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Bikepacking Races

Trans Am Bike Race 2018 (4300mi /6,920km)

COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM 1792 MARINE DR, ASTORIA, OR, United States

Covering 10 States and 4,300 miles, the Trans Am Bike Race is a classic coast to coast race across the USA.

Bikepacking Races

2018 Dirty Kanza 200 (200mi /322km)

EMPORIA GRANADA THEATRE 807 COMMERCIAL ST, EMPORIA, KS, United States

Dirty Kanza 200 is a 200-mile-long ultra-endurance bicycling challenge, held on the gravel roads through the Flint Hills region of east-central Kansas.

$200
Group Rides

Tuscany Trail 2018 (372.8mi /600km)

PIAZZA DEGLI ARANCI MASSA, TUSCANY MASSA, Italy

The 5th official Tuscany Trail ride offers the perfect taste of the essence of Tuscany, passing through enchanted forests and century-old towns and villages.

Bikepacking Races

The TransAtlantic Way 2018 (1550mi /2,494km)

London Ebrington St, Derry, Dublin, Ireland

The TransAtlantic Way 2018 is a 2500 km, one stage, self-supported road bike race between Dublin and Cork via The Wild Atlantic Way.

£360
Bikepacking Races

Three Peaks Bike Race 2018 (994mi /1,600km)

SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE SCHÖNBRUNNER SCHLOSSSTRASSE, VIENNA, Austria

Three Peaks Bike Race is a 1,600km unsupported bikepacking race across the Dolomites and the Alps, from Vienna to Nice.

€120
Bikepacking Races

2018 Navad 1000 (621mi /999km)

Asco-Brunnen Hafenstrasse, Romanshorn, Switzerland

If 1,000km and 33,000m of climbing doesn't sell it, how about a finish line at a Freddy Mercury statue? The Navad 1000 crosses Switzerland from Romanshorn to Montreux...

Free
Group Rides

The D&R&R Marty’s Bikepacking Weekend! (128mi /206km)

Marty's Reliable Cycle 251 Main St, Hackettstown, NJ, United States

Start your summer off with some D&R&R! Join Marty's Reliable Cycle for a bikepacking weekend along country backroads, gravel, and D&R/D&L riverside railtrail.

$45
Bikepacking Races

NorthCape-Tarifa 2018 (4470mi /7,194km)

North Cape 9764 Nordkapp, Magerøya, North Cape, Norway

The NorthCape-Tarifa is a 7,100km self-supported bicycle race starting at the North Cape in Norway and finishing in Tarifa, Spain.

€290
Bikepacking Races

Veneto Trail 2018 (341mi /549km)

Piazza Pierobon 11 Via G. Garibaldi, Cittadella, Province of Padua, Italy

A self-supported adventure on dirt roads, trails and secondary paved roads from the Po Valley to the Dolomites passing through a myriad of fascinating landscapes...

Bikepacking Races

The 1000 Miler (2018) (621.5mi /1,000km)

RIVERSIDE SUN WENNING ST & EMFULENI DR, VANDERBIJLPARK, GAUTENG, South Africa

The 1000 Miler is an adventure cycling race that takes place annually from Johannesburg to Cape Town, South Africa.

R5,600
Group Rides

Lost in Prealps 2018 (124.2mi /200km)

BASSANO DEL GRAPPA BASSANO DEL GRAPPA, TREVISO, Italy

The Lost in Prealps 2018 is a bikepacking and randonneur event aimed at appreciating and enjoying the natural beauty found in the Venetian Prealps of Italy.

Bikepacking Races

The Karoo Dash 2018 (621.5mi /1,000km)

PROTEA HOTEL 101 HENRY ST, WILLOWS, BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa

The Karoo Dash is a 1000km adventure cycling race between Bloemfontein and Cape Town, South Africa.

R5000
Bikepacking Races

2018 BC Epic 1000

MERRITT MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada

The third annual 2018 BC Epic 1000 follows a mix of service roads, double track, and single track along a good portion of the Trans Canada Trail. A 1040km route from Merritt to Fernie!

Free
Group Rides

2018 GEA TRAIL (GREAT APENNINE EXCURSION) (342mi /550km)

Sansepolcro Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Italy

The 2018 GEA Trail (Great Apennine Excursion) is a bikepacking group ride that follows the ridgeline along the Apennine mountains on the Italian Divide.

Free

Bikepacking Races

Inca Divide 2018 (1119mi /1,801km)

PLAZA DE ARMAS DE TRUJILLO TRUJILLO, TRUJILLO PROVINCE, Peru

1,800km, plus a lot of up and down, the Inca Divide 2018 is an ultra bikepacking event in the heart of Peru...

