Inspiration & Blog

Cycling Rybachy Peninsula is a new short film that chronicles a summer bikepacking trip through Russia’s beautiful and remote Murmansk Oblast, a region that looks to offer incredible bikepacking opportunities. Watch it here, along with a handful of photos from filmmaker Andrey Serdyuk…

In this Rider’s Lens, we get a glimpse into the daily life of Slim Wonder, one of the more enigmatic personalities in our corner of the cycling world, and someone with a flair for documenting the mundane. Find a gallery of Slim’s images here, plus his thoughts on finding common ground through bikes and photography…

Presenting the second installment of the Isolation Archives, our roundup of highlights from our deep well of bikepacking content. This time around, our editors share their favorite bikepacking stories of all time. See our picks here…

Just released, Into the Rift is a film that chronicles the inaugural Atlas Mountain Race, following a number of riders as they traverse 1,200 kilometers of Morocco’s spectacular scenery. Watch it here, along with an interview with filmmaker Brady Lawrence, plus a selection of behind-the-scenes photos…

Colt Fetters just sent over a series of five videos that he and Hannah captured during their tour along the Italy Divide and the Tuscany Trail last summer. Watch them here and find a few details about the trip…

Gaëlle Bojko’s love of riding through snowy landscapes led her to push and pedal her loaded bike across Siberia’s Lake Baikal in the dead of winter. Read on for her incredible story of searching for faint tracks in the snow and traversing the shifting, cracking ice atop the deepest lake in the world…

In his latest story, Canadian photographer Pat Valade recounts the time he spent loosely following the Olympic Adventure Route in the Pacific Northwest. Heading out with a rough plan and a ragtag bunch of friends, he uncovered a wealth of beauty and history along the way. Find Pat’s story here…

Salsa’s new short film, Choosing To Live, follows Sarah Hornby’s bikepacking journey through the Canadian Rockies as a way to connect to her late husband’s greatest passion. As she pedaled, her story transformed. Watch the full film here, followed by an interview with Sarah to learn more about the project…

Kim McNett traversed 170 miles of wilderness beach in Arctic Alaska by fatbike and packraft, photographing the more than 900 dead seabirds she found on the coast. This short video serves as her artist’s statement for her Seabird Memorial, for which she painstakingly painted every bird she photographed along the way. Watch it here…

Following a loose description of a possible route, Colt Fetters and friends headed to Utah for a bikepacking and packrafting trip along the San Juan River and into Lake Powell. Find their story of navigating rapids, avoiding waterfalls, rolling through otherworldly landscapes, and carrying their bikes up cliffs here…

Distance is a new film by Markus Stitz that reflects on his solo bikepacking adventures in Scotland and how they help him cope with the measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic…

In those fleeting moments when conditions are just right, a hardened crust layer forms atop the powdery snow underneath, transforming the landscape into a fatbiker’s paradise. In this story, Bjørn Olson transports us to Alaska for one such joyous crust ride with friends. Read all about it here…