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Solo Female Bikepacking: Essential Safety Tips for Women on the Road

I was three nights into a solo bikepacking loop in the Balkans when I made a classic mistake. I’d found […]

Day 23. Somewhere in rural Portugal, outside a petrol station that sold nothing I actually wanted to eat. I’d been

Mile 34, 6pm, a fork in a double-track with no signage. My phone showed a spinning wheel where the map

The GPX said water in 18 miles. The creek had been dry for two years. A guy in a pickup

Last updated: July 2026. A compact camera for travelling by bike is only useful if it leaves the bag. I

Day 3. Somewhere in the high desert, mid-afternoon, and I was pushing my loaded bike up a climb I should

Last updated July 2026. Most cold weather cycling articles are written for 90-minute training rides. This one isn’t. Day 4

Day 4, somewhere in the Pyrenees. I was 47 km into an 80 km day, loaded with 14.5 kg of

I booked a 7-day bikepacking trip in January. By February I was staring at my bike wondering if I’d made

If you’ve ever hit that point where your legs are fine but your brain is yelling “stop,” you’re not broken—you’re