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The Coast Mountains Bikepacking Route, British Columbia
This route connects a series of forest service roads, 4×4 tracks, and horse trails along the drier eastern edge of the cordillera from Harrison Lake, on the edge of Vancouver’s sprawl, to the hamlet of...
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Dirt Touring Araucanía: The Monkey Puzzle Trail, Chile
Higher still, the first snows of autumn dust the tops of Chile’s endless line chain of conical volcanoes – white pyramids on the horizon. This route travels quiet pumice tracks up from fertile valleys,...
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Bikepacking Chile: The Lakes District & Reserva Huilo Huilo
The Chilean Lakes District is often overlooked by travellers who are lured to the more famous Ruta de los Siete Lagos across the border in Argentina. But, the Chilean side forgoes Argentina’s...
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Bikepacking the Best of the South Chilcotin Mountains
For many mountain bikers living in the Pacific Northwest, a floatplane assisted trip into this wilderness park sits high on the bucket list. But, for anyone who enjoys pedaling, there is no need for a...
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Bikepacking the Lower Sunshine Coast
This route loosely follows Stages 3 and 4 of the world-famous BC Bike Race, for that same “ultimate singletrack experience” without the mayhem and expense of an organized event. Since we’ve ridden the...
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Bikepacking the Camelsfoot Range
There’s an unusually long and gentle alpine ridge making a stripe across the Camelsfoot Range – Nine Mile Ridge. Parallel, and just north, is the now closed China Head FSR, which is described as,...
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New Easton ARC Plus Rims: ARC 45 Long-distance Review
In August 2015, I was lucky to get my hands on one of the first pairs of pre-production ARC 45 rims. Easton’s design team let them slide with the promise that I’d get some photos of them in use, in the...
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Trek 920 Review: What’s an adventure bike?
Joining the ever-burgeoning ranks of the 'adventure bike', Trek's 920 aims to rewrite the classic touring rulebook. For a start, it uses a lightweight aluminum frame, the latest in industry thru-axle...
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Porcelain Rocket “Albert”: Introducing the First Dropper-post Seat Pack
Building on the concept behind their popular Mr Fusion, Porcelain Rocket has been working on a new seat pack, one that’s dropper-post compatible — called “Albert”. Find out how it got its name and get...
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Porcelain Rocket: Then, Now, and Next.
Scott likes to say that the name ‘Porcelain Rocket’ references the exploratory efforts of civilizations-past, in their search for the coveted porcelain material, and to humanity’s urge to venture into...
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Kona Big Honzo DL: Long-term Review
As the popularity of multi-day mountain biking soars to new levels, many bike manufacturers have set out to build bikepacking-specific models, aiming to split the difference between a touring bike and...
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Rider & Rig: Lynne’s Moonmen #M32 Tour Divide Rig
As riders trickled into Calgary and onto Banff in preparation for this year's Tour Divide Grand Départ, Skyler had a chance to intercept Lynne Slivovsky and her mesmerizing Moonmen #M32 titanium bike....
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The People’s Liberation Drivetrain
In the struggle to break topographic barriers, the proletariat have had the deck stacked against them. The People have been tantalized by opulent 12-speed drivetrains, but left priced-out of all but...
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Onyx Hubs Review: Long-term Trail Tested
In our long-term review of Onyx Hubs, Skyler illustrates a few key points to consider when looking at a rear hub for bikepacking and technical mountain biking. Plus, why Onyx's silent, soft catch...
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Life on Mars
Skyler, Scott, and Rick set out to ride a 1300 kilometer route in the sublimely harsh Puna de Atacama desert along the Chile-Argentina border. Here’s Skyler’s tale of mental starvation, dizzying winds,...
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Pedaling Innovations Catalyst Review: Big Platform Pedals
Interested in a large platform pedal? How about a massive platform pedal. Pedaling Innovations’ Catalyst promises a more comfortable ride and better performance with their 143mm design. Skyler Des...
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Skyler’s DaamBuilt Custom Bikepacking Rig
In our latest Rider and Rig, Skyler shows off his DaamBuilt No. 5 custom hardtail and digs deep into the nitty gritty of its angles, measurements, cable routing placement, and other intricate details...
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Tarptent Cloudburst 3 Review
“It's not you, it's the tent.” Most of us will agree, bikepacking as a couple is best done with a three-person tent. After 11 years, Skyler finds his ideal couples bikepacking shelter in a unique...
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