If it involves heading out on your bike for an adventure that involves some form of camping, then bikepacking it is.
Bikepacking is whatever you want to make of it. It can also mean a journey of hundreds of miles across rugged, wild terrain, either here in the UK or anywhere else in the world. The rules around what qualifies as bikepacking are quite vague, and so they should be because ultimately it’s getting out and exploring on multi-day expeditions that is the important bit.īikepacking can mean just heading out of your front door with enough kit attached to your bike for a quick overnight microadventure somewhere fairly local. While some of the principles of cycle touring remain the same, you could say that Bikepacking is cycle touring’s younger, cooler, more adventurous little brother.
Whereas traditional cycle touring would involve long journeys by road, potentially using B&Bs or hotels for overnight stays, Bikepacking is about getting out into the wild and exploring off the beaten track. Typically, this would involve being more off-road than on-road and would feature some kind of lightweight camping, whether that’s in a small, lightweight tent, or an even lighter bivvy bag and tarp set up. Bikepacking is essentially having multi-day, self-supported adventures on your bike.
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