New Bikepacking Toys
Tools and Gadgets
News about new products and tools pertaining to bikepacking…
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New Garmin eTrex 22x and 32x GPS Devices
22 Jul 18 Miles Arbour / newsGarmin recently announced the eTrex 22x and 32x, upgraded models within its popular series of handheld GPS devices. Features like routable topographic mapping, expanded internal memory, and up to 25 hours of battery life, will make these navigation devices attractive for bikepackers. Read on for details…
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PAUL Component Releases Brand New Bar Ends?!
5 Mar 14 Logan Watts / newsPAUL Component has released its new Chim-Chim bar-ends with an ergonomic grip and a secret stash compartment…
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WOHO Launches Shovelfender
4 Mar 14 Logan Watts / newsWith Leave No Trace backcountry bikepacking in mind, WOHO BIKE just launched the new Shovelfender, a bolt-on trowel that doubles as a fender/mud guard. #leavenotrace
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Bigger Looks Better With The Lezyne Mega GPS
11 Jul 7 Logan Watts / newsJust announced, the Lezyne Mega GPS… with up to 48 hours of battery life, and offline mapping, the Lezyne Mega XL looks particularly interesting to bikepackers.
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Roundup and Reportage from Sea Otter Classic 2018
7 Apr 23 Guest / newsOur man on the street, Chris Reichel, wandered amongst the 500+ exhibitor booths at this year’s Sea Otter Classic. Here’s what he turned up…
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Alpacka Teases the Caribou ‘BikeRaft’
3 Jan 23 Logan Watts / newsAlpacka just released a few photos and basic information for their all new Caribou, designed specifically for bikerafting and front end loading… “Ideal for bikepackers exploring big packrafting landscapes.”
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Announcing the Spurcycle Ti Multi-tool
3 Nov 27 Logan Watts / newsSpurcycle, the California based company known for their precision bike bell, just introduced a new titanium multi-tool, the Spurcycle Ti Tool…
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New Omata One GPS… the analog Garmin.
2 Aug 23 Logan Watts / newsIn a world full of beeps, pings and alerts, riding a bike should be about escaping all this. This sweet looking new GPS records your track and provides only pertinent analog information such as current speed, distance, time ridden, and elevation. Nothing more. No fiddly settings. No sharing nonsense.
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The Garmin inReach: Merging Navigation & Communication
12 Aug 10 Miles Arbour / newsThe new Garmin inReach all-in-one communication and navigation devices merge popular GPS technology with the trusted two-way communication capabilities that DeLorme’s inReach products pioneered.
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OneUp EDC Tool (Every Day Carry) Steerer Tube Multi-tool
2 Jun 27 Logan Watts / newsOneUp Components has officially released their EDC (Everyday Carry) Tool, a clever multi-tool and storage capsule system that fits in the fork steerer tube. The new EDC high volume mini Pump doubles as tool storage as well…
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All New Gaia GPS: Our favorite GPS app gets a major update.
15 May 23 Logan Watts / newsReleased last night, the new GAIA GPS app is the first of its kind to include NatGeo Trails Illustrated maps. Other updates include snap-to-trail routing planning and a visual overhaul…
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Fly Through Trails with new Ordinance Survey Aerial 3D
2 Apr 5 Logan Watts / newsAs every British bikepacker already knows, the Ordinance Survey is second to none when it comes to mapping lands in exhaustive, obsessive detail. Having already added a digital lineup to compliment its ever-popular paper Landranger series, the government-run national mapping agency has just launched Aerial 3D as part of their OS Maps application…
