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.
Aside from those strapping 29×3” tires, Deadwood “the sequel” SUS shares just one similarity with the original steel dropbar bike of the same name — it makes folks wonder. We took the 29+ Deadwood SUS on flow trails, dirt roads, gnarly singletrack, and into the backcountry trying to make heads or tails of this curiosity…
Terrene Tires announces the McFly — a promising all-terrain bikepacking plus tire with a solid blend of fast-rolling center tread and chunky side knobs — in both 29×2.8″ and 27.5×2.8″…
Why Cycles just released their new Wayward Titanium 29+ hardtail… and is it pretty. Here are some details about this new bike designed for both trail riding and backcountry exploration…
Paired with the proper jacket or parka, the Patagonia Hybrid Sleeping Bag becomes an ultralight backcountry sleep system that shaves space and weight by only having insulation in the lower half… from the waist down to the “elephant’s foot”. See how it performed on the trail…
Today Salsa Cycles announced their ‘Return to Titanium’ and released the new Timberjack Ti frame and a Fargo Ti frameset to dealers across the US. Act now if you want one, ’cause they’re gonna go fast! Also, check out these dream builds and some sneak peek shots of the Timberjack Ti frame…
The new Wolf Tooth B-RAD system offers a lot of options to maximize the utility of existing water bottle bosses. These include multiple water-bottle positions, three-pack boss expansion, double bottle mounts, additional fork mounts, and more. Here’s everything you can do with B-RAD…
The new and affordable Hunt SuperDura Dynamo Wheelset will help light the way on Josh Ibbett’s around the world cycle trip… learn about the wheels and watch the video.
A review of Giro’s Alpineduro SPD boots after a year of bikepacking and trail riding through both shoulder seasons and the dead of winter…
New Belgium, Blackburn, Niner, and Giro announce the Ramble Ride Series with three group rides in Oregon, North Carolina, and Steamboat Springs, CO…
If you are looking for a shelter to minimize packing space — and seal out things that crawl, bite, or just plain scare the hell out of you — the Nemo Gogo Elite might just be the best non-bivy option on the market. But then again, maybe not if you’re afraid of small spaces…
Fat Chance, an iconic bike brand of the 80’s and 90’s, just released the Chris Cross, a bike built for “all roads unpaved…”
The all-new ORTLIEB Gravel-Pack was just released as a “bikepacking-specific” pannier set. Sound like a contradiction? Read on to find out what makes them different.
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