Inspiration & Blog

We recently stopped into the Drust Cycles workshop in Berlin to meet builder Konstantin Drust and learn more about the distinctive and occasionally outlandish bikepacking-ready frames he’s been fabricating during his first year in business. Find our interview and a look inside his space here…

In effort to check off a few bucket list aspirations, 64-year-old retiree Dave Baumann set out on his mountain bike to bikepack along the Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango. 540 Miles, A Colorado Trail Documentary, follows Dave’s journey. Watch it here…

Good Night 2020 is a wrap! And we’re thrilled to report that thousands of people participated in this impromptu year-end overnighter challenge. After going through loads of submissions, we’ve chosen five favorites for the contest portion of the event. Find each of their mini-stories along with some excellent photos from all corners of the globe—from Tokyo to the Czech Republic, and from Arizona and California to the Navajo Nation…

The Super Jambo Grom Pre is a self-supported 200km gravel ride through Monaro Region and Kosciuszko National Park, Australia. With help from organizer Jorja Creighton, we put together a unique reflection from first-place finisher Zoe Cuthbert. Check it out here…

Back in 2017, Lael Wilcox cycled Alaska’s complete 4,500-mile road network, solo and self-supported. This past summer, she did it again, but her partner and filmmaker Rugile Kaladyte came along to document the experience. Watch the full 17-minute film here alongside a map of her route, and details about the 2021 Femme-Trans- Women’s Scholarship…

This new video offers a glimpse of the incredible scenery and what riders can expect from the Freedom Challenge’s Race Across South Africa, a yearly ultra-distance race that gives racers 26 days to traverse the country using only paper maps. Watch it here…

Originally intending to ride deep into the backcountry on an epic overnighter to send off 2020 with a bang, Miles and Emily instead opted to stay close to home for an equally satisfying 35km round trip for their Good Night 2020 campout. Find Miles’s reflection and a huge gallery of photos here…

The Mountain Why is the latest film in the Fifty Project series, and it follows professional skiers Cody Townsend and Michelle Parker on a 1,000-mile bikepacking journey to ski three iconic mountains on the West Coast, all by human-powered travel. Watch the full 40-minute film here…

After nearly a year apart, Cass and his son Sage are reunited just in time for a Good Night 2020 campout. Read on for a trip report from a Mexican biosphere that comes complete with a travelling manatee, trashy beachcombing, and moon dances… as well as thoughts on ‘big rig tag-alongs’ and a wonderful stop motion film from Sage!

To sign off for the week and give thanks to our members and readers, we rounded up the articles that grabbed the most attention in 2020 for this list of our 12 most popular posts of the year. See them all here…

While many of us are ready to put 2020 in the rearview mirror, we also recognize these last days as an opportunity to look back at the moments that made it unique, powerful, and memorable. As part of this process, we gathered 20 of our favorite and most inspiring photos we published this year. See them here…

A newcomer to bikepacking, Martin Lortz joined a group of friends for a three-day mystery ride in Northern Ontario’s Algoma Country this fall. In this piece, he shares the story of pushing through his longest day in the saddle to date and getting to know bikepacking the hard way while soaking in the serene Canadian countryside…