Miles Arbour

The Hunt 1000 is an annual bikepacking event linking Canberra and Melbourne via some of Australia’s most beautiful high country. With help from the route creator Dan Hunt and this year’s participants, we collected rider and rig details for 60 folks signed up for the 2024 event. Explore the full gallery of loaded bikes here…

Spearheaded by Ombraz, 34 purpose-driven brands have teamed up to offer discounts on their gear today, featuring brands such as Bedrock Sandals, Exped, Hyperlite, Swift Industries, and more. Find out how to take advantage of their discounts during the one-day “Built with Purpose” sale here…

Designed in collaboration with Ronnie Romance, the new Stomplox Trail Worm shoes are a lightweight, barefoot-style shoe with interchangeable insoles for traveling by foot or bike. Find everything you need to know about the Kickstarter campaign here…

Markus Stitz’s latest video documents his 1,350-kilometer bikepacking trip from Matane to Gaspé, showcasing the beauty of Gaspésie and Bas-Saint-Laurent in Québec, Canada. Watch “Changing Direction” here…

For our 199th Collective Reward, we’re giving away an MSR Hubba Hubba Bikepack Tent in one winner’s choice of size. That’s up to a $579 value for our lucky winner. Learn more about the bikepacking-friendly tent and support us for a chance to win here…

The fourth generation of the PNW Range handlebar comes with a fresh look, new sizes, a wider clamp area, and a new 50mm rise option for riders searching for a more upright position. Find our first look and all the details on the PNW Range Handlebar Gen 4 here…

A decade after his diagnosis, Miles takes a poignant and unfiltered look at how Crohn’s disease has influenced and shaped his relationship with bikepacking and the people around him. Find stories and photos from over the years and learn why bikepacking has been his saving grace here…

Released earlier this year, the MSR Hubba Hubba Bikepack Tents build on the classic Hubba Hubba series but cater to bikepackers with its integrated handlebar stuff sack, shorter pole segments, an interior clothesline, and other clever features. Find Miles’ review of the MSR Hubba Hubba Bikepack 2-Person Tent after several bikepacking trips plus Neil’s video review of the 1-Person version here…

Over the summer, Mike Coulter and Jake Kostelyk plotted a route around Shuswap Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, paving the way for what ended up being one of the season’s highlights. Watch the 14-minute video Mike put together from their ride here…

The new Nordest Albarda 3 has been updated with new angles, fresh color options, a SRAM UDH dropout, and it’s available with a 4130 Chromoly steel or titanium frame. Find all the details and pre-order info here…

Just seven riders lined up in Girona, Spain, for this year’s L’Esperit de Girona, an 800-kilometer bikepacking event put up by ultra-endurance cyclist James Hayden. Find a reflection from this year’s first-place finisher, Richy Poynter, who completed the challenging route in 5 days and 15 hours…

The latest addition to Austere Manufacturing’s US-made buckle lineup includes a nifty Retro Cam Buckle and the Girth Hitch Cam Strap. Check them both out here…