Logan Watts
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Logan started Mountain biking in the mid-2000's and quickly fell head over heels (sometimes literally) for the sport. Soon after he was lured into the world of bike touring and bikepacking...
A graphic designer by trade, Logan made a major change in 2012, ditched his career and set out on his first, 6-month, long-distance bike tour. During this trip he created Pedaling Nowhere, a blog to document he and his wife Virginia's travels. In 2013 he developed the bikepacking routes project and evolved the website to what would become BIKEPACKING.com in 2015. Follow Logan on Instagram @logans.ride.
Our friend Joey Schusler was recently featured in Freehub Magazine for his history and career in mountain bike adventure filmmaking and photography. As part of the feature they’ve released a series of videos titled, The Art of Adventure…
Alpacka just released a few photos and basic information for their all new Caribou, designed specifically for bikerafting and front end loading… “Ideal for bikepackers exploring big packrafting landscapes.”
Evidently a slip of a Surly finger led to a new and interesting “Pickled Beet” Krampus. They call it a happy accident. We call it redemption…
Interested in turning your hardtail into an efficient, Tour Divide-ready bikepacking rig? Or just keen to have a pure rigid experience on the trail? To accomplish either of those pursuits with the most advanced means possible, the Niner RDO BOOST MTB Fork is one of the few trusted, ultralight, carbon forks on the market that’s directly interchangeable with modern thru-axle suspension forks — plus it fits 29+ tires and has bottle mounts. We built up a Timberjack Ti with one and took it into the Caucasus …
The second coming of Virginia’s Salsa Deadwood was a last-minute scramble build finished the day before our flight to the Republic of Georgia. Fortunately, it couldn’t have turned out any better… or more comfortably. In this Rider and Rig we talk to Virginia about her style of bikepacking and how to stay comfortable on long tours… plus her full packlist.
Despite its awkward name, the all new Wolf Tooth Pack Pliers might just be the coolest little multi-tool we’ve ever seen. We had a chance to try all six of its functions for this initial review…
Jones Bikes announces the new Jones Titanium Spaceframe Plus LWB…
Looking for some new riding clothes to keep you from going into hibernation mode? Keeping cozy in cold conditions doesn’t require the latest and greatest, of course, but here are several new pieces that have impressed us this shoulder season… and will keep us warm out on the trail this winter and early spring.
Apidura releases the Backcountry Food Pouch Plus and addresses the only two complaints we had with the original Food Pouch…
A short film about a bikepacking and fly fishing along the Tahoe Rim Trail in the Sierra Mountains…
With 2017 in the history books, here’s our final reflection — a list of the 12 articles from 2017 that garnered the most likes and shares by our readers…
Rodeo Adventure Labs announces the fourth iteration of its versatile steel adventure frameset, the Flaanimal 4.0…
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