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Jan 10, 2025 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
Evan Christenson recently poked his head into his local bike co-op and immediately fell in love with the community-based organization. He stayed for months to figure out what makes it tick, quickly becoming another one of the regulars. Read on for his full-hearted perspective on what makes bike co-ops special… Ace is hanging over the swaying batteries of a junked-out and burned-down e-bike. The battery is gone, the tires are bald, the saddle is duct-taped, and the grips are melted apart.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
As a kid, Evan Christenson was regularly packed into the car for trips from San Diego to Phoenix to see family, blasting through the desert along Interstate 8. In this piece, he loads up his humble bicycle and retraces the route under his own power and on his own schedule, fully experiencing its contours, abundant life, and complex dynamics for the first time.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
Having spent most of the year living on his bike, including eight months around Africa, Evan Christenson put together an eclectic roundup of his favorite things of 2024 and an engaging reflection on “stuff” after needing uniquely little of it this year. Dive into Evan’s Editor’s Dozen here… Stuff. This world is full of it. Americans live to consume it, and now, in the holiday season, we express our love with how much we buy for someone else.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
While in Winter Park, Colorado, Evan and his partner Bo go for an overnighter with the crew at Yeehaw Giddyup, a tiny operation that puts on cozy group rides with a delicious side quest. Read on for some wholesome thoughts on riding bikes and coming together… Look around at your neighbors, maybe at yourself. The world as we know it is falling apart.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
After an exhausting year on the road, Evan Christenson returns home and, in search of some control, learns the ropes of sewing. He then takes an impromptu masterclass from Adam Nicholson, the maker behind San Util Design in Winter Park, Colorado. The two new friends ride together and build a beautiful one-of-a-kind bag out of scraps. Click through for Evan’s thoughts on the value of craft… Something has felt missing while drifting for so long on the road.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Ian Smith |Evan Christenson |Lucas Winzenburg |Linzi James
Today’s edition of Weekend Snapshot follows readers through the hills of central Spain, the woods of Manitoba, and the deserts of Southern California. Take a peek at vignettes shared by three folks from our global bikepacking community and use the form to share a photo from one of your recent rides here…We’re starting another week with a quick look back at what a handful of our readers around the world were up to in their recent time off.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
In part two of his series on World Bicycle Relief, Evan Christenson heads out for a bikepacking trip around Kenya and Tanzania on the Buffalo Bicycle. He rides for weeks, meeting characters and contemplating development and the organization’s role in Africa. Click through for his story and another incredible photo gallery… It rides like anything else, the Buffalo Bicycle, with its heavy double-wall rims and small slick tires.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
Filling a niche that only bikepackers who’ve endured a grueling push up steep and rugged terrain are likely to appreciate, the Restrap Hike-a-Bike Harness offers a simple and effective way to take a walk with your bike. Evan Christensen tested one on the rocky slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and he reports in with this Restrap Hike-a-Bike Harness review. Read it here… At first, it felt like a marketing gimmick. Both online and in person.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
Evan Christenson rides down the street from his childhood home to attend the weeklong race and party series that’s historic in the messenger scene. The North American Cycle Courier Championships (NACCC) proves to be a wild ride. Click through for Evan’s thoughts on mess life and what they can teach all of us cyclists… We are molten metal pouring through the cracks of the underworld, cutting left and right, banging off of hoods, punching off mirrors, and spitting on cars. It is us versus them.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
bikepacking.com | Evan Christenson
Capping off a long year on the road and three months in East Africa, Evan Christenson heads to the infamous Mount Kilimanjaro to attempt climbing the tallest freestanding peak in the world—with a bike. Along the way, he makes friends, and things go awry. Read on for the wild story and a stunning photo gallery you won’t want to miss… It hits like a drug when you walk into the room. Any room. Every room. You look, you wait, you see. It is as reliable as the sun.