€299
Bikepacking Races

TransOst Challenge 2018 (1864.1mi /3,000km)

BAYREUTH FESTSPIELHÜGEL 1-2, BAYREUTH, BAYERN, Germany

3000km through six Eastern European countries, over 47,000 elevation meters, mostly on paths, forest roads and small roads. This is the TransOst Challenge!

€99
Workshops & Clinics

Green Mountain Bikepacking Expedition 2018

KROKA EXPEDITIONS 767 FOREST RD, MARLOW, NH, United States

A 21-day bikepacking expedition for students interested in self-propelled exploration, led by Michael Dammer and Marcela Restrepo.

Bikepacking Races

Vistula 1200 (2018) (745.6mi /1,200km)

PTTK-BARANIA GÓRA-PRZYSŁOP CZARNA WISEŁKA 8, WISŁA, Poland

The Vistula 1200 is a bikepacking race, almost 1,200km, that follows a scenic and historically relevant route through some of the most beautiful areas of Europe.

zł180
Group Rides

La Baroudeuse 2018 (196mi /315km)

La Turbie La Turbie, France

La Baroudeuse is a self-supported bikepacking event that explores France, the Maritime Alps, and Italy between Ligurie and Piémont. The 2018 event offers even more distance options ranging from 90km to 1000km.

€52
Bikepacking Races

2018 Alberta Rockies 700 (447mi /719km)

Coleman Alberta 7902 20th Ave. & Hwy 3, Coleman, Alberta, Canada

The Alberta Rockies 700 is an epic adventure through the front range of the Canadian Rockies. A true gravel grinder...

Free
Bikepacking Races

XDUROWales 2018 (186.4mi /300km)

MENAI BRIDGE BANGOR, Wales, United Kingdom

XDUROWales is a 300km self-supported ride from North to South Wales, combining the best of road, cyclocross, and enduro!

Free
Bikepacking Races

Trans Dolomitics Way 2018 (683.5mi /1,100km)

MAUSOLEUM OF CESARE BATTISTI VIA DOSS TRENTO, TRENTO, TN, Italy

The Trans Dolomitics is a 1,100km unsupported road cycling challenge across 5 different regions in Italy.

€150
Bikepacking Races

Hydra Trail 2018 (430.6mi /693km)

VEISIEJAI VEISIEJAI, LAZDIJAI, Lithuania

The 2018 Hydra Trail traverses Lithuania from South to North, following some of the largest rivers in the region while navigating a healthy dose of singletrack as well...

€35
Group Rides

Oregon Timber Trail 2018 Grand Depart (668mi /1,075km)

Cave Lake Campground Modoc National Forest, CA, United States

The first annual 2018 Oregon Timber Trail Grand Depart takes place this coming July. Here's your chance to be one of the first to complete this big singletrack route with a group of likeminded folks...

Free
Bikepacking Races

Trans South Dakota 2018 (740mi /1,191km)

BUFFALO JUMP SOUTH DAKOTA-WYOMING STATELINE I-90 EXIT 205, BEULAH, WY, United States

A 740 mile bikepacking race across the state of South Dakota with 5 miles of packrafting across the Missouri River...

$75 – $699
Bikepacking Races

The Heck Epic 2018 (225mi /362km)

BRITON PIT RD BRITON PIT RD & CO RD 131, Two Harbors, MN, United States

The Heck Epic is a two day, 200 plus mile bikepacking stage event. The course will be predominately gravel/dirt road…some of them pretty remote and rugged.

$150
Festivals and Demos

Gear & Beer 2018

WAYFINDER CO-OP 525 SANTA FE DR, Denver, CO, United States

An event all about the gear and the brands we love plus plenty of beer to go around? Gear & Beer, based out of the Wayfinder Co-op in Denver, Colorado sounds like the place to be.

Free
Bikepacking Races

NorthCape 4000 (2018) (2609mi /4,199km)

LAKE GARDA LAKE GARDA, TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE, Italy

1 continent, 10 countries, over 4200 km of self supported riding with a legendary destination, the Arctic Circle! This is the NorthCape 4000.

€248
Bikepacking Races

China Express 4000 (2485.5mi /4,000km)

XINJIANG INTERNATIONAL GRAND BAZAAR TIANSHAN QU WULUMUQI SHI, XINJIANG WEIWUERZIZHIQU, XINJIANG, China

The China Express 4000 is a solo, single-stage, unsupported bikepacking, 4,000km road cycling race, along the Chinese Silk Road from Ürümqi to Beijing in The Forbidden City.

