{"id":142888,"date":"2016-09-22T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=142888"},"modified":"2016-09-22T13:59:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T13:59:44","slug":"turn-bike-adventure-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/09\/22\/turn-bike-adventure-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Your Bike into an Adventure Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bikepacking is an outