Lucas Winzenburg
Managing & Bikepacking Journal Editor
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We have nearly 500 original and curated bikepacking routes in our global network spanning 70+ countries.
Start at our sortable worldwide routes map to dig into our detailed guides with GPS maps and inspiring photography.
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.
The Bikepacking Journal is our biannual printed publication. Each issue features a collection of inspiring writing and beautiful photography. Find details on the three most recent issues below, join the Bikepacking Collective to get it in the mail (anywhere in the world), or click here to find a collection of selected stories in digital format.
Lucas Winzenburg has been obsessed with off-road touring for more than two decades.
In 2012, he founded Bunyan Velo, the first independent magazine devoted to bikepacking, through which he also hosted a live speaker series and developed a grant program to support traveling cyclists. In 2017, he left his full-time gig in academia to focus on pushing the boundaries of pedal-powered storytelling. Having lived all over the world, he's now based in Colorado. Find Lucas on Instagram @bunyanvelo.
We’re giving away a made-to-measure frame bag from Straight Cut Design in Scotland for Collective Reward #093, and one lucky winner will have their choice of colors and options to match their rig. Find details here…
Just launched, the new Wizard Works Go-Go is a slim and sturdy top tube bag that’s available in two sizes and five colors. Find details, photos, and our initial impressions after a few weeks of testing here…
On the King’s Highway is a new short documentary that follows Axel Carion and Jonas Deichmann’s record-establishing 2020 ride of the Jordan Bike Trail, during which they completed the entire 730-kilometer route in an astounding five days. Watch the 16-minute film here…
This week’s Reader’s Rig belongs to Yannick Chautems in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, who shares the dialed SCOTT Scale 910 hardtail mountain bike that he’s built up in a wide range of configurations in the year he’s own it. Check out his bike in its current form here…
This week’s Reader’s Rig comes from John Fitzgerald in Edinburgh, Scotland, who gives us a look at his Genesis Croix de Fer that does double-duty as a dad bike for pulling a trailer and getting out on bikepacking trips. Find out more about John and his bike here…
State Bicycle Company’s newest episode of “Riding Fixed, Up Mountains, With Pros” features an engaging chat with inspiring multi-discipline cyclist Leo Rogers as he pedals up and down Arizona’s Oatman Highway. Watch it here…
In Wahoo’s latest Frontiers video, retired professional road racer Ian Boswell shares some thoughts on what motivates him to ride and recaps the story of his recent win at the 2021 Unbound Gravel race in Kansas. Watch it here…
We’re giving away three of Ortlieb’s newly launched Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR bags for our latest Collective Reward. Find complete details on the new bags and how to win one here…
The Service Course is hosting a solstice cycling challenge between now and June 21st, and every hour you spend on the bike earns you one entry into their prize drawing. Find complete details on The Magic Hour and a link to submit your rides for a chance to win here…
Our Reader’s Rig of the week comes from regular contributor Colt Fetters in Durango, Colorado, who shares the Kona Process 134 CR/DL he built up for after-work rips and big rides into the surrounding San Juan Mountains. See more about Colt and his Kona here…
After his six-day winter bikepacking trip across Iceland’s interior in April, photographer Chris Burkard put together this video overview of his entire assortment of gear and where he carried it on the bike. Find his detailed bike and kit breakdown here…
California-based Ritte Cycles just announced an updated version of their Satyr gravel bike, which is now made from titanium and limited to a single batch of 20 US-made framesets with an ENVE Adventure Fork. Find details on what’s new here…
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