€200

Bikepacking Races

2018 French Divide (1304mi /2,099km)

Bray-Dunes (on the dyke) Bray-Dunes, Nord, France

A kind of Tour Divide made in France that links the Franco-Belgian border to the Franco-Spanish border. A challenging all-roads route between gravel and mountain biking using the GR footpaths of Santiago de Compostela.

Group Rides

Fitz-Barn 2018 (446mi /718km)

Fitzgerald's Bicycles 176 N Main St, Victor, ID, United States

A bike packing route between Fitzgerald's Bicycles in Victor, Idaho and Red Barn Bicycles in Hamilton, Montana to be ridden as an unsupported group ride.

Free
Bikepacking Races

2018 Hurt’n Albert’n 550 (341mi /549km)

Beiseker Beiseker, Alberta, Canada

For the third year in a row, the Hurt'n Albert'n 550 brings self-supported gravel racing to Alberta, Canada.

Free
Workshops & Clinics

Single Tracks, Rock Faces, Secret Places

KROKA EXPEDITIONS 767 FOREST RD, MARLOW, NH, United States

A 10-day bikepacking expedition for students aged 13-16 interested in muddy single track, scrambling up rocks, and exploring hidden caves.

Bikepacking Races

2018 TNGA (Trans North Georgia) (350mi /563km)

Mountain Rest Mountain Rest, SC, United States

The Trans North Georgia Adventure is a 350-mile mountain bike route through the mountains of northern GA on trails, forest roads and paved roads featuring challenging terrain, beautiful scenery, and a whole lot of climbing.

Free
Bikepacking Races

Bones to Blue 2018 (250mi /402km)

Bridge & East Jiboom St Truckee, CA, United States

A little loop followed by a much bigger loop around Lake Tahoe, tracing the footsteps of dead pioneers. This is the Bones to Blue!

Free
Bikepacking Races

A-CROSS THE 5 (2018)

LION OF FLANDERS ANTWERPSEBAAN 413, ANTWERPEN, Belgium

A-Cross the 5 is a "Pure Mountain Bike" bikepacking race, completely unsupported, across Belgium, France, Luxemburg, Germany, and the Netherlands...

€100
Group Rides

Romagna Bike Trail 2018 (373mi /600km)

Piazza del Popolo, Ravenna, Ra, Italy

Two trails, one adventure. A journey through magical forests, ancient walks and the art of some of the most beautiful UNESCO sites. Hidden hermitages and historical citadels await you...

€40

Bikepacking Races

The Buckshot 2018 (363mi /584km)

DISTRICT BICYCLE COMPANY 2160 FLAMINGO RD #3, Kamloops, BC, Canada

For those bikepackers out there not yet up to the full 1000+ km and 11000+ m of elevation of the BC Epic, BC's ultimate bikepacking race, or those that simply do not have the time this season to commit to the Epic... comes the 'Buckshot'!

Free
Bikepacking Races

XDUROScotland 2018 (205mi /330km)

Inverness Castle Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Following the Badger Route, XDUROScotland is a 2 day self-supported gravel ride from North to South Scotland.

Free
Group Rides

Torino-Nice Rally 2018 (435mi /700km)

Turin Center (and alternate start point) Piazza Giambattista Bodoni, Turin, Turin, Italy

The Torino Nice rally...a great opportunity to explore some spectacular, lesser known alpine routes in a 700km self-supported ride from Turin to Nice via the high altitude roads and stradas of the French-Italian border.

Free
Bikepacking Races

Olympic 420 Adventure 2018 (420mi /676km)

The Rocktopus Port Angeles, WA, United States

After 4 years of racing, only four riders have completed the Olympic 420 Adventure...will you conquer the route in 2018?

Free
Bikepacking Races

2018 Smoke ’n’ Fire 400 (400mi /644km)

Hyde Park 13th and Eastman, Boise, ID, United States

The Idaho Smoke ‘n’ Fire 400 is a 400ish mile self-supported mountain bike route traversing some of Idaho’s diverse geography on two-track, big gravel and dirt Forest Service roads, singletrack and some paved roads.

Free
Bikepacking Races

Trans Hermann MTB Everest 2019 (183.3mi /295km)

HÖRSTEL/RIESENBECK SÜNTE-RENDEL-STRASSE 18, RIESENBECK, Germany

Trans Hermann MTB Everest is a self supported bike packing event along the Teutoburger Forest in Germany.

€90 – €120
Group Rides

ReTrail 2018 (155mi /249km)

ASSOCIAZIONE SPORTIVA AL PONTE VIA RESTA, 56, Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Following the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines Bike Trail, The ReTrail is a self-supported adventure through 7 predetermined points of interests between the lands of Matilde to the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park.

