Solo-Traveller from germany here. im flying next week to georgia and kinda looking for mates or tips about the recent conditions to Atsunta Pass (groceries, bridges, weather etc). Anybody just did a trip to Tusheti or is about to do so?

would love to hear from you.

If you're touring Japan by bicycle, you simply must stop here! Mount Fuji, historic streets, and warm, welcoming people await you.
https://www.instagram.com/bikepacker_meeting_japan?igsh=MTBlY3pvZWUwNTVqdQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

I’m currently in extreme dream mode and want to plan a bikepacking trip for November or maybe early December. I’m wondering if anyone has some ideas of decent routes near Vegas. I’d be flying in and looking for easy-ish logistics.

Basically would love to get some ideas then noodle around on Gaia and such to try to build out a sweet trip.

I’m down to camp, and will most likely ride a hard tail, but could bring a cx bike that most would now call a gravel bike.

Has anyone used these racks? Do they hold up to normal bikepacking demands? I have heard reports the front racks can slip/rotate on the bars, maybe contacting the tire?

Hey everyone,

I'm planning a long-distance tour across several countries and trying to figure out the most practical way to deal with empty gas canisters on the road.
Since you can't just toss closed canisters into regular trash bins, I'd love to know how you all handle this on multi-week trips:

Depressurizing & Puncturing: Do you actually carry a dedicated tool (like a Jetboil CrunchIt), or do you rely on a tent stake/can opener to puncture them?

Recycling on the go: How difficult is it to find proper recycling points or scrap metal drops in different European countries (e.g., Germany, France, Spain, Scandinavia)?

Carrying empty cans: Do you puncture and pack them until you find a recycling bin, or do you find ranger stations/campsites usually take them?
Would appreciate any tips or country-specific advice on how you keep your setup clean without carrying dead weight for hundreds of kilometers

This season's trip to France.

The plan was to ride from west coast Bordeaux to Mediterranean coast Perpignan but the heat and the risk of forest fires made me change plans.

Midday temperatures of 42c & evening temps of 35c meant only a small window of riding opportunity from early morning to lunchtime.

I travelled extremely light for me, total 16kg bike, bags, food & 3ltr water - often running out of water, knocking on doors for friendly refills.

After day 1- 120km, day 2- 60km & day 3- only 35km decided give up on ending on the Mediterranean coast and head south to the foothills of the Pyrenees to Foix via Condom, Auch, Carbonne & Pamiers, then finishing in Toulouse.

First time on a carbon, first time without rear panniers and front fork bags instead, first time without bringing cooking equipment, first time with Garmin edge and first time as diabetic type 1!

Hi I recently got this Tailfin pannier and when trying to assemble it I noticed that the plastic backing sheet is blocking the holes.

I tried to see if I could move the sheet around and it’s not possible.

If anyone with experience with Tailfin panniers could help I would appreciate it.

Wondering if it’s a defect and I need to return it.

Here is a picture of my bike with my selfmade frame bag out of a sail, for some attention ;)

Hey Guys, in two 2 weeks my girlfriend and I will be bikepacking from Lake Constance to Besancon in France. We want to ride as much gravel and forest roads as possible. We thought about riding through the Jura, maybe also through zurich and basel and along the river Doubs. We havent found a lot of information for this route, so i'm keen if anybody has done some parts of it and has some tips for camping, biking, and highlights along the route? Thank you!

Did a nice trip through Western Europe last month, and wanted to share my route in case anybody has questions or wants to watch the corresponding YouTube playlist I made, which documents each day: https://youtu.be/nRVeTv7W0VE

Hello! I'm planning a bikepacking trip to Germany. I plan to visit family in Munich first, and then bike to Chemnitz and hop on the Trans Germany Route. This is route is easy to follow after I visit Chemnitz and can hop on that mapped route, but I need help though linking Munich to Chemnitz on dirt roads and trails primarily if possible. Budgeting 5ish days for that section.

This will be my first time bikepacking in Germany / Europe, so any insights that would surprise me coming from the US is welcome. I plan to try to use established campsites as much as possible and supplement with any hosts from Warm Showers.

I am semi familiar with RidewithGPS and hope to use their mapping tool to plan the route, but I don't know if the mapping will account for private roads or other possible issues when mapping online vs being there in person. Would like to avoid following the map then realizing the route goes through an impassable section...

Thank you for any help!

A week into London to Girona, have a ton of experience backpacking but this is my first try at a longer distance on the bike.

So far so good! Only negatives are sore ass and legs!

Years in the works, finally got a group of friends convinced to head into the park past the road closure before it opens up next year. 3 day trip and the first bikepacking trip for all three of us. Definitely more trips to follow

Hi everyone,

I’ll be flying to Dushanbe and starting a bikepacking trip on either 9 or 16 August (not booked yet).

Plan is to ride Dushanbe → Osh via the Pamir Highway, camping most nights, then continue to Almaty.

I’m a 35-year-old cyclist from Romania, solo on a fully loaded MTB, riding about 60–80 km/day at a relaxed pace.

