Lucas Winzenburg

It may have been April Fools’ Day, but the team at Paul Component Engineering was totally serious about rereleasing their 100% Pure Cranks earlier this month, breathing new life into an old favorite with a refreshed design that harmoniously blends past and present. Intrigued by square taper in 2025? Find Lucas’s Paul 100% Pure Cranks review here…

We’re just two days away from the spring deadline to join the Bikepacking Collective and have your membership start with the 14th issue of The Bikepacking Journal! Find a roundup of all 20+ of our latest giveaways worth around $6,000 and support our work for a chance to win here…

For the final Collective Reward in our current round of more than 20 great giveaways, SimWorks is setting up a couple of randomly selected site supporters with a pair of The Homage tires. Find details and join the Bikepacking Collective ahead of Thursday’s deadline for a chance to win here…

Today’s Weekend Snapshot takes us on a tour of the Spanish-speaking world in three parts. Join fellow readers on their bikepacking journeys around Mexico, Spain, and Peru and contribute to our community-driven Monday morning series by sharing a shot from one of your recent rides here…

The crew at Spurcycle in Oregon is back with another great giveaway. For our 213th Collective Reward, we’re setting up a pair of randomly selected Bikepacking Collective members with a Spurcyle bundle that features a Bell, updated Tool, and R50 Mirror. Find details here…

Wrapping up our Reader’s Rig Week, we share a pair of Tanglefoot Hardtacks from James of Analog Cycles and Ariel of Fifth Season Canvas in Vermont. Meet James and Ariel and scope out their lovingly built bikes here…

Melbourne’s MAPP and London’s QUOC announced the first in a limited run of collaborations this morning. The new MAAP x QUOC Gran Tourer XCs are a restyled interpretation of QUOC’s flagship off-road performance shoe. Take a look here…

Our fourth Reader’s Rig Week special comes from Aidan in North Carolina, who shares their practical, do-it-all 1990 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo and a little about their love of giving old bikes another lease on life. Find more from Aidan here…

The third spotlight in our Reader’s Rig Week comes from Copra Bikepacking founder Timothée Concaret in Paris, France, who shares his custom titanium gravel bike from Soulrider Frameworks in Istanbul, Turkey. Check out Timothée’s travel-ready bike here…

A year after we first spotted a prototype version online, the friction-shifting Growtac Equal Control Levers are now available through Velo Orange. Learn more about the enigmatic Japanese-made levers and find a link to buy a pair here…

Everybody wins for our latest Collective Reward! We commissioned artist Alex Hotchin to create a vibrant fold-out map of the Route of Caravans in Morocco to accompany the upcoming issue of The Bikepacking Journal, and all of our Sustainers and Builders will receive one. Learn more and become a Bikepacking Collective member here…

Continuing our special Reader’s Rig Week, we catch up with framebuilder Chris Schmidt of Good Grief in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He shares a look at his custom-made backcountry hardtail, affectionately named Party Boi. Meet Chris and read the story of his latest personal build here…