Inspiration & Blog

For Luke Douglas and Flora Hodson, what started as a tour around New Zealand turned into a ride all the way back home to the UK. In this story, Luke recounts the time they spent riding through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikstan on the Pamir Highway. Read on for their story of late-season riding in the Pamirs, Central Asian hospitality, and looming wolf encounters…

To say Miles and Ben’s Oregon Timber Trail trip had its setbacks would be a serious understatement. Lost bikes, heat stroke, unfavourable air quality, and major mechanicals resulted in a truly unforgettable adventure. Despite these bouts of misfortune, the heartwarming glow of humanity proved itself over and over. Read Miles’ ride report and find out what went wrong… and what strangers did to make things right again.

Have you bikepacked with a sibling? There are few finer ways to share experiences and create new memories with your family. After some last-minute purchases – including both a brand new bike and an Opinel pocket knife – Cass is joined by his brother Nick in the south of France for a bikepacking initiation, in the form of a perfect segment of the GR4…

A new short film showcasing Mark Watson and Hana Black’s 45,000 kilometer bikepacking trip from Alaska to Argentina…

Revelate Designs officially turns 10 years old today. To commemorate this milestone, we asked founder Eric Parsons to dredge up some photos from the past, and to answer a few questions about the history and future of bikepacking…

A huge congrats to Jenny Graham for shattering the women’s around-the-world cycling record and completing the feat in 124 Days, 10 hours and less than 50 minutes. Here are a few details, plus a video Jenny made about bikepacking earlier this year.

Chasing Wild follows three friends through British Columbia’s vast boreal forests and frigid whitewater to share the Tahltan’s fight to protect their homeland. Along the way, they catch monster trout, run from a grizzly, and get a glimpse inside a massive open pit mine. Watch the film, see photos from the trip, and read a Q&A with one of the filmmakers…

In case you weren’t aware, 1% of the Bikepacking Collective membership dues from year one will be donated to El Grupo Bikepacking, a program dedicated to getting youth out on bikepacking trips. Here are a few photos from their first outing and a note from the founder…

Our friend Chris Reichel recently joined the team at Why Cycles, so we popped into their headquarters in Carbondale, Colorado, to have a peek and to and see what’s next for the bikepacking-friendly titanium bike company…

A brilliant new video by Sam Needham. Leave the City. Seize the hills. Find the road. Ride the gravel. Pedal with friends. Ride too fast. Not too slow. Embrace the wrong way. Question the right way. Leave the hills. Return.

Have you ever wondered what the inside of the Swift Industries headquarters looks like? Miles stopped in for a quick visit to the Seattle-based bicycle baggage company’s storefront and workshop to confirm whether or not it’s as interesting as their products are. Spoiler alert: yep, sure is…

The new film, “I’m Not Stopping,” follows Lael Wilcox as she races the Navad 1000 across Switzerland. Watch it here, plus find a nice gallery of photos from the race by Rugile Kaladyte…