Free
Bikepacking Races

Lazio Trail 2018 (434.9mi /700km)

Parco degli Acquedotti Vicolo dell'Acquedotto Felice, Lazio, Rome, Italy

The Lazio Trail is a tour of the cradle of occidental civilization, of lakes and legends, of thermal spas and history, of ancient roads and verdant hills.

€50 – €70
Bikepacking Races

Bikepack SoDak Bikepackers Series

Crow Peak Brewery 125 US-14, Spearfish, SD, United States

The South Dakota bikepacking series hosted by Bikepack SoDak offers several different route options, for different styles of riding. The series follows the Trans South Dakota route and the Black Hills fire lookout route.

Free
Group Rides

Off-Leash Overnighter: Bullfrog Lake (70mi /113km)

GOODSPEED CYCLES 2125 W. 183RD ST., HOMEWOOD, IL, United States

A Saturday noon to Sunday noon bike camping tour to Camp Bullfrog Lake...sneak away for some early-fall bike fun hosted by GodSpeed Cycles.

$85
Bikepacking Races

North Star Bicycle Race 2018 (630mi /1,014km)

START OF U.S. BICYCLE ROUTE 41 ST. PAUL, MN, United States

Minnesota's 1st Solo, unsupported, 1 stage, road race. 630 mile out and back following U.S. Bicycle Route 41 a.k.a North Star Bicycle Route.

Free
Group Rides

TATR – The Adirondack Trail Ride 2018 (550mi /885km)

Waterfront Park Northville, NY, United States

“The history of the Adirondack Mountains, its towns and villages, stories of adventures past… all unfold like the day’s challenges; relentless, biting, beautiful. “

Free
Talks and Community

Canada Bikepack Summit 2018

Canmore Opera House 400 Spring Creek Drive, Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Join Bikepack Canada for their third annual summit in Canmore, Alberta. A weekend full of group rides, seminars with bikepacking experts, great food, and even better company.

$210
Bikepacking Races

Terra Australis Bike Epic (4039mi /6,500km)

CAPE YORK PAJINKA ROAD, BAMAGA, QUEENSLAND, Australia

6,500 kilometres down the eastern regions of Australia starting at Cape York, the northern tip of Australia and finishing at Wilsons Promontory the southern most point. The race route is North to South - there is no other option.

Free
Group Rides

The Castles Quest 2018 (373mi /600km)

R. DA IGREJA R. DA IGREJA, LINHARES DA BEIRA, ALBUQUERQUE, Portugal

The Castles Quest is a self-supported bikepacking adventure in Portugal that links historical villages and culturally relevant landmarks together on an epic adventure...

€50
Bikepacking Races

Black Hills Expedition 2018 (460mi /740km)

City Park Spearfish, SD, United States

The Black Hills Expedition is a 440-mile singletrack heavy race through the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. No support, no fees, and no registration.

Free
Bikepacking Races

Bohemia Divide 2018 (403.8mi /650km)

VYŠŠÍ BROD NÁMĚSTÍ 163, VYŠŠÍ BROD, Czech Republic

The Bohemia Divide is an unsupported cycling race through the Czech Republic, starting from South and ending in the North.

€60 – €80
Group Rides

Cannonball 550 2018 (550mi /885km)

EMPORIA GRANADA THEATRE 807 COMMERCIAL ST, EMPORIA, KS, United States

The second annual Cannonball 550 offers, you guessed it... 550 miles of self-supported bikepacking in eastern Kansas.

Free

Bikepacking Races

La Baroudeuse on the Road 2018 (497mi /800km)

Place Léo Ferré Peille, Alpes Maritimes, France

La Baroudeuse on the Road is a road-based ultra endurance event offered in either a 400km or 800km option, following some of the most iconic passes in Europe.

Bikepacking Races

Markagram 2018 (155.3mi /250km)

ULLEVÅLSVEIEN ULLEVÅLSVEIEN 16A, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Modeled on the Diagonales of France, the Markagram 2018 will scrawl a pentagram in the endless gravel network that makes up Nordmarka. Prepare for darkness...

Bikepacking Races

Coconino Stage Bikepack 2018 (250mi /402km)

The Place 21 S Milton Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

The Coconino Stage Bikepack takes on a different approach to racing for a fun event over a fantastic course.

Free
Festivals and Demos

Festival Gravel 2018

Palais Lascaris Peille, Alpes Maritimes, France

The Festival Gravel de Peille is a cycling event that focuses on a mix of predetermined routes and off road discovery, what you see and where you go is totally up to you!