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A Look At The New 2017 Shimano Deore XT T8000 Touring and Trekking Groupset
Shimano have just released images of their latest touring bike groupset – T8000, and it looks great! As with most things touring, there’s not too much new technology to report, which is sensical given...
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What’s the Speed Difference Between Front/Rear Panniers and BikePacking Bags?...
A few months ago I spent a day testing different weights in my panniers to determine how those differences would affect my travelling speed. On one test run I decided to use front instead of rear...
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The 2017 Bpod PSH’R Trigger Brings Hydraulic Shifting To Your Rohloff Hub
The 14-speed Rohloff hub is a wonderful bit of touring kit – there is no disputing that – but the Rohloff shifter has always been a polarising item for two reasons: it isn’t available as a trigger...
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The New PDW Bindle Rack Is A Sway-Free SaddleBag Option For Bikepacking
Portland Design Works (PDW) have just released the seatpost rack that they were first showing at Interbike last year. The PDW Bindle Rack went on presale on the 14th of June, and sold out within eight...
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Bikepacking Goes More Mainstream: The New Specialized Burra Burra Bikepacking...
As bikepacking goes more mainstream, Specialized has entered this once hand-tailored domain with their new Specialized Burra Burra bikepacking bag line. Like Ortlieb’s new gear, the Burra Burra...
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The Lost Art of The Ornamental Bicycle Head Badge
Bicycle head badges were originally used to distinguish similar looking bikes from one another. But in such a competitive industry, they quickly became an elaborate artform adorning all bikes; a good...
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The New Shimano Transit Explorer Technical Clothing For Bicycle Touring
Bike touring isn’t a fashion show, but I still prefer to look as smart and understated as possible when I travel. Technical outdoor gear seems to be the best compromise between styling and performance...
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Introducing The New 2017 Salsa EXP Series Bikepacking Bags
With bikepacking on trend, it was inevitable that the larger brands were going to adopt bikepacking bags into their lineups. This year we’ve already seen famous bag brand Ortlieb, as well as bike brand...
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A New Pinion Gearbox for 2017: The Lightweight Pinion C-Line
The modern derailleur system is a simple and efficient way to provide gears on a bike. You certainly can’t beat it for price, weight, availability or repairability. But there are a few gearbox...
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Rear Pannier Racks For Short Chainstays And Extra Heel Clearance
With adventure bikes really taking off, I thought it would be good to create a resource that will help you mount panniers to bikes with short chainstays. This includes many of the bikes in the ‘light...
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Carbon Tailfin Rack: Turn Your Road Bike into A Lightweight Touring Bike
It’s always been possible to mount panniers on road bikes, but it’s never been easy. This is for two reasons: road bike frames rarely have rack mounting points, and road bikes often have short rear...
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Eurobike 2016 Coverage: Bicycle Touring, Bikepacking and Adventure Gallery
It’s that time of the year again when Eurobike (the biggest bike tradeshow in the world) is over and we get to take a closer look at the bike touring, bikepacking and adventure gear and innovation from...
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Six of the Most Underrated Yet Practical Gear That I Take Bicycle Touring
As I get older, I’m finding myself becoming more and more practical. This is, of course, at the expense of my street cred. But did I even have any street cred in the first place, as a gangly two-metre...
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The Kindernay XIV Hub: A 14 Speed Internally Geared Rohloff Competitor?
Internally geared hubs have been available in bikes for over a century now, offering cyclists a simple and almost maintenance-free gear system due to a reduction in external parts. They are pretty well...
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Check Out This Beautifully Illustrated Bike Touring Journal on Kickstarter
If you fancy getting back to the old ways, take a look at the Bike Touring Journal on Kickstarter. Claire from Punctures and Panniers has teamed up with Polish artist Ania to create a fun, illustrated...
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10 Awesome New Tech Innovations for Bikepacking Bags
Every year bikepacking bags are moving forward in leaps and bounds; after all, much of this gear isn’t even a decade old. To some people’s dismay, most bikepacking bags are no longer made out of the...
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Santos Travelmaster Touring Bikes: The Most Innovative In The World?
I’ve been keeping my eye on the Santos Travelmaster touring bikes over the past decade, and am constantly surprised by how innovative they are within the industry. This small Dutch brand are constantly...
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These Magnetic Dyna-Snap Dynamo Cable Connectors Are Great!
Currently on Kickstarter are some magnetic dynamo cable connectors by Littleford Bicycles. Dyna-Snaps have actually been in production for over one year, but this crowdfunding campaign has been setup...
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Gear List: 5kg Packing List for Two Weeks Bikepacking Vietnam
Due to popular demand from the Bikepacking Vietnam adventure doco, I’ve put together my ultralight packing list. Our route in the north of Vietnam had us climbing about 30000m over two weeks, so as a...
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Gear List: 9.5kg Bikepacking Packing List for Two Weeks Self-Supported
For my 1000km Munda Biddi off-road trip, it was all about minimising space as I needed to fit everything into bikepacking bags, including a half framebag. After about five revisions, I had culled the...
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