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Rigs of the 2025 Colorado Trail Race
By Miles Arbour on August 8, 2025
The 2025 Colorado Trail Race follows a challenging 540-mile route winding through the picturesque Rocky Mountains between Durango and Denver. For the fifth year in a row, we gathered details on more than 40 loaded rigs that will be out tackling the trail. Explore the full collection here…
Bike Camp Co-op Finds (August 6th, 2025)
By Nic Morales on August 6, 2025
Having passed the 1,000th listing mark, there’s plenty of fantastic used gear in the Bike Camp Co-op to dig into! In this edition of Co-op Finds, we take a look at a Surly ECR, Why Cycles Wayward, a large Buffalo Bag, a few pieces of bikepacking kit from MSR, and so much more…
Angus Young’s Eastern Divide Trail Rig Check (Video)
By Miles Arbour on July 30, 2025
Tomorrow, Angus Young is beginning an attempt at our 5,950-mile Eastern Divide Trail (EDT), riding from Cape Spear, Newfoundland, the easternmost point in North America, to Key West, Florida. Learn more about the bike and gear he’s bringing along for the journey here…
Rigs of the 2025 Dark Divide
By Nic Morales on
Ahead of tomorrow’s third annual grand depart, we rounded up loaded bike photos and details for around half of the 50 riders lining up to take on the 2025 Dark Divide, a 300-mile bikepacking race through the Pacific Northwest featuring brutal climbs, ripping descents, and tons of hike-a-bike. Browse our full collection of Rigs of the 2025 Dark Divide here…
Scarlet Zeigler Reflects on her World Record
By Guest on July 8, 2025
Earlier this year, 16-year-old Scarlet Zeigler of Pennsylvania set the world record for most miles ridden in 24 hours by someone under the age of 18. In this piece, she recounts the day she pedaled nearly 300 miles along the GAP and C&O Canal Trail. Read it here…
Dales Trail 2025
By Miles Arbour on July 4, 2025
The Dales Trail is a 320km bikepacking route on bridleways and greenways around the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park…
Collective Reward #218: Grab Bag 1
By Logan Watts on July 3, 2025
Collective Reward #218 is here, and this time, we’re giving one lucky Bikepacking Collective member a bundle of useful tools, accessories, and bike-related gifts from some of our favorite brands, including PAUL Components, Cane Creek, Restrap, Outdoor Alliance, and Blackburn. Find details here…
Rogue Panda Catalina Full-Length Top Tube Bag Review
By Miles Arbour on July 1, 2025
The new Rogue Panda Catalina is a full-length top tube bag designed to add easily accessible storage to your bike. Miles has been testing one for the last few months, including a local overnighter, a route-scouting ride in Northern British Columbia, and a recent gravel race. Find his Rogue Panda Catalina Top Tube Bag review here…
Wizard Works Shop Visit: Whimsical and Waterproof
By Nic Morales on June 26, 2025
With nearly eight years of products, improvements, and iterations, Wizard Works has come a long way. Started as a means to provide bags for themselves, founders Harry and Ve have long since had a dream of making their fun and fabulous bags waterproof. Now, after years of exploring the realities of what it takes to do so, they’re here. In Nic’s Wizard Works shop visit, he dives into the story behind their long, strange journey to aquatic impermeability…
Rigs of the 2025 Tour Divide Stats Analysis
By Neil Beltchenko on June 20, 2025
After we published our Rigs of the 2025 Tour Divide, Neil dug into the submissions, uncovering the essential details and trends to reveal a clearer picture of the bikes and gear used in this year’s event. In this piece, we break down the data and highlight some interesting findings, including where folks are from, what bikes, tires, drivetrains, gearing, and cargo setups they’re running, and much more. Dive in here…
Friday Debrief: Opinel Leave No Trace Knives, Our Favorite Tour Divide Rigs, and More
By Team Work on June 13, 2025
This week’s Debrief features Opinel Leave No Trace knives, our favorite Tour Divide Rigs, Paul’s bike addiction, five events to follow live, and much more. Find it all here…
Reader’s Rig: Adam’s True Love Cycles Heart Breaker
By Lucas Winzenburg on
Following the Rider’s Lens showcase of his photography last week, today’s edition of Reader’s Rig comes from Adam Wilkoszarski of Poznań, Poland, who shares his Lefty-equipped True Love Cycles Heart Breaker. Take a closer look here…























