"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle."
Ernest Hemingway
email me if google hasn't got the answer..Jason, GORUCK founder, posted a fantastic and detailed article about how GORUCK builds each GR1.
It is a manual process and one that requires care, precision and a lot of skill.
Yes, you pay good money for a GR1, but now you know why: they are tough and durable packs that are built manually with skilled workers, in the USA.
Worth reading. Check it out






Suns out - Bici time
Notes: Knit - Rapha, Pents - PaulSmith x Rapha, CreepyShades - vintage Rayban Outdoorsman, Sneaks - Common Projects for Leather Soul, BackPack - Goruck Echo, Lanyard - Bottega Veneta, Bici - Bianchi Pista via Brera
Not visible - Giro Atmos helmet
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