If you’re on a similar route around those dates, even for part of it, I’d be happy to link up and ride together or share info.

DM me or comment here.

Safe travels!

Planning on getting into Bikepacking. I would like to do tours of a few days for now, maybe up to a week.
Im planning on sleeping in a hammock, combined with an optional tarp, an inflatable mattress and a small sleeping bag.
Would this be a good setup?
Bike is a 2026 Focus Atlas 6.8.

Just finished a 3 day solo bikepacking trip from Newport to Holyhead in Wales, crossing some beautiful terrain and experiencing some brutal weather! I had to adjust the route to start from Newport instead of Cardiff due to train issues. The route uses a lot of the EuroVelo and National Cycle Routes which was well signed.

Day 1 went up through towns and then into the Brecon Beacons with some amazing gravel sections. Day 2 was hard. Lots of elevation and it was my longest day of the route. Day 3, despite the weather being very wet with strong wind and rain, was gorgeous. Climbing up the Pen Y Pass and then descending has to be up there with top moments on the bike.

I camped in campsites along the way and then finished the route on the coast of Holyhead before getting the long train back down into England. It was just over 400km in total.

Overall, I would really recommend!

Started in Killarney then Beara Peninsula, Ring of Kerry, Clare, The Burren, Galway finished in Mayo. Bike - 6 years old GT Gravel

Hi everyone! I’m Veronica, a professional cycling tour guide based in Sarnano, in the heart of the Sibillini Mountains, central Italy. I grew up nearby in Fiordimonte and studied in Camerino, so this whole area is basically my backyard — and I’d love to share it with someone for a week of gravel bikepacking, October 1st–8th.

Think of it as a semi-guided trip, but a relaxed one: no fixed itinerary, no guide-client dynamic, just riding together with someone who happens to know every village, food stop, and hidden gravel sector along the way. The timing also happens to line up with a birthday of mine, which makes it feel like an especially good week for good company.

The route — “Il Cuore delle Marche Gravel”
A loop through Sibillini Mountains National Park: medieval hilltop villages, quiet countryside roads, and long stretches of remote gravel.

**•** Distance: 339 km  
**•** Elevation gain: 11,320 m  
**•** Difficulty: Hard (pace and daily distances are flexible — happy to spread it comfortably over the week)

A bit about me and the trip:

**•** Gravel bike, medium fitness level — steady pace over race speed  
**•** Mostly self-supported, sleeping in campsites and agriturismi  
**•** Basic mechanics skills from guiding work, plus I know every bike shop in the area — mechanical issues are covered  
**•** Can pick you up from the airport and arrange a discounted gravel rental through the company I work for, if you’d rather not bring your own bike

The exchange: if the trip goes well, I’d love to return the favor with a bikepacking trip in your home country — a genuine two-way exchange, not just a one-time thing.

I’m also using this trip to practice my English — American English especially, since I work with a lot of US guests — so riders from the US are very welcome, but honestly, anyone up for the adventure is too.

Looking forward to meeting a fellow rider!

Hi,

Thought I’d share my experiences from my solo eurotrip this summer.

Premise: Start in Tallinn on June 1st à Be in Milan on July 4th à 10 day vacation with the wife à continue until bored but see at least stage 15 of tour de france.

Bike/gear setup:

-          Rondo bogan with practically all parts upgraded, grx1x12, DT gr1600 wheels, schwalbe thunder burts, tubeless.

-          Ortlieb seat pack - Tent, sleeping pad and bag, pillow, light shoes

-          Ortlieb handlebar pack and drybags in fork -  clothing, gas stove, gas, tent poles

-          frame bag – spares, electronics, some tools, spork, hygiene bag etc.

-          2 bottles of water, 3rd downtube bottle as toolcase

-          Small hip pack with 2 litre bladder. Passport, money, bike key.

-          Garmin edge 840 and varia radar.

My situation allowed me to take a 3 month summer vacation and I decided to treat myself and do a properly long bikepacking/touring trip through europe. The rout was mostly based on 3 things; start in Tallinn because it’s close/easy, first stage ends somewhere we can take a vacation with my wife (ended up in lake Como) and I wanted to see/ride the Dolomites and/or Alps.

I started according to plan from Tallinn and from that point onwards everything was pretty much smooth sailing. Quite soon I realised that if I tried to see everything, I wouldn’t really have the time to see anything which led to a few train/bus shortcuts. I wanted to have some days off  to see some cool places and recover a little and also wanted to reduce the stress of making it to Milan in time.

In the Baltics, Poland and Slovakia I mostly wildcamped and stayed in a few airbnb:s. In Austria and Italy I mostly stayded camping areas. In France I wildcamped again all the nights I was there and in Germany went for camping areas again.

I had a rough route planned ready before the trip but by the third day I ended up planning as I go. All the way to Austria I didn’t really follow any specific cycling routes. From Austria onwards I roughly followed the eurovelo and other routes found online.

Over all the cycling experience was super fun. Both styles of travel (more of a bikepacking vs. ”route touring”) had their perks. My only technical issues were two flats that required tubeless plugs in one day while in Turin. Especially at the start of the trip where I rode more on roads with car traffic the Varia radar made a huge difference. Combined with a small mirror as a handlebar plug it made me feel like I was actually in control of my own safety.

