Our fall member drive ends Saturday, the cutoff to join the Bikepacking Collective and start your membership with The Bikepacking Journal 17. Don’t miss out! Learn about the upcoming issue, find a recap of $12,000 in giveaways, browse 110+member discounts, and sign up to support our work here…

The deadline to join the Bikepacking Collective and start your membership with issue 17 of The Bikepacking Journal is this Saturday, October 17th, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. If you sign up after that, you’ll have to wait until next spring to receive your first issue, and you’ll miss your chance to win one of 20 new prize packages in this round of giveaways.

A peek inside past issues

The Bikepacking Journal 17

Our latest edition brings together a thoughtfully curated collection of stories, essays, photography, and art that capture the many sides of bikepacking—from high-alpine adventures in far-flung corners of the world to remote deserts and quiet backroads close to home. It celebrates creativity, exploration, and the people and places that make bicycle travel so compelling. Even better, issue 17 memorializes the art of making things by hand, with an original illustrated cover, hand-drawn maps, and a poster-sized print created by some incredibly talented humans.

As always, our twice-yearly issues showcase the year’s most engaging essays and immersive narratives; you never know what to expect when flipping the page to the next piece. You’ll find stories from Greenland, Japan, California, Bolivia, Albania, New Mexico, Italy, New Zealand, and beyond. The complete collection of stories is available only in print, and after Saturday’s deadline, you won’t be able to get a copy of our 17th issue. We take great pride in this project, and we produce the Journal at a world-class printer using premium paper and ink. We’re sure you’ll want to display it proudly on your coffee table or bookshelf for years to come.

Fresh Prize Packages

Among the 20 impressive prize packages worth a whopping $12,000+ in this round of Collective Rewards are a complete Sklar PBJ Dream Build, a set of Paul Klamper brakes, a trip for two on the San Juan Huts System, White Industries cranks, Mini Panniers from San Util Design, a Tumbleweed Macro Pannier Rack, bags from Revelate Designs and Old Man Mountain, and many others.

Exclusive Member Discounts

If all that’s not enticing enough, we also offer the most expansive discount program in all of cycling, and our members can save real money on a wide variety of products and services from more than 110 of the top brands throughout the bikepacking world. Everyone in the Bikepacking Collective has access to exclusive savings (around 20 percent on average) from an ever-growing list of companies that currently includes Big Agnes, Cane Creek, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, Ortlieb USA, Paul Component Engineering, PNW, Revelate Designs, Rockgeist, Sour Bicycles, Teravail, Velo Orange, White Industries, WTB, and many others.

Access to Basecamp

Folks in the Bikepacking Collective can use Basecamp, our web app designed to connect our members with us and the greater bikepacking community alike. Basecamp features three modules: Bike Camp Co-op, enabling members to buy, sell, and trade gear with like-minded folks around the world; Ride Rendezvous, through which members can organize outings and find riding buddies; and Ask the Experts, allowing members to pose burning questions to our team and the broader group.

Become a member before 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday, October 17th, or you’ll miss out on much of the above. Member support makes all the content on BIKEPACKING.com possible, including our original routes, in-depth reviews, and up-to-the-minute news and coverage. If you enjoy reading the site, please consider joining the Bikepacking Collective. Membership is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. Members are automatically entered to win bi-monthly Collective Rewards (including everything you see here), have access to exclusive discounts from 110+ brands, can use Basecamp, and Sustainer/Builder-level members receive issues of The Bikepacking Journal in the mail. On behalf of our small team, thank you sincerely for your support!

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