Lucas Winzenburg

This week’s Reader’s Rig comes from Brock Dehler, who found his colorful vintage Specialized Hardrock for $40 and slowly built it up with an eclectic mix of used parts. Find more photos and details about Brock and his Hardrock here…

Over the Edge is a short film that captures the moment when a 10-day bikepacking trip through Peru’s Cordillera Blanca goes terribly wrong. As three friends ride along a high singletrack trail, one loses control and falls 30 feet into a ravine below, miraculously surviving. Watch the film here, along with photos and an introduction from filmmaker Kyle Hughes…

This week’s Reader’s Rig belongs to Bryce Webster in Calgary, Alberta, who runs his RSD Mayor as a 26-inch-wheeled fatbike in the winter and a 29+ trail machine in the summer. Learn more about Bryce and his rig here…

Just announced, Within & Without is a new podcast that will feature stories, event highlights, and interviews produced by and for the WTF Bikexplorers community. Learn more about Within & Without in advance of its early 2020 launch here…

This week’s Reader’s Rig belongs to Heather Plewes, who’s freshly back from a bikepacking trip in Tanzania aboard her eye-catching Esker Hayduke. Learn more about Heather, her Hayduke, and their many trips together here…

The deadline to join our Bikepacking Collective and have your membership kick off with the third issue of The Bikepacking Journal is tonight at 11:59 PM EST! Find details on what a membership includes here, plus a sneak peek inside the new issue and a look at the exclusive map and member patch included with each copy…

We’ve teamed up with CHUMBA USA to give away a Terlingua Steel gravel frame to one lucky winner. Read on for details on how you can win an Austin, Texas-built Terlingua Steel frame in your choice of size and color…

Last call for our latest round of gear giveaways! We have more than 30 Collective Reward prizes to give out to our supporters this time around. The deadline is this Thursday, October 17th. Find complete details here…

For Collective Reward #043, we’re hooking up two Bikepacking Collective members with a Beargrass Top Tube Bag and Rattlesnake Stem/Bag Bag from the folks at Wanderlust Gear. Find details and additional photos here…

This week’s Reader’s Rig comes from Christoph Laue, whose 1989 Kuwahara Panther all-rounder is a perfect example of a bike that didn’t cost a fortune and doesn’t boast the latest or greatest standards, but serves its purpose and looks mighty good doing it. See the details here…

For Collective Reward #042, our friends at Wolf Tooth Components in Minneapolis are giving away a Morse Cage stainless steel bottle cage and B-RAD Roll-Top Bag to three lucky winners. See details about this giveaway here…

This week on Reader’s Rig, we check out Tomi Paajanen’s Surly Ice Cream Truck. He shares some thoughts on his affinity for practical steel bikes, some words about his native Finland as a bikepacking destination, and more. Continue on for details…