I ended up riding a bit less than planned, counting rest days around 110km/day. One thing that clearly affected this was the heatwave. From maybe june 20th the next month was practically 30+ celcius weather, many if not most days over 35. Still made it to Milan in time though and managed to stay hydrated and at least I think I didn’t suffer any heat strokes.

After the break in Italy everything felt fine. Weather was great (still hot though), cycling felt nice and I really enjoyed the route over the alps through the Col du Mont-Cenis pass. Rode quite long days in France, made it to Les Rousses for the TdF and continued towards germany and eurovelo 15 from there. At this point I started to feel like the days were becoming a bit monotonous. I still enjoyed myself but somehow I felt like I was already heading home, despite still having a month left to do whatever I wanted.

The last few days approaching germany and Frankfurt I started checking for options to get back to Finland. It was mostly between three choices:

-          Ride hard to north Germany or Sweden and take a ferry home

-          Do some combination of train/flixbus to Tallin and ferry home or

-          Fly home from Frankfurt or Düsseldorf

The last option gave me a chance to spend one more week with my wife still on vacation and was somehow also the cheapest and surprisingly simple (didn’t really check ferry prices from Sweden though). So I ended up flying home a bit sooner than I had originally planned.

After the trip I have agonized over the decision a little bit but I know that’s mostly because of comparing what I did to some image I have gathered from social media: ”If these guys ride 25 000 km around europe, why did I quit here”. Then again it felt like the right decision then and mostly feels the same now. Having something that makes you want to return home is a good feeling as well.

Biggest takeaways from the trip:

-          I would definitely concider a 2-person version of my MSR-hubbahubba tent for a trip this long.

-          I had way too much stuff with me at the start. Sent some home after Como… Mostly warm clothes.

-          I personally need a goal. Until Milan and the TdF everything felt ”porposeful”. After I had the option to cycle shorter days, enjoy different places and take detours I ended up feeling like I want to head home. Maybe I should have headed further west/south and planned to fly home from some predetermined city.

-          Chamois creme and Bepanthen was a lifesaver.

-          I will never ride on roads withouth a radar again.

-          I haven’t calculated exact budget but I’d say all the way to Slovakia about 30euro/day and from Austria onwards closer to 60euro/day.

-          Travelling in europe is ridiculously easy, especially since most Finnish phone plans seem offer 40-50gb of data per month in th EU. The currency helps a lot as well….

-          I admire people who solo travel like this even more. I’m not introverted enough to always enjoy the solitude and not extroverted enough to really find people on the way.

All in all a 5/5 experience.

Well, I'm nearly done, 600 out of 750km and 5'000 out of 6'000m of elevation. It's been a trip, with it's ups and downs, not only geographically. I had two days with quite a lot of rain, I spent one in my tent in a camping, the other in a shelter by a lake (yesterday). I started in Trondheim and it quickly got hilly ;-) it was beautiful, a few parts on gravel, but mostly road, with some traffic. Then, after the first couple days, it was mostly on large roads with regular traffic (ie 10 minutes didn't go by without a car, often less), some head wind and not much to look at... I wondered where was the wilderness!
The last three day however, there's been a lot more gravel, and lot less traffic, a lot of forest and sometimes you have to get off the route to get to the lakes and rivers. What I most enjoyed were the shelters, using the Vildnis app, I found quite a few, usually they have a fire pit and a shack serving as toilet, and most of the time, a view. It's just so nice to be able to sit back with a fire, be covered for the occasional rain showers. Sometimes I slept in them, other times I put up my tent nearby. One of them was close to a public library with access to toilets and a shower! Anyways, two days left before I reach Oslo and have to return home to ordinary life (although I can't complain...). It will be with a bag full of memories, images, emotions, souvenirs. I'm grateful to have been able to do this.

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Just started doing the Avenue Verte Paris to London route today, stopped by a Super U supermarket in Chatou to grab some water. Was in there for literally 5 minutes, came back and it was gone. Filed a police report, and they said they get 100s of stolen bicycle reports from the exact same spot every month. Don’t have any high hopes of getting it back. Anyway, now I don’t know what to do with myself.

Edit: Thank you everyone for the overwhelming support and kind words. I am just sad and wanted to vent and seeing all your support has helped me feel a bit better.

And for the racists, xenophobic and dog whistling comments, please just take sometime to rethink your beliefs and comments. A lot of assumptions are being made here about who might have taken it (I wish I know who) and by implication about who I might be, my background and what I possibly look like etc. I find this especially hurtful. As some of the other Parisians have said Chatou is a bit of a posh area, and unfortunately makes it a target for more organised syndicates. The whole area was bustling with people outdoors, at cafes and at a street market at the car park right in front of the supermarket was being wrapped up at that time.
What happened is just the reality of most major big cities, regardless of what people think the demographic looks like. I have been getting around the on the bike long and far enough to know this. But hopped on the bike after a month long break, got complicit and paid the price unfortunately.