Lucas Winzenburg

Congratulations to Stephanie Ortega in California, the winner of the 2025 Swift Campout Video Challenge! Watch Stephanie’s 90-second video capturing her low-key summer solstice overnighter here…

Ever wonder how cast parts are made? In Daniel Yang’s latest entertaining and educational short video, he goes inside the CWIDE casting factory in Taiwan to document the process from start to finish. Watch it here…

In today’s Weekend Snapshot, we join three readers from our global community on their recent bikepacking trips in California, Ecuador, and Utah. Catch up on the latest colorful scenes and use the short form to share a shot from one of your rides here…

Printed in the spring of 2024, the 12th issue of The Bikepacking Journal featured essays and stories from the north and south of Africa, the alluring Andes, the unforgiving terrain of Death Valley, the charming French countryside, Cuba’s backroads, and beyond. See inside here…

Our Reader’s Rig of the week comes from Carlos in California, who offers a look at the Tumbleweed Prospector he built to take on all-day, mixed-surface rides on tour and closer to home. Meet Carlos and find photos of his loaded bike out in the wild here…

Clotaire Mandel’s sixth video documenting his ongoing journey from Alaska to Argentina spotlights his time spent pedaling along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route in beautiful Montana. Find a visually rich look at one of his all-time favorite rides here…

This Weekend Snapshot features fresh reader-submitted scenes from bikepacking trips on three continents. Find vignettes shared from Kyrgyzstan, Australia, and Mexico here. Plus, use the form to contribute to a future edition of this Monday morning series…

Our friend Allan Shaw is no stranger to pedaling through spectacular places on unexpected bikes, and next month, he’s off for the adventure of a lifetime. Find details on the Omnium Titanium Mini he’ll be riding through the rugged Andes on our Peru Great Divide route here…

This week’s Reader’s Rig comes from Cooper in British Columbia, who shares the custom drop-bar Landyachtz 1146 Ti he uses for everything from trail rides to bikepacking trips to daycare drop-offs. Learn more about Cooper and his one-of-a-kind bike here…

Designed to meet the needs of everyday life on and off the bike, the London-made Wizard Works Munin Mini Messenger is a shoulder bag that’s small in stature but big on handy features. After nearly a year of daily use around town and on trips far from home, Lucas shares his thoughts in this review…

Bags Made by Bears from Longmont, Colorado, builds great-looking stem bags designed to hold a 1L Nalgene bottle, and prices start at just $35. Learn more and find out how to buy one in a variety of colors and fabrics here…

Today’s edition of Weekend Snapshot captures reader-submitted rides from the mountains of Romania to the Baltic coast of Estonia and the redwood forests of California. See what a few folks from our ever-growing global community were up to over the weekend and share a photo from one of your recent getaways here…