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Stories told behind handlebars from all corners of the globe. Stay tuned for trip highlights, adventure essays, and travel reportage… and if you have a story to share, get in touch!
It’s been a long six months. As we emerge from our respective cocoons, Cass reflects on the way in which bikepacking can nurture friendships. Sometimes it’s less about the riding itself and more the space that bikepacking creates to spend time with our friends…
Writer Kristi Stump and photographer Steffen Schraegle traveled to the Swiss Alps for a nine-day bikepacking trip and everything went according to plan. In this piece, Kristi shares some thoughts about the value of simply enjoying a trip for what it is, rather than needing it to be extreme or exciting to be worthy of sharing…
Logan Phipps taught his nine-year-old daughter Lyla that adventure starts as soon as something goes wrong, a lesson she learned for herself on her very first bikepacking trip. Read the heartwarming story of Logan and Lyla’s first overnighter together here…
Aakozikwe is Alexandera Houchin’s deeply personal reflection on her recent attempt at setting the new fastest known women’s time on the Colorado Trail. Read it here, accompanied by a stunning set of photos from Eddie Clark…
Amid some personal turmoil, Neža Peterca headed into Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park to clear her head and seek answers. And in classic Highlands fashion, she got more than she bargained for. Find her story of picking herself up from crashes and confronting hard truths here…
In 2018, Nathan Beriot and Sophie Boyle met and spent several weeks pedaling through Central Asia with Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan, who were tragically killed in a terrorist attack in Tajikistan. When Paths Cross recounts the many experiences they shared along the road and celebrates their spirit. Read it here…
Last week, Katie and Andrew Strempke became the first bikepackers to yo-yo the Colorado Trail, competing the full 539-mile route twice in just under 17 days—on singlespeed mountain bikes. Find Katie’s reflection on this massive feat here, alongside photos and their complete pack lists…
Determined to get out on her first bikepacking trip, six-year-old Layla Pearl Tso trained for three weeks before joining her grandparents Jon Yazzie and Nadine Johnson on an overnighter in Kayenta, Arizona. Read on for a recap and photos from their trip…
Following a bikerafting trip through Montana’s Whitefish Range and the area around Glacier National Park, Tara Kramer offers this reflection on how maintaining an open perspective toward adventure can lead to surprising outcomes, rewards, and challenges. Find her story here…
Mid-Wales is a land of deep reservoirs, expansive forest, and connecting valley roads, crisscrossed by slippery climbs, tufty trails, and boggy moorland. Over a number of bikepacking journeys, Chris Goodman discovers how repeated visits to a place he first experienced as a student have yielded a growing appreciation for its colours, contours, and history…
Tom Woods discovered beauty and wonder while racing through an area that’s often disregarded as “flyover country.” Read on for his story of buffalo encounters, friendship, and random acts of kindness in the Great Plains during the Trans South Dakota Race…
With next to no cycling experience, Johan Wahl and his wife Jana picked up a couple of bargain vintage bikes from their local classified ads and headed off on a three-week, 700-kilometer journey across Lesotho. Find their story of figuring things out as they rode along through the Mountain Kingdom…