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Life on a bike inspiration via videos, rider profiles, news, and stories from around the bikepacking community. Have something to share? Get in touch!
Our latest installment of Rider’s Lens showcases the work of Scotland-born, Australia-living artist Sarah Pendergrass, who shares a sweeping mix of annotated bike and camping gear drawings from her “All the Gear Illustrated” project. Get to know Sarah and see a selection of her work here…
Contrasting his experiences of bikepacking back home in South Africa with a recent trip to the Republic of Georgia to ride our Caucasus Crossing route, this piece from Johan Wahl shares how a meaningful chance encounter helped him see the beauty in the unfamiliar. Read it here, paired with an enchanting gallery of images from both countries…
“Balkan Express” is a visually spectacular new film that follows German mountaineers Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck on a 2,500-kilometer bikepacking and skiing expedition across the Western Balkans, where they take on some of the continent’s wildest mountains. You can read more, find photos, and watch the 40-minute film here…
Celebrating the why, where, and who of cycling and the places it takes us, the 2022 Tuatara 1000 video captures the adventure of riding last year’s event and uncovers some of its story. You can watch the 26-minute video from stunning New Zealand here…
Following her successful finish of the 2023 HuRaCaN 300 in Florida earlier this month, Cathy Niebauer reflected on how being immersed in a bikepacking event enabled her to shed her other identities and fully tune in to the experience. Find her recap of the event and thoughts on participating as an atypical ultra-endurance rider here, paired with a set of photos from David Childers…
The sixth episode of Greg McCahon and Ana Victoria Cedillo’s “Cycling to Argentina” video series sees them confidently making their way through the northern reaches of British Columbia. Catch up with them as they pedal south through their second Canadian province in the 21-minute video here…
What Happened is a one-woman creative design studio based in Slovenia that dreams up some of the most beautiful and colorful bags in the world of bikepacking. Beyond founder Neža Peterca’s thoughtful designs and meticulous construction, her bags also focus on sustainability through upcycling. Photographer Mateja Kordic recently spent a day with Neža in her workshop, and you can find her photo tour and interview here…
Heinz Stücke left Germany in 1962 and traveled the world by bike for more than 50 years. “The Man Who Wanted to See it All” is a documentary by Albert Albecete that documents Heinz’s journey. Watch the trailer and learn more about the film…
To wrap up a few years of living in New Zealand, photographer Tom Powell headed out for one final bikepacking trip through a remote region of the South Island. In this story, he recounts the role fear played in shaping his experiences before his ride and while he was on the trail, for better or for worse. Read it here, paired with a fantastic set of images…
In this edition of Rider’s Lens, we meet young illustrator Kan Kobayashi from Tokyo, Japan, who shares a selection of his distinctive bicycle-themed illustrations. Get to know Kan and the story of how bicycles became the central theme of his art and how he found an online community during the height of the pandemic here…
As a way to escape a wet Pacific Northwest winter, Chris Wilson packed his things for the Queen’s Ransom route outside of Phoenix, Arizona, his first bikepacking trip of 2023. Watch a video he filmed along the way here…
Just released on YouTube in full, Three Peaks and In Between is a film by Stephan Wieser that documents Jana Kesenheimer’s experience participating in the Three Peaks Bike Race, a self-supported 2,000km race across the Dolomites and the Alps, from Vienna to Nice.