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Seabird Memorial (Video)
6 May 9 Lucas Winzenburg / videoKim McNett traversed 170 miles of wilderness beach in Arctic Alaska by fatbike and packraft, photographing the more than 900 dead seabirds she found on the coast. This short video serves as her artist’s statement for her Seabird Memorial, for which she painstakingly painted every bird she photographed along the way. Watch it here…
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Collective Discount: 25% off Ortlieb at Campfire Cycling
0 May 6 Lucas Winzenburg / newsOur latest Collective Discount offers our members 25% off all Ortlieb bags in the Campfire Cycling web shop until the end of October. Plus, Bikepacking Collective members can take 15% off almost everything else, including tons of great bikepacking and camping gear from some of our favorite brands. See details here…
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Reader’s Rig: Sandro’s OPEN U.P.
12 May 1 Lucas Winzenburg / newsOur latest Reader’s Rig belongs to Berlin-based Sandro Gianella, whose OPEN U.P. has been through several iterations over the years, most recently taking on a fresh Martini Racing-inspired paint job. Learn more about Sandro and his bike here…
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One Question, Five Voices: Atlas Mountain Race Edition
6 May 1 Lucas Winzenburg / tipsIn this edition of One Question, Five Voices, we ask five bikepackers who participated in the inaugural Atlas Mountain Race to reflect on the lessons that have stuck with them from their ultra-endurance racing experiences in Morocco. Find out what they had to say here…
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For Sale: Tour Divide Maps by Alex Hotchin
10 Apr 24 Lucas Winzenburg / newsWe shipped one of these beautiful large-format, hand-illustrated maps of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route to all of our members along with the third issue of The Bikepacking Journal last fall, and today we’re selling off our remaining unfolded copies. Find out how you can get one for your wall here…
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Reader’s Rig: Wayne’s Surly Midnight Special
70 Apr 24 Lucas Winzenburg / newsOur Reader’s Rig of the week is Wayne Reid’s bare steel Surly Midnight Special, a bike he’s thoughtfully pieced together to make as fun as possible. Learn more about Wayne and his rig here…
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Reader’s Rig: Eli’s Why Cycles Big Iron
9 Apr 17 Lucas Winzenburg / newsOur Reader’s Rig of the week comes from Eli Santos, whose Why Cycles Big Iron rekindled his interest in exploring his home state of Vermont when he realized it could take him anywhere. Read on to learn more about Eli’s rig, how he uses it to combine his passions for climbing and mountain biking, and more…
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Last Call for The Bikepacking Journal 04!
13 Apr 16 Lucas Winzenburg / newsThe deadline to join our Bikepacking Collective and have your membership kick off with the Issue 04 of The Bikepacking Journal is tomorrow at 11:59 PM EDT! Find out what a membership includes here, plus a list of upcoming giveaways and a peek at the exclusive Baja Divide map included with each copy…
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Collective Reward Roundup: 44 New Chances to Win Great Prizes
8 Apr 15 Lucas Winzenburg / newsLast chance! We’re giving away 44 great prize packages to randomly selected members of our Bikepacking Collective this Friday. Get signed up before then and you’ll be eligible to win. Find complete details here…
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Collective Reward #058: Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM GPS Units
5 Apr 14 Lucas Winzenburg / newsFor Collective Reward #058, we’re giving away two powerful and intuitive ELEMNT ROAM GPS units from Wahoo. This is the final giveaway in our latest round of more than dozen prize packages, and Friday is the deadline to join our Bikepacking Collective and be eligible to win. Learn more here…
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Ritte Satyr Steel Gravel Bike: First Ride Review
7 Apr 13 Lucas Winzenburg / bikesBreaking away from their road bike heritage, Ritte released a pair of interesting gravel/all-road bikes over the winter, including the Satyr, which sports a T47 bottom bracket, triple bottle mounts, larger tire clearance, and more. After a few weeks of riding one around the Sonoran Desert, Lucas shares his initial impressions in this first look…
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Dustin Klein’s Custom Wilier Jena DCO (Video)
13 Apr 12 Lucas Winzenburg / bikesWe recently stumbled upon this video of artist Dustin Klein unboxing the new Jena gravel bike he designed collaboratively with Wilier Triestina, so we reached out for some backstory. Find the video here, plus a build kit, behind the scenes photos, and a short interview with Dustin…