Lucas Winzenburg

Our Reader’s Rig of the week is Montreal-based bike courier Misery Fields’ Bassi Hog’s Back, set up with a Crust Clydesdale fork and decked out in custom bags from Sinkhole Montreal. Learn more about Misery and their one-of-a-kind Hog’s Back here…

For Collective Reward #061, we’re giving a pair of Mason x HUNT 650B Adventure Sport Disc wheels to one lucky member of our Bikepacking Collective. Find complete details on the giveaway and the wheels here…

This week’s Reader’s Rig is Kyle’s 2013 Salsa Fargo, a bike that’s seen plenty of tough miles over the years, and one that carried him on a trip along our Cones and Canyons route in Peru last summer. Learn more about Kyle and his Fargo here…

Bikepacking Roots’ new BIPOC Bike Adventure Grant was launched earlier this month to help enable BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) riders to have greater access to outdoor adventures. Learn more about the program here, along with details on how you can get involved by making a donation…

For Collective Reward #060, we’ve teamed up with Crankbrothers to give two members of our Bikepacking Collective a set of Stamp 7 platform pedals in their choice of size and color. Find details here…

Many in the cycling community have been out in the streets documenting the widespread demonstrations in support of racial justice across the United States, and we put together this collection of images from some of our favorite photographers. See them all here…

This week’s Reader’s Rig is Italian architect Alberto Giacopelli’s classic custom gravel tourer from Casbah Cicloclub. Find photos, a build kit, and more about Alberto and his three-year process of piecing this bike together here…

Several small companies in the bikepacking community have launched raffles to benefit groups doing important social justice work around the country. We’ve compiled this list that includes prizes, deadlines, and organizations being supported. Find them all here…

In the wake of the tragic police killing of George Floyd, our friends at Hoot Ventures in Minneapolis are raffling off a set of handmade bikepacking bags to benefit the Minnesota Freedom Fund. Find details here, plus a list of other ways you can show your support…

Our Reader’s Rig of the week is San Francisco-based illustrator Sean Hipkin’s beautiful custom sport tourer from Clockwork Bikes, which he’s built up to be equally suited for on- and off-road jaunts. Find lots of photos and a complete build overview here…

Cycling Rybachy Peninsula is a new short film that chronicles a summer bikepacking trip through Russia’s beautiful and remote Murmansk Oblast, a region that looks to offer incredible bikepacking opportunities. Watch it here, along with a handful of photos from filmmaker Andrey Serdyuk…

This week’s Reader’s Rig comes from Gaëlle Bojko, a 23-year-old student from France who has already traveled through more than 25 countries by bike. She shares her Bombtrack Audax AL, complete with a full set of matching homemade bags. See more here…