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.
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…
For Collective Reward #041, we’re giving two winners a custom PackNW Ridgeline Roll-Top Hip Pack in their choice of materials and colors. See details here…
Our latest Reader’s Rig comes from Liam Yates, whose Specialized S-Works Diverge has opened up the world of bikepacking to him after years of racing on the road and the track. Most recently, that meant participating in the second edition of the Silk Road Mountain Race. Learn more about Liam and his rig here…
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