Inspiration & Blog

Mick Turnbull and Danielle O’Hara hopped on a ferry in South Australia to explore Kangaroo Island by bicycle. Along the way, Mick captured some stunning wildlife footage, time lapse scenery, and visuals of the island’s amazing plant life. Watch it here.

Packed with stunning landscape shots, “Fire & Ice – A Bikepacking Trip Across Iceland” is a new short video that follows a solo bikepacker on a 12-day journey along the Iceland Divide route. Find the video, photos, and a story from behind the scenes here…

Poor planning had Joshua Meissner and friends caught between Latvia and a hard place this summer. To make their rendezvous with other friends in Riga, they had to work overtime to get themselves two countries down the road. Find Joshua’s story of a cycling tour turned impromptu bikepacking race against the clock and a lovely gallery of photos here…

Our friend Barry Godin recently discovered a new hobby in astrophotography. But, because he lives in London, he has to travel to places with less light pollution to adequately capture the cosmos. In this new video, he combines his new hobby with an old one, bikepacking, on a trip to photograph the Horse Head Nebula. Watch it here and see shots from the trip…

In his latest video, Bikepacking La Siberia, Sergio Luna Naranjo takes on the incredible GR247 loop in the middle of winter. Find the full video, photos, and more information about this beautiful route in southern Spain here…

There was one ominous waypoint on the map during Logan and Virginia’s recent Baja Missions Section ride. It marked the road to Mulegé, a dirt track crossing the divide from coast to coast. Not knowing exactly what to expect, they cranked up this rugged road and discovered a few surprises in a remote swath of canyonland. Read about this leg of their journey and find an expansive photo gallery here…

Back in the fall, two of Kona’s European employees decided to escape on a bikerafting mission into the Verdon, a beautiful region in France surrounded by mountains and dotted with emerald lakes. Watch the film they made along the way here, plus a gallery of photos from the trip and a map of the classic Verdon routes…

The Sedgefield500 is a self-supported 500-kilometre gravel race that starts and ends in Sedgefield, South Africa. With some help from the organizers, we’ve pieced together a recap from fourth-place finisher Ross Garrett, a stunning gallery of photos, and a short video. Check it all out here…

Have you ever wondered what goes into designing the tread on a bike tire? In this video, Neil sits down with Bailey and Zane of Teravail to talk about this and more. They dive into everything from important tech and terms, how tires are designed and made, understanding tire width and weight, why sidewalls weep sealant, and so much more…

Nearly 1,000 of you answered the call to pedal out for one last local overnighter as part of our Good Night 2021 Campout, and now we’re sharing another look at some of our favorites. Find the second batch of photos and mini trip reports from getaways around the world in part two of our roundup here…

Joffrey Maluski and Loïc Forques used bikes to tow a boat made from plastic bottles and bamboo to the source of the Adour River in France, then paddled it to the ocean on the same river to retrace the journey of plastic waste. Find the new video documenting their trip and our interview with Joffrey here…

We’re happy to report that nearly 1,000 of you answered the call to pedal out for one last local overnighter for our Good Night 2021 Campout, and now we’re sharing a look at some of our favorites. Find photos and short reports from getaways in Australia, Germany, Canada, Russia, and the US in part one of our roundup here…