Logan Watts
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The Local Overnighters Project is a unified effort to document and map one-night bikepacking routes all over the world—by locals, in their own backyards.
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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.
Spurcycle, the California based company known for their precision bike bell, just introduced a new titanium multi-tool, the Spurcycle Ti Tool…
Lezyne just announced a collection of bikepacking bags they are calling ‘Adventure Bags’. The line includes a seat bag, top tube bag, stem caddy, and a handlebar roll.
Driven by “the spirit of the rock” Greg Hardy makes bikepacking bags and gear under the Rockgeist brand, right here in heart of the Appalachian Mountains just outside of Asheville. We paid him (and his dog Marlin) a visit to learn more about the company and see what’s in the hopper…
Mike Riemer and Hansi Johnson set out bike-fishing on Blackborows through northern Minnesota in Salsa’s latest film, Touching The Sun…
Austin, Texas based CHUMBA USA just released the all new Terlingua, a steel-frame, drop-bar gravel bike with either 700c or 650b ‘road plus’ tires…
The all new Ibis Hakka MX gravel bike is shod with wide rims and 27.5×2.1″ tires, and according to Ibis, “it’s the bike we’d choose if, heaven forbid, we could only have one bike.” We caught up with Ibis’ founder Scot Nicol and gave it a quick look…
The latest 2018 Masi Giramondo 27.5 ‘adventure touring’ bike gets 2.1″ tires, two sets of bottle bosses on each fork leg (one triple and one double), a snazzy paint job, and plenty of tire clearance (up to 29×2.0″)…
Another interesting release from Swift Industries, the new Hinterland Zeitgeist Saddle Bag comes in full XPac shaving a quarter pound off their standard Zeitgeist Saddle Bag…
British amateur adventurers Aaron Rolph and Paul Guest just broke the Guinness World Record for the most countries cycled (completely unsupported) in 7 days…
“Isn’t bikepacking getting too commercialized? Why do you publicize routes? Don’t we want fewer people on trails? And what exactly is bikepacking? Isn’t that just a new word for touring?” Those are just a few of the questions we’re asked regularly. To answer such queries into our motives, here’s our mission statement, and why we think the growth of bikepacking is one of the best things to happen to both riders and the bike industry…
To add to the utility of their B-RAD (Bottle Relocation and Accessory Device) system, Wolf Tooth Components recently released three new accessories…
The Swift Horizon Line is made from X10 Cotton Duck, the very first traditional canvas fabric to incorporate the modern magic of XPac with the classic styling of canvas…
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