We have over original and curated bikepacking routes in our global network spanning nearly 50 countries. Start at our worldwide routes map to dig into our detailed guides with GPS maps and inspiring photography. The Local Overnighters Project is a unified effort to document and map one-night bikepacking routes all over the worldβby locals, in their own backyards. The Bikepacking Journal is our biannual printed publication. Each issue features a collection of inspiring writing and beautiful photography.
Find details on the three most recent issues below, join the Bikepacking Collective to get it in the mail anywhere in the world , or click here to find a collection of selected stories in digital format. For Issue 11, we head to Iceland with two contributors and photographers, plus share a handful of brilliant adventures from Mexico, Spain, the Republic of Georgia, and riders' own backyards Issue 09 takes readers on trips through timeβone to the early days of bicyclesβand offers several reminders to be grateful for supportive friends and family, and strangers we meet along the way Cass Gilbert sets out to repeat a bicycle trip he tackled early in his touring careerβ¦ a journey to the highest sand dune in Europe.
With the naive confidence of the inexperienced bike tourer, I made a couple of pre-departure decisions. The fact that it lay far away on the Atlantic coast, adding hundreds of kilometres to the journey, appeared to be an unimportant detail.
Encouraged by the exploits of the fabled Crane Cousins, I figured less is more. Plus, forgoing the sleeping bag also meant I could leave my panniers behind and simply cinch my tent to my handlebars. No stove. No mattress. Just a small pack. Oh, the endearing folly of youth! As I rode north, the nights became colder, to the point that I dreaded each sunset and the fitful sleep that followed. No, not the Greek Argos, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, but the English retail chain that was named after it!
The premise is this. There are no products on display for shoppers to touch and feel. Instead, a dozen encyclopedic catalogues stand centre stage. Leafing through them reveals everything from Casio watches, duvets, dumbells, electric razors, Scaletrix, and TVs, to crystal decanters, briefcases, necklaces, exercise bikes, Ataris, garden tools, and even synthetic tartan rugs, apparently.
