Inspiration & Blog

Sarah Swallow just released a new film about Ruta del Jefe as a platform to raise awareness of environmental and political threats affecting the US/Mexico borderlands of Southern Arizona…

Bike shops and small bikepacking bag companies are what make this community thrive. That truth hit Neil and Lindsay as soon as they walked through the door at Spokengear and Cedaero Bags in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Here’s the full scoop from their visit…

This Is Bikerafting is a new short video from Deane Parker that showcases some beautiful stretches of flowy singletrack and rolling rivers in New Zealand’s backcountry, along with some advice for a successful first bikerafting trip of your own. Watch it below…

In this new video from Alpkit, Pete McNeil shares a detailed overview of his bike and gear choices for last year’s inaugural Silk Road Mountain Race, as well as some of his experiences on the route. Watch it here, along with a packing list and a short essay from Pete on his motivations for pedaling across Kyrgyzstan…

Introducing the Global Bikepacking Community Survey. Take 5-10 minutes to fill it out and you’ll be entered to win one of 10 prizes, including a Big Agnes bikepacking tent, bags from Porcelain Rocket, several pairs of Teravail Tires, and more…

Could you sell everything and live off a bike? That’s the question Sarah and Jesse asked themselves before doing just that. Hear their thoughts about why and how they did it in this new video…

Brandon Weaver went on a spring break bikepacking trip in Big Bend Ranch State Park with college students in Texas Tech’s Adventure Media class. Along the way, the class made this beautiful short film documenting the process and their experience. Watch the film, read Brandon’s account, and see a fantastic set of photos by instructor, Jerod Foster.

With absolutely zero bikepacking experience, Ben Johnson had a brilliant idea: set out on his first solo adventure in the rugged Peruvian Andes. Along the way he shot this honest and beautiful short film. Watch it here, read a Q and A with Ben, and see a nice gallery of photos from the trip.

Tristan Ridley is on a 100,000 km bikepacking trip around the world. He recently rode most of the 650 km Jordan Bike Trail, where he put together this short video overview of the route. Watch it below, along with a Q&A about his time riding across Jordan and beyond…

Outside TV just released part 1 of its Saving Our Public Lands series. This episode follows Steve “Doom” Fassbinder and Rebecca Rusch on a bikepacking/packrafting/climbing trip through Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to bring awareness to the threats that our public lands face…

The Bikes or Death Podcast focuses on the people and stories that contribute to the bikepacking community. With six episodes under his belt, we reach out to creator Patrick Farnsworth to learn more about him, the podcast, and his plans for 2019…

Do you consider California the spiritual home of off-road riding? Half a century earlier, cyclists were pitting themselves against rough and rutted drovers’ tracks on skinny tyred bikes. We head to North Wales to commemorate a particularly noteworthy off-road tour that took place on a snowy weekend in 1919, with the oldest off-road bike touring club in the world…