Logan Watts

Revelate Designs has officially retired two of its classic bikepacking seat packs, the Viscacha and the Pika. To reflect on all that’s been done with these bags, here’s our memoriam as well as a link to Revelate’s own photographic eulogy…

Bearclaw’s all-new Beaux Jaxon is loaded with bikepacking-friendly mounts, fits 27.5 x 3.0″ and 29 x 2.6″ tires, and “maintains an all-road geometry… it’s an all-road bike with mountain bike tires.”

Winter ultra-endurance races are not for the faint of heart or the weak-willed. This film follows one man’s journey while he trains for Jay Petervary’s Fat Pursuit, a 200km/200mi winter bikepacking race in the Greater Yellowstone region of Idaho…

Rodeo Labs just released the Traildonkey 3.0, a “bicycle without a category.” The latest incarnation of their premier do-all platform gets clearance for 27.5 x 2.25″ tires, added frame strength, and loads of bikepacking-friendly mounts for carrying gear…

In our inaugural installment of Reader’s Rig, we take a look at Pao’s drop-bar Velo Orange Piolet 29er. With ultra-wide Crust Towelrack handlebars and 29 x 2.6″ tires, this thing looks ready for a bit of everything. Plus, find out how to submit your bike to be featured in our weekly Reader’s Rig Dispatch…

We used rivnuts, aka rivet nuts or threaded rivet inserts, to add bottle bosses and attach an Anything Cage to a steel fork. It worked well, but here are some things we learned, and what we’d do differently next time. Plus, everything you’ll need to do it yourself…

Weighing in at a claimed 600 grams, the new Ramhorn Gravel+ carbon fork by Bearclaw Bicycle Co has two sets of Anything cage mounts and clearance for tires up to 29 x 2.6 or 27.5 x 3.0″.

With the 2018 Bikepacking Gear of the Year Awards behind us, there are still several great products left on the table that are worth mentioning. Here are a dozen of Logan’s favorites that in his opinion could have easily made the list…

Jay Ritchey’s new company, Bags by Bird (BXB), just released the Teardrop, the first flared drop-bar specific handlebar bag on the market. This classic, long-flap style bag looks super nice and is now available for pre-order. Here are the details…

It’s been a great year for bikepacking. In case you missed them, or if you want to have another look, here are the 12 most popular posts we published on the site in 2018…

In this new short film, our friends at Montanus wish you a very Wild Christmas and remind everyone that ’tis the season to ride bikes with friends…

After a long career as a professional road cyclist, Svein Tuft now prefers rugged and remote terrain in the mountains with little luxury. In this new film, he takes us on his favorite three-day gravel bikepacking route in Andorra. Watch it here and see the route map…