Lucas Winzenburg

We spin the globe and drop pins in Cyprus, the United States, and Spain for this morning’s edition of Weekend Snapshot. See what a few folks from our worldwide community got up to recently and share a photo from one of your rides here…

Facing an uncertain future, we’re calling on all of our readers to help us preserve this unparalleled resource and chart a sustainable path ahead. If you’re a regular visitor, please consider joining the Bikepacking Collective to support our work as a member today. Find an important update and learn about the value we offer our backers for as little as $3.25 per month here…

Our 243rd Collective Reward giveaway comes from Greg Hardy and his small team at Rockgeist in North Carolina, who will be setting up one randomly selected site supporter with a fully waterproof Big Dumpling hip pack. Find details here…

Our Reader’s Rig of the week comes from Adam in Poland, who shares a look at his MONoPOLE No O1 cargo bike in action on loaded bikepacking trips around Europe and Spain’s Canary Islands. Find a colorful gallery and Adam’s story of how incorporating the MONoPOLE unlocked a new way of traveling with his partner here…

Dan Camp’s 34th video from his ride across the Americas captures three weeks on the Peru Great Divide, which he says is the most beautiful route in the world. Find the 46-minute video and a selection of photos here…

After a recent experience forced him to confront the overwhelming amount of stuff he’s accumulated over the last several years, Lucas paused to reflect on the reality that he’s not nearly as immune to the firm grip of consumerism as he once thought. From new bikes to electronic gadgets and more, explore his list of 10 things he’s swearing off in the year ahead here…

Shot entirely in black and white, the 10th episode in French photographer and filmmaker Antoine Bussier’s long-running “Bikepacking Colors” series turns the camera around and focuses on his relationship with his partner as they pedal their way across beautiful Corsica. Watch the six-minute video here…

This morning’s edition of Weekend Snapshot once again finds readers from across our global community out bikepacking along broken roads against a trio of fresh backdrops. Find fragments of rides in Idaho, Tasmania, and Australia, and use the quick form to share a scene from one of your getaways here…

This week’s Reader’s Rig comes from Jaime in Calgary, Alberta, who shares the Kona Sutra LTD he bought in early 2020 and has since ridden all over the place. Meet Jaime and scope out his well-loved Sutra LTD with matching homemade bags here…

“I Need the Sky Above My Head” is a fresh documentary directed by Marco Rimondi that shares the behind-the-scenes story of Sofiane Sehili’s attempt to break the record for fastest crossing of Eurasia by bike and his eventual detention in a Russian prison. Watch it here…

Five Small Things is a new series that pauses to highlight the little objects and concepts that have had an outsized impact on our lives lately, whether on or off the bike. Explore the debut collection of handpicked finds below…

We teamed up with Bedrock Sandals in Montana for our latest Collective Reward, and they’ll be giving a pair of Mountain Clogs to a couple of randomly selected site supporters. Learn more about this and around a dozen other prize packages here…