Plan & Prepare

In our latest video, Neil shares 10 tips and hacks to help you brave the cold of winter and head out on a bikepacking overnighter. Find that video here alongside a list of other winter bikepacking resources…

If you’re looking to imbue your bikepacking trips with some practical creativity, how about carving a wooden spoon on your next overnight campout? Newbie whittler Cass made his first eating implement last year and shares his tips and thoughts on the process, as well as inspiration and advice from expert spoon-making bikepackers…

If you’re hankering to cut down on your plastic waste but love your lil’ riding treats, try lobbing these delicious and easy to make energy balls into your pie hole on your next bikepacking trip. Think chocolate, dates, peanut butter, oats, chia seeds, and sea salt… with no cooking required! Find the recipe here…

SANS Meal Bars have no added sugar, include only real whole food ingredients, are gluten, soy, and dairy-free, and offer a whopping 400 calories per bar. We’ve tried a few of their most popular flavors over the last couple of weeks to see how we like them. Read on for our impressions…

Like a delightful mashup between rummaging and finding in nature’s larder, foraging for wild food can be a powerful way of connecting us all with the land around us. Cass heads out into hills in search of steep climbs… and breakfast. Read on to find out what he ate, and learn about a range of resources that can transform our appreciation of the places we bikepack, and satisfy our bellies too.

Have you ever felt that the packaging used by outdoor provision companies feels at odds with being in the great outdoors? Then check out Oregon-based Fernweh Food Co. and its compostable bag and bulk purchase options. We tickle our taste buds with a vegan Southwest stew and mushroom pot pie, and find out about Fernweh’s owner Ashley Lance, her bike, and more…

After a few years of unpadded bikepacking, Miles shares his thoughts on riding without a chamois, including what’s worked and what hasn’t, especially with his on-trail management of Crohn’s disease. Find that here, plus insight from Lael Wilcox, Natalie Jones, and Skyler Des Roches on their chamois-free tactics and tips…

In our latest video, Neil walks through the gravel bikepacking gear list he used during a 640-mile ride across Minnesota, from Iowa to the Canadian border. Learn how he packed and what modifications he made to his bike for the ride here…

Good To-Go foods recently announced two new meals, and we tried out both during a long bikepacking trip. Here are are thoughts on the Chicken Pho and one of our favorites to date, the new Cuban Rice Bowl…

Scotland is perhaps the most captivating and storied bikepacking destination in the world, attracting countless intrepid cyclists every year. We asked our resident Scotland expert, Huw Oliver, to put together this comprehensive guide to help you plan your next bikepacking getaway to this enchanted land…

In his latest video, photographer Chris Burkard goes over all the gear he brought on his east-to-west bikepacking expedition across the interior of Iceland. Watch it here…

After a 20-year hiatus, Logan was lured back into fly fishing by bike. Over the last two summers he’s mixed it into day rides and bikepacking overnighters in the southern Appalachians. Find his full bikefishing kit and thoughts on the subject here…