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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!
Last month, readers worldwide answered our call to pedal out for a final night under the stars to wrap up 2023 as part of our fourth-annual Good Night Campout challenge. We sorted through hundreds of submissions and selected our 10 favorites. Find a varied collection of photos and vignettes from overnight getaways around the United States, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and beyond here…
In Markus Stitz’s latest video, he sets off to tackle a 1,100-kilometer gravel route between Scotland and Germany in the middle of winter. Watch the 11-minute video and find a handful of photos here…
“Scratches” is a new film from Ryan Le Garrec that opens with Belgian ultra-cyclist Manu Cattrysse crashing out of the 2023 Silk Road Mountain Race and uses that experience to step back and unpack the broader role that cycling has played in shaping his life and helping him heal. Watch the powerful 25-minute film here…
In this heartfelt piece, photographer Tyler Weber shares the story of taking his two young daughters on an ambitious overnight bikepacking trip in Canada’s Jasper National Park and some of the lessons he learned when things didn’t go to plan. Read “In Admiration of Hazel and Margo” paired with a lovely set of images here…
Shot in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park, “The Uncertain Path” is a cinematically spectacular 24-minute video from Josh & Sarah Ride that encourages viewers to slow down, savor the ride, and embrace the unexpected. Watch it and find a handful of moody still photos here…
Specializing in fully custom titanium bicycles and informed by a decade of experience as an engineer, Corvid Cycles has been fabricating bikepacking-centric bikes for more than six years. We stopped by Corvid’s workshop in Colorado to get to know founder Chad Corbin, take a look at five bikes, and learn more about Reroot Outdoors, a custom bikepacking bag company run by Shan Wo under the same roof…
Kicking off the new year, Neil takes a look back at some of 2023’s key moments in our corner of the cycling world, including the state of the bike industry, a recap of some popular events, the status of bikepacking routes, new BIKEPACKING.com features, and more. Plus, he makes some predictions for the year ahead. See it all in our latest video here…
In 2023, we released almost 1,100 unique articles and dispatches and 56 bikepacking route guides totaling more than 18,000 kilometers (about 11,000 miles). To mark this milestone, we reflect on the dozen articles that garnered the most interest on the site this the year. Explore a compilation of our top 12 most-read posts and find a list of the top 12 new bikepacking routes to cap off an extraordinary year…
To cap off another extraordinary year of scouting bikepacking routes, testing a wide array of gear, and general bike shenanigans, we asked our editorial team to share their favorite rides of 2023. Find short recaps and photos from all of them here…
In the second installment of photographer Ryan Le Garrec’s new “Seven Shots” series, he shares the untold stories behind a set of photos from The Goats bikepacking race in Portugal. Find his latest alternative approach to storytelling featuring seven images and short interviews with Sofiane Sehili and other racers here…
Documenting Lachlan Morton’s blazing-fast ride down the length of the Tour Divide route, “The Divide” is a fresh film from Wahoo and EF Pro Cycling that brings viewers along for his 12.5-day bikepacking journey between Banff, Alberta, and the US/Mexico border in Antelope Wells. Watch the full hour-long film and find a gallery of photos here…
“Slowest Known Time” is a cinematically striking new video from Pedal Born Pictures that follows five friends on a muddy winter bikepacking weekender through California’s Los Padres National Forest. Watch the short video, find photos, and read a hilarious trip report from writer Alia Salim here…