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Rigs of the 2025 Badlands

By Miles Arbour on August 29, 2025

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The Badlands is a non-stop, unsupported gravel challenge along the edge of Europe that follows a rugged 820-kilometer loop through Southern Spain. Ahead of Sunday’s grand depart, we’re sharing a massive roundup with nearly 90 rigs that will be out on the course. Explore the gallery with details on each bike here…

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Rigs of the 2025 Silk Road Mountain Race (Part Two)

By Miles Arbour on August 15, 2025

17 Discussion

Following yesterday’s roundup of 60 rigs, part two of the Rigs of the 2025 Silk Road Mountain Race features another 70 rigs that will set out this morning on the 1,954-kilometer route across Kyrgyzstan. Find key details and photos for all of them here…

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Rigs of the 2025 Silk Road Mountain Race (Part One)

By Miles Arbour on August 14, 2025

15 Discussion

The seventh edition of the Silk Road Mountain Race follows a 1,954-kilometer off-road route through some of the wildest and most beautiful areas of Kyrgyzstan. Just in time for Friday’s grand depart, we’re excited to share the Rigs of the 2025 Silk Road Mountain Race. With an overwhelming number of submissions, we split this year’s rig submissions into two parts. Explore the first 60 rigs here…

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Rigs of the 2025 Colorado Trail Race

By Miles Arbour on August 8, 2025

27 Discussion

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…

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Bike Camp Co-op Finds (August 6th, 2025)

By Nic Morales on August 6, 2025

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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…

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Angus Young’s Eastern Divide Trail Rig Check (Video)

By Miles Arbour on July 30, 2025

19 Discussion

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…

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Rigs of the 2025 Dark Divide

By Nic Morales on

22 Discussion

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…

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Scarlet Zeigler Reflects on her World Record

By Guest on July 8, 2025

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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

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The Dales Trail is a 320km bikepacking route on bridleways and greenways around the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park…

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Collective Reward #218: Grab Bag 1

By Logan Watts on July 3, 2025

3 Discussion

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…

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Rogue Panda Catalina Full-Length Top Tube Bag Review

By Miles Arbour on July 1, 2025

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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…

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Wizard Works Shop Visit: Whimsical and Waterproof

By Nic Morales on June 26, 2025

7 Discussion

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…