Bikepacking
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NYE Camping – Farawayistan does Good Night 2022
For a lot of cyclists, the last week of December marks the annual Festive 500 challenge: 500 kilometers between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. This year, however, illness and work stress crashed our plans. So instead, we traded pointless mileage for nights under the stars with the Bikepacking.com Good Night Challenge.
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Bikepacking Routes Sweden – Söderåsen and Hallandsåsen
For this Swedish Bikepacking Route (more here and here), we share our micro-adventure bikepacking Söderåsen and Hallandsåsen. Should you travel to Sweden especially to ride this route? Probably not. But if you’re looking for a bikepacking route near Malmö and Copenhagen, definitely keep on reading.
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Bikepacking the Banvallsleden with Dad – A Swedish Gravel Adventure
My father is the one who inspired me to take up cycling. Every year, we took a trip to a popular cycling destination, from Mallorca and Girona to Flanders. This year, we chose to go bikepacking on Sweden’s Banvallsleden. A few weeks ago, it was time for our annual father-son trip: exploring Sweden’s gravel roads,…
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Winter bikepacking – A photo report plus 5 tips to help you survive the cold
Winter bikepacking takes a special breed of cyclist. You have to be willing to embrace the cold winds and snow. Yes, it can be cold. Very cold. But if you prepare, it can also be a liberating experience when the rest of the world is stuck indoors. Here are five tips to help you survive…
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Dealing with saddle sores – Every cyclists’ nightmare
Dealing with saddle sores can be a real pain. I share my personal advice on how to treat saddle sores, prevent them and avoid the discomfort that comes with long hours in the saddle.
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Bikepacking the Haervejen – A family reunion
Travel and bikepacking were near impossible for a long time. So when travel restrictions finally eased, Robin, his father and brother travelled to the start of the Hærvejen in Denmark to meet again after a long time apart. And what better way to enjoy each other’s company than a 400 km bikepacking adventure?
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Bikepacking the Blekingeleden – Our second attempt
In 2020, we made our first attempt at bikepacking the Blekingeleden. With our bikepacking bags strapped to our trusty steel touring bikes we set off. Deep in the beech forest, we climbed the Ryssberg and were rewarded with fantastic views of lakes. But we weren’t ready for the trails covered in tree roots. Now, a…
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Lightweight bikepacking set-up – 3 day bikepacking trip in spring
Every trip we take our bikepacking set-up gets lighter, and we manage to slim down our lightweight bikepacking set-up. After experiencing how hard it was to push a heavily loaded touring bike through mountainous terrain, we turned saving grams into an art form. Here is what we brought for a three-day bikepacking trip.
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Bikepacking Routes in Sweden – The Wilder Side of Stockholm
As we prepared for our move to Sweden, we became fascinated by its endless gravel roads, easy camping and vast nature reserves. We set out to discover the Wilder Side of Stockholm, a bikepacking route created by Bikepacking Sweden as part of the Local Overnighter Project.
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