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9 Bikepacking Meal Ideas and Tips

Neil Beltchenko — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:46:42 +0000

Eating is an essential part of bikepacking, and it should be enjoyable. However, it doesn't always come easy. In our latest video, Neil shares nine ideas for bikepacking meals and snacks, such as simple one-pot recipes, quick homemade meals, easy additions to spruce up any meal, and more...

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AeroPress XL Review

Lucas Winzenburg — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:19:02 +0000

The new AeroPress XL can quickly and easily brew two cups of delicious coffee anywhere, but is it worth its added size and weight, especially with the ultra-portable AeroPress Go as a cheaper alternative? Lucas has been brewing with one for the past month to find out. Read his review here...

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How to Bikepack on a Plant-Based Diet

Guest — Fri, 05 May 2023 11:05:58 +0000

After a decade of bikepacking and touring on a plant-based diet, Dakota Gale compiled this handy resource that includes practical tips, some essential considerations, his favorite meals/ingredients, and more to help anyone curious about plant-based (or plant-leaning) bikepacking give it a try on their next trip. Find Dakota's guide and a delectable gallery of images here...

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Panorama Cycles Campout: A Field Guide to Camp Poutine

Miles Arbour — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:56:42 +0000

In August, a crew from Panorama Cycles set off on a group ride in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains to take full advantage of the last few days of summer. Find a trip report from Trevor Browne here, including a camp poutine recipe and some great photos by Jonathan B. Roy...

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Wacaco Picopresso Review: Espresso Outside

Lucas Winzenburg — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:34:27 +0000

Lucas recently got his hands on a Wacaco Picopresso, one of the most compact espresso makers on the market, and he reports back after a couple of months of pulling shots around camp and at home. Find his in-depth review of this tiny device that punches well above its minimal weight here...

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Bikepacking-friendly Camping Meals in Compostable Packaging

Logan Watts — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:07:36 +0000

In our ongoing effort to curb the use of single-serving plastics, we took a deep dive into what "biodegradable" packaging really means and gathered dozens of bikepacking-friendly snacks and dehydrated camping meals that come in compostable packaging and put them to the test. Find our reviews and a roundup of options here...

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Happy Yak Meals: Freeze-Dried Flavour

Miles Arbour — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:02:57 +0000

In our ongoing quest to ride longer, carry less, and eat more, we turn to Happy Yak to sample their line of nutritious freeze-dried meals, all of which are made in Canada. Find Miles' thoughts on a few of their most popular options here...

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Low Waste Bikepacking: Full Power Vegan Cookie Dough

Cass Gilbert — Fri, 14 May 2021 13:24:41 +0000

Originally developed as an efficient way of getting chocolate into her mouth during the hot summer months, Emma’s Full Power Cookie Dough offers the enjoyment of snacking in a convenient and reusable jar. Simply take a scoop at the foot of a climb and watch your legs go! It's wrapper-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free too. Find the recipe here...

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Low-Waste Bikepacking: Emma’s Gracious Granola

Cass Gilbert — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:54:46 +0000

Winter is upon us, and for many, it's "lockdown-season" too. Why not use this enforced downtime to hone your culinary skills for the coming spring? Tasty, nutty, fruity granola never fails to make an energy-packed start to the day. The very best is homemade, so try baking a batch of Emma’s Gracious Granola for your next local overnighter. Find the full, easy-to-follow recipe here, along with variations on a theme for bikepacking foodies…

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Logan & VA’s Good Night 2020 + Campside Latkes

Logan Watts — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:34:08 +0000

Over the weekend, Virginia and Logan rolled out with a couple of friends for their Good Night 2020 campout. Find the recap here alongside a photo gallery and an overnighter-friendly recipe for savory latkes, a comforting breakfast that'll warm you up after a chilly night out and energize you for the ride back home...

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A Beginner’s Guide to Spoon Making

Cass Gilbert — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:30:09 +0000

If you're looking to imbue your bikepacking trips with some practical creativity, how about carving a wooden spoon on your next overnight campout? Newbie whittler Cass made his first eating implement last year and shares his tips and thoughts on the process, as well as inspiration and advice from expert spoon-making bikepackers...

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Low Waste Bikepacking: Energy Balls!

Cass Gilbert — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 13:30:50 +0000

If you're hankering to cut down on your plastic waste but love your lil' riding treats, try lobbing these delicious and easy to make energy balls into your pie hole on your next bikepacking trip. Think chocolate, dates, peanut butter, oats, chia seeds, and sea salt... with no cooking required! Find the recipe here...

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SANS Meal Bars: Just the Good Stuff

Miles Arbour — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:35:04 +0000

SANS Meal Bars have no added sugar, include only real whole food ingredients, are gluten, soy, and dairy-free, and offer a whopping 400 calories per bar. We’ve tried a few of their most popular flavors over the last couple of weeks to see how we like them. Read on for our impressions…

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Rummaging in the Forest For Breakfast

Cass Gilbert — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:23:49 +0000

Like a delightful mashup between rummaging and finding in nature’s larder, foraging for wild food can be a powerful way of connecting us all with the land around us. Cass heads out into hills in search of steep climbs... and breakfast. Read on to find out what he ate, and learn about a range of resources that can transform our appreciation of the places we bikepack, and satisfy our bellies too.

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Fernweh Food Co: Wholesome, Low-Waste Goodness

Cass Gilbert — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:02:12 +0000

Have you ever felt that the packaging used by outdoor provision companies feels at odds with being in the great outdoors? Then check out Oregon-based Fernweh Food Co. and its compostable bag and bulk purchase options. We tickle our taste buds with a vegan Southwest stew and mushroom pot pie, and find out about Fernweh's owner Ashley Lance, her bike, and more...

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Good To-Go Cuban Rice Bowl… Mmm

Logan Watts — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:10:58 +0000

Good To-Go foods recently announced two new meals, and we tried out both during a long bikepacking trip. Here are are thoughts on the Chicken Pho and one of our favorites to date, the new Cuban Rice Bowl...

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Patagonia Provisions Review: Food With a Story

Virginia Krabill — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:18:04 +0000

Patagonia Provisions sent us a box of samples to help fuel a few bikepacking trips over the last year. While one might think that this is just another high-end, pre-packaged camp food brand, there’s a bigger story behind each of Patagonia's meals, snacks, and seafood products. Here’s our full review...

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Bikepacking Recipe: The S24O Burrito

Miles Arbour — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 14:07:53 +0000

The burrito may well be the official food of bikepacking. It’s widely recognized, easily adaptable to different diets, and has the power to satisfy even the hungriest of riders. Preparing a delicious burrito for dinner before an overnighter is guaranteed to make everyone at camp jealous, plus the prep work is done at home, leaving more time for relaxing—and eating. Find the step-by-step instructions for making a S24O Burrito here...

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Ways to Save Money on Bikepacking Food

Virginia Krabill — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:01:21 +0000

Store-bought dehydrated meals are lightweight and easy to prepare, and many are damned tasty, but they aren’t budget-friendly. With a little creativity, it’s not difficult to put together trailside meals and snacks that are quick, tasty, nutrient-rich, and easier on the wallet. Here are a few suggestions to keep the budget low and the calories and flavor high...

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One Question, Five Voices: What’s in Your Cooking Kit?

Lucas Winzenburg — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:04:11 +0000

In this edition of One Question, Five Voices, we ask five bikepackers to give us a detailed look at the cooking kits they trust to prepare tasty meals while on the go. Find five unique takes on a lightweight camp kitchen here, plus a handful of tips and tricks...

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CBD for Cyclists: Does It Really Work?

Virginia Krabill — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:18:42 +0000

Over the last few years, CBD (Cannabidiol) has grown to become quite the acclaimed miracle antidote. And with benefits being touted for recovery and pain management (among other things), it's even found its way into bikepacking and ultra-endurance sports. But does it really work? Here’s what we found out...

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Mushroom Jerky Recipe (Jerkless Jerky)

Virginia Krabill — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:34:56 +0000

Virginia turns to the magical kingdom of fungi to satiate her jerky cravings for our latest bikepacking recipe. Find the full ingredients list and recipe in this step-by-step guide to making your own mushroom jerky here...

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AeroPress Go Review: Compact Camp Coffee

Lucas Winzenburg — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:55:03 +0000

Lucas has been brewing up his morning coffee using the new AeroPress Go lately, which the makers call “The Better Travel Coffee Press." Find his highly caffeinated review here, along with lots of photos and a comparison with the original AeroPress, an old standard among #coffeeoutside aficionados...

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Heather’s Choice Packaroons and Dehydrated Meals

Logan Watts — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:48:08 +0000

Heather's Choice is a relatively small brand that's based in Anchorage, Alaska, where all of its backpacking/bikepacking meals and yummy Packaroons are made and tested. They sent us some samples to try out, and here's the verdict...

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Bikepacking Recipe: Holy Moly Granoly Bars

Franzi Wernsing — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:43:38 +0000

Hesitant to buy another expensive, sugar-packed, individually wrapped energy bar, Franzi Wernsing teamed up with chef Mario Presi to create the Holy Moly Granoly Bar, a snack that tastes great and is built to survive being bashed around in a handlebar bag. Find the recipe here...

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Outdoor Provisions: All Natural Energy in Compostable Packaging

Cass Gilbert — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:10:32 +0000

Love chomping on energy bars when you bikepack but hate the single-use packaging they come in? Hailing from the UK and inspired by its rugged National Parks, Outdoor Provisions have just launched two delicious bars wrapped in compostable packaging, with more to follow...

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Bikepacking Recipe: Great Divide Endurance Bars

Guest — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:09:00 +0000

With the 2019 Tour Divide underway, we thought we'd share this recipe for homemade Great Divide Endurance Bars, dreamed up to support a 10-day ride along the route from Banff to Yellowstone. They're organic, gluten-free, and designed to provide sustained energy. Find the ingredients, recipe, and a step-by-step video here...

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Nomad Nutrition: Healthy, Organic, Plant Based

Miles Arbour — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:44:37 +0000

Nomad Nutrition’s line of adventure-ready meals is plant-based, gluten free, and made of mostly organic ingredients. Each meal is locally crafted in British Columbia and promises to be a top-notch product due to their revolutionary drying process. Here are our impressions after trying them this past summer…

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Firepot Dehydrated Meals: Dorset Goodness

Cass Gilbert — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:27:01 +0000

Firepot dehydrated meals promise tasty, wholesome, locally sourced, and ultralight meals to bookend your days in the saddle. We try out a couple of their meals in the woodlands of Dorset...

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Do-It-Yourself Rocket Fuel for Bikepacking

Miles Arbour — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:03:34 +0000

Matthew Kadey, author of "Rocket Fuel - Power Packed Food for Sports + Adventure," is an adventure cyclist and dietitian. Matthew’s two-wheeled travels have taken him to numerous countries including Ethiopia, Syria, and Thailand, just to name a few. We asked Matthew for some bikepacking-friendly recipes from his cookbook, and as an added bonus he whipped us up our own special energy ball recipe.

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Paleo Meals to Go Review: Paleo Bikepacking

Cass Gilbert — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:41:35 +0000

Do you follow a paleo diet, or aspire to keep predominantly to its principles of eating more naturally and cutting out processed food? But let me guess... you still want to pack light when you bikepack? Paleo Meals to Go are crammed with simple caveman goodness... Here's our thoughts on what's in them, and how they taste.

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Easy Pine Nut and Pesto Pasta

Guest — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:42:23 +0000

Our friend Brendan Leonard recently co-authored and published a camping cookbook titled “Best Served Wild”. We asked Brendan to recommend the simplest and most lightweight recipe from the “Multi-Day Outings” chapter. Here's one that any bikepacker should be able to make...

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A lightweight bikepacker’s meal, Ecuadorian style

Cass Gilbert — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:04:39 +0000

Over the summer, Michael Dammer joined us on the Colorado Trail, miraculously packing two weeks worth of dehydrated food, grown on his family farm in Ecuador, into his homemade leather framebag. Together with a ziplock bag full of quinoa, they helped us complete the route’s 530 mile length and tackle its 70,000 feet of elevation gain. For those seeking a different take on easy-to-cook bikepacking meals, here are three healthy recipes that kept our legs strong and our bellies full.

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Greenbelly Meal Bars: Calories for minimalists…

Logan Watts — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:47:47 +0000

Getting hangry is no fun on the trail. But it's often hard to avoid while bikepacking. In a quest to fend off hunger, and scurvy, we tried Greenbelly Meals 2Go which promise 1/3 your daily nutrition in a small package...

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Good To-Go Bibimbap and Breakfast!

Logan Watts — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:41:34 +0000

One of our favorite trail food companies recently released two new meals — Spicy Korean Bibimbap and Mexican Quinoa. They also added two breakfast items to their menu. We took several out on the trail and feasted over the weekend. Here's the verdict.

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Good To-Go Pad Thai & Vegetable Korma

Logan Watts — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:53:15 +0000

Carrying good food on a bikepacking trip can both nourish the belly and soothe the soul. These two new savory meals from Maine's Good To-Go — Pad Thai and Indian Vegetable Korma — offer flavors of southeast Asia in a hearty package...

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Bikepacking Recipe: Backcountry Pad Thai

Guest — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:41:43 +0000

A heartwarming recipe variation for Sweet-Spicy Peanut Noodles … built specifically for bikepacking overnighters by Chef de la Camp, Tara Alan.

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Bikepacking Cuisine: Thai Salmon Curry

Cass Gilbert — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:01:10 +0000

We all know the importance of a full belly at the end of the day to ride-weary bikepackers. And while pretty much everything tastes great after hours in the saddle, in this series of bikepacking recipes, we’ll be suggesting simple, nutritious and easy-to-cook camping cuisine that will help ‘up’ your culinary game.

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Bikepacking Trail Food: Big Calories, Small Package

Logan Watts — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:01:07 +0000

When covering a lot of miles, and resupply points are as rare as a three-legged unicorn, it's worth the effort to find food that has a high calorie to weight ratio. Here are several options that pack a lot of energy into a lightweight package.

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Snow Peak LiteMax Ti Stove + An Ultra-race Cook Kit

Logan Watts — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:46:17 +0000

When optimizing your gear list for a quick bikepacking trip, an ITT (individual time trial), or an ultra-race, the kitchen is one area you can fine tune for weight and speed.

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Foodpacking (Vol. 2): Bikepacking Food by Brendan, Skyler & Donnie

Logan Watts — Thu, 28 May 2015 13:20:34 +0000

How do riders plan their bikepacking food pack list, pack it, and cook on a bikepacking trip? Volume 2 continues the exploration with thoughts and packlists from Brendan Collier, Skyler Des Roches, and Donnie Kolb...

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Foodpacking: Bikepacking Meal Plans by 6 Riders

Logan Watts — Tue, 12 May 2015 03:56:57 +0000

What do folks eat on a backcountry bikepacking trip? How do they plan, pack, and cook? Find out how seasoned riders Glenn Charles, Brendan Collier, Joe Cruz, Skyler Des Roches, Eszter Horyani, and Donnie Kolb plan and prepare food for a 3 day bikepacking trip...

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Gourmet Bikepacking: Good To-Go Meals

Logan Watts — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:00:40 +0000

What happens when an award winning chef gets hungry in the backcountry?

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Vargo Titanium Hexagon Stove + Ultralight Bikepacking Kitchen

Logan Watts — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:11:04 +0000

The Vargo Titanium Hexagon Stove was one of the most impressive new pieces of gear that we carried on our tour through Africa; and Vargo's knack for efficiency innovation and elegant design doesn't stop there, so we put together a full Vargo bikepacking kitchen...

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Vargo Bot Review: Bikepacking Cook kit for the Framebag

Logan Watts — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:46:31 +0000

The Vargo BOT is an elegantly designed 1 liter titanium water bottle with a titanium screw lid that triples in versatility as a cooking pot and an excellent storage container.

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What’s In The Kitchen? Our Current Bike Touring Cook Kit

Logan Watts — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 05:03:49 +0000

A whittled down kitchen that is perfect for third world cooking and the ideal size and weight for a minimal setup...

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‘Hop-can’ Stoves: How to make 5 ultralight bikepacking stoves

Logan Watts — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:01:47 +0000

Five ultra-lightweight and very functional DIY stoves for bikepacking and bike touring. Made from handsome cans that housed some hoppy brew. Built and tested.

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Stoves for Bike Touring: A Primer (part 1)

Logan Watts — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 18:35:44 +0000

There are many options for stoves to take on a bike tour, short bike packing trip or even a 'coffee ride'. So, what makes a stove good for bike travel?

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