Lucas Winzenburg
Managing & Bikepacking Journal Editor
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The new Detour mudguard collection from small Swedish company Ass Savers features a beautifully minimal design inspired by the scenery along the 700km Torino-Nice Rally route. Read on for details about the updated Fendor Bendor Big and Mudder Mini, both of which were developed with bikepacking in mind…
For Collective Reward #023, we’ve teamed up with Alpkit to give a Frame Bag Bundle to one Bikepacking Collective member, including all the bags you need to ready your rig for your next bikepacking trip. Read on for details…
Breakfast with Muskox is new short film that follows Annie Le and Huw Oliver on an incredible bikepacking and packrafting trip across Greenland. We caught up with Annie to ask her some questions about their trip. Watch the full film, see lots of exclusive photos, and read what she had to say here…
In this edition of Reader’s Rig, we peek at Pat Valade’s 2017 Kona Unit, which he lovingly refers to as the “Garbage Sled” and built up to reliably take on a bit of everything at a reasonable price. Read on for more about Pat and his bike…
For Collective Reward #022, we’re setting one Bikepacking Collective member up with a care package courtesy of the fine folks at Ruby Coffee Roasters, including two bags of their colorful coffee, a set of water bottles, a camp mug, and more. Read on for complete details…
This week on Reader’s Rig, we look at Sofia Torres’ custom painted Cannondale CAAD9 CX, featuring a steel Salsa Vaya fork, mismatched wheels, and some lovely homemade frame bags. Read on for the complete run down on this unique all-rounder…
This week on Reader’s Rig, we scope out Koen Greven’s customized Cotic Escapade. Boasting a whopping five extra sets of bottle bosses added by a local framebuilder, as well as crimped chainstays to accommodate a larger rear tire, Koen’s rig is the definition of dialed. Read on for build details and some backstory…
For our latest Collective Reward, we’re giving one Bikepacking Collective member a massive prize package courtesy of our friends at Topo Designs, Colorado-based makers of a wide range of outdoor apparel, bags, and accessories. Read on for complete details…
In this week’s Reader’s Rig feature, we take a look at John McCaig’s highlighter green Crust Evasion, complete with not one, but two Fabio’s Chest saddlebags. Continue on for more photos and complete build details…
The Oveja Negra Portero backpack was one of our favorite accessories of 2018. In fact, we rarely leave home without ours. And for Collective Reward #020, we’re giving one lucky member of the Bikepacking Collective a one of a kind Portero Wack Pack of their own. Find all the details here…
In our third Reader’s Rig feature, we peek at the custom Piotr Lisiecki gravel tourer that Max Burgess had built for his attempt at the inaugural Silk Road Mountain Race. Read on for details on this stainless steel backcountry hauler, along with some photos of it in action in Kyrgyzstan…
Missed out on a copy of the first issue of The Bikepacking Journal? For Collective Reward #019, we’re giving away 20 copies of the sold out Bikepacking Journal 01. Join our Bikepacking Collective by February 1st and you’ll be automatically entered to win one. Already joined, but missed the Issue 01 cutoff? You’re entered to win, too. Read on for complete details…