based on the original idea now but they changed the sport of ski touring in a way that can't be overstated. (tlt5/6 boots and now the scarpa alien rs are up there too as well as modern powder skis)
Petzl Nomic Ice Tools. Again much imitated but they way they work with the human body to make climbing ice (or rock) easier was revolutionary and is something you can feel just by picking them up.
Leica M6 - or m series in general. what if we made a camera from a squished piece of pipe.