Lucas Winzenburg

Our spring member drive wraps up tomorrow, and with its conclusion comes our latest drawing for 20 fresh Collective Reward prize packages worth more than $9,000. See everything we’ll be giving away to randomly selected site supporters here…

Friend&Fiend is a new handmade brand from industrial designer Bailey Van Etten. The initial launch includes a pair of On-Tube Storage bags designed to attach to accessory mounts and expand carrying capacity for snacks, tubes, and other small bits. Learn more here…

Wrapping up our current round of Collective Reward giveaways, which includes 15 prize packages worth many thousands of dollars, we’re setting up one randomly selected site supporter with a COROS NOMAD GPS smartwatch. Find details here…

This summer, intrepid cyclist and award-winning storyteller Laura Killingbeck will ride over 1,000 miles across Michigan to advocate for women’s safety and autonomy, documenting the journey through writing and interviews. Learn more here…

The latest addition to Panaracer’s GRAVELKING line is the speed-focused, semi-slick GRAVELKING ZX, which they claim is their fastest-ever tire for mixed terrain. Find a quick look at the new model here…

We spin the globe and drop pins in Cyprus, the United States, and Spain for this morning’s edition of Weekend Snapshot. See what a few folks from our worldwide community got up to recently and share a photo from one of your rides here…

Facing an uncertain future, we’re calling on all of our readers to help us preserve this unparalleled resource and chart a sustainable path ahead. If you’re a regular visitor, please consider joining the Bikepacking Collective to support our work as a member today. Find an important update and learn about the value we offer our backers for as little as $3.25 per month here…

Our 243rd Collective Reward giveaway comes from Greg Hardy and his small team at Rockgeist in North Carolina, who will be setting up one randomly selected site supporter with a fully waterproof Big Dumpling hip pack. Find details here…

Our Reader’s Rig of the week comes from Adam in Poland, who shares a look at his MONoPOLE No O1 cargo bike in action on loaded bikepacking trips around Europe and Spain’s Canary Islands. Find a colorful gallery and Adam’s story of how incorporating the MONoPOLE unlocked a new way of traveling with his partner here…

Dan Camp’s 34th video from his ride across the Americas captures three weeks on the Peru Great Divide, which he says is the most beautiful route in the world. Find the 46-minute video and a selection of photos here…

After a recent experience forced him to confront the overwhelming amount of stuff he’s accumulated over the last several years, Lucas paused to reflect on the reality that he’s not nearly as immune to the firm grip of consumerism as he once thought. From new bikes to electronic gadgets and more, explore his list of 10 things he’s swearing off in the year ahead here…

Shot entirely in black and white, the 10th episode in French photographer and filmmaker Antoine Bussier’s long-running “Bikepacking Colors” series turns the camera around and focuses on his relationship with his partner as they pedal their way across beautiful Corsica. Watch the six-minute video here…