Logan Watts

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…

Fyxation just announced two new carbon all-road forks, the Sparta FCR (Full Carbon Race) with anything cage mounts, and the Sparta QR (Quick Release)…

In case you missed it, Porcelain Rocket recently released the waterproof Dumpling hip pack. We love the pack we’ve been testing, and one member of the Bikepacking Collective will win one of their own for Collective Reward #017…

Five-year-old Eleanor Maynard was diagnosed with leukemia last year. This past summer, her dad Adin took her on her first overnight bikepacking trip. Watch a lovely short film that follows their journey here…

For Collective Reward #016, we thought it would be fun to gather an insane amount of cool swag collected this past year and give it to one of our members! The menagerie includes over a dozen patches, T-shirts, bandanas, water bottles, and more stickers than we could count. One lucky Bikepacking Collective member will win it all.

The Pronghorn is Revelate Designs’ new ultra-minimal, waterproof handlebar system. As part of Revelate’s new race-inspired series, the Pronghorn is stripped down to the bare essentials. We had a chance to give it a try on the Appalachian Gravel Growler. Here’s what we found…

We’ve used the Sawyer Squeeze water filter on bikepacking trips all over the world. For Collective Reward #015, one lucky Bikepacking Collective member will receive the new Sawyer Squeeze Micro and the Sawyer Gravity System…

With the gearing needed for loaded bikepacking, SRAM’s 12-speed drivetrains are without a doubt intriguing. And, as more affordable groups and parts emerge, 1×12 is becoming increasingly attractive to bikepackers looking for a modern drivetrain. After 2,500+ miles on the Eagle X01 group and putting the 12-speed Eagle GX drivetrain through its paces in Georgia and Armenia, here’s our full review, complete with a detailed comparison, drawbacks, and a tuning how-to…