Bikepacking Roots has announced the recipients of its 2026 BIPOC Bike Adventure Grant program, continuing an effort to reduce barriers to bikepacking and outdoor adventure for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities across the United States and Canada. Now in its fourth funding cycle, the grant program supports community leaders and grassroots organizations that […]

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By Don Scheese – “So at dawn we were on the edge of a vast malpais…. It was a maze. Ye’d run out upon a little promontory and ye’d be balked about by the steep crevasses, you wouldn’t dare to jump them. Sharp black glass the edges and sharp the flinty rocks below. We led […]

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By Martin Neunzert — On the first weekend of October 2024, I cycled a two-day interstate loop around Beaver Mountain, Utah. A huge number of MyTube videos and blogs describe ultimate bikepacking routes with low-carbon access via public transport, a wide variety of resupply points, consistently great weather, secluded wild camping spots, quiet roads without […]

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“There comes a time when a man must hide. Must slip away from the human world and its clutching, insane, insatiable demands.” —Edward Abbey, “Coda: Cape Solitude” in Abbey’s Road: Take the Other By Don Scheese — In the pre-dawn light I could hear, from the cozy warmth of my sleeping bag inside the tent, […]

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By Kelly McPherson — During the 2022/2023 school year, I had a couple of near-death experiences that landed me in the hospital multiple times. It’s kind of cliche, but it is true that near death experiences have a way of changing a person, or at least their perspective. Between those experiences and the realization that […]

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By Tom Diegel — It’s no secret that Colorado has more than its share of great riding, from many long road passes that go high into the mountains to a big chunk of the Great Divide Route to a lot of great singletrack. Crested Butte (CB) – partly as the town credited with the origin […]

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Wilcox completed 18,125-mile ride in 108 days World-renowned endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox has set a new official Women’s World Record for the Fastest Circumnavigation of the World by Bicycle, completing 18,125 miles (29,169 km) and 630,000 feet (192,024 m) of climbing around the world in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes. The previous women’s […]

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By Lukas Brinkerhoff — 5:30 PM is approaching fast. I’m still at work and as these things tend to go, the boss pops in last minute and wants to talk. 4:30 turns to 4:37 and slowly churns to 4:48. He can tell I’m fidgety, but I’m not sure he fully recognizes why. I typically don’t […]

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“If you want to know who you are, you must look at the mountain.” —Charles Bowden By Don Scheese — Is there a distant mountain on your horizon that intrigues and allures you? To the southwest of Albuquerque, some fifty miles distant, rises the jagged, isolated mini-range known as Sierra Ladrones, or “Thieves Mountain,” elevation […]

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By Lukas Brinkerhoff — Mauricio is perched on the round white table in front of us. He’s a concave chested man in his early 20s. Fair skinned, thin and with hair that appears to be salt and peppered but not due to age. He is the grandson of Antonio Nunez, 4th discoverer of Cuba, and […]

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By Lou Melini — The Caribou Loop Trail is a 200-mile collection of gravel roads, both US Forest Service and county, along the Idaho and Wyoming borders. To the north is Alpine, Wyoming and near the southern end is Afton, Wyoming. The route is primarily an ATV loop, though I was told that about 20% […]

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By Lou Melini — The following products have been used by me since early this year and on my recent Mickelson Trail bikepacking tour. I was able to obtain discounted prices for the products through my volunteer work at the Bicycle Collective or through my son at Storm Cycles. The discounts were nice and there […]

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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana / AMSTERDAM (March 14, 2024) — Silca, the iconic cycling brand known for its innovative and high-quality products, is proud to announce the launch of its first collection of fastpacking adventure bags, The Grinta Bags. This thoughtfully designed set, comprising of a handlebar bag and a roll top seat pack, embodies Silca’s commitment […]

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By Tom Diegel — Like a lot of the Western states, Oregon has not only a lot of backcountry but a lot of logging roads and trails crisscrossing its forests and mountains. It also has a vast desert in the rain-shadowed terrain east of the Cascade mountains, and in 2013, inspired by the Great Divide […]

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By Tom Diegel — So, you got yourself a new dedicated bikepacking rig, or maybe you finally got around to getting a 27.5 wheelset with bigger tires that barely fit into your gravel bike frame. You’ve figured out how to get more water bottles onto your bike despite getting a sweet frame bag, and you’re […]

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(September 21, 2023) — Bikepacking Roots, the nation’s premier 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and advancing bikepacking, proudly announces the commencement of public submissions for its esteemed Community Routes Project (CRoP). Launched in June, CRoP serves as a platform to showcase exceptional routes contributed by devoted Route Creators and Stewards for the benefit of […]

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By Lou Melini — The following products have been used by me since early this year and on my recent Mickelson Trail bikepacking tour. I was able to obtain discounted prices for the products through my volunteer work at the Bicycle Collective or through my son at Storm Cycles. The discounts were nice and there […]

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DURANGO, Colorado (August 18, 2023) — Professional mountain bike athlete Payson McElveen detaches from time and immerses himself in the sheer joy of adventure in Crossing Tasmania, now available on Red Bull TV. The short film, produced by Stachehouse Productions, captures Payson during his 32-hour solo journey across Australia’s least populated state. Join Payson as […]

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PRESCOTT, Arizona (June 22, 2023) — Bikepacking Roots has created the Community Routes Project (CRoP) to showcase outstanding routes created and stewarded by bikepackers specifically for the enjoyment of the broader bikepacking community. “These aren’t routes that the steward linked together and rode once, but rather they’re routes that have been developed, refined, and vetted with […]

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By Tom Diegel — With the exploding popularity of backcountry bikepacking there are zillions of routes to choose from these days. However, there are only a few in the West that stretch for many-hundreds of miles, and most of those are on gravel roads. There are, however, two that sport a majority of miles on […]

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