We’ve teamed up with Austere Manufacturing in Washington for our 189th Collective Reward gear giveaway, and we’ll be setting up a pair of lucky winners with beautifully CNC-machined Austere Lock Belts in eye-catching color combinations. Find details here…
Released earlier this year, the Austere Lock Belt is likely the most over-engineered belt in the world, which is no surprise coming from the Washington-based buckle maker who has made it their mission to build better buckles. The Lock Belt came after years of customer requests for a better-performing belt and Austere founder Uriel Eisen obsessing over every detail that would solve the issues plaguing other belts without adding unnecessary complexity. Following Miles’s review earlier this year, we’ve teamed up up with Uriel to give Austere Lock Belts to two randomly selected members of the Bikepacking Collective, a $95 value for each winner.
The Austere Lock Belt uses a unique patent-ending double-plate buckle that locks in place and won’t slip during the day. It’s made up of a CNC-machined billet aluminum body and slider, a brass lock bar, and stainless steel screws to hold the components together. The included 1.5″ wide smooth nylon webbing weaves through the body, over the slider, and back down through the front of the body, locking it in place by shifting the slider over the webbing. There are teeth machined into the body and slider to help grab hold of the webbing, Austere’s updated logo is on the front of the slider, and the webbing is sewn onto the buckle’s body with durable bar tacks.
Coinciding with today’s giveaway, Austere is releasing a new bright Purple/Powder Blue Lock Belt, and we’re happy to be giving one away alongside the more subdued Ranger Green/Coyote version. Both colors are beautifully US-machined in true Austere fashion. Learn more at AustereManufacturing.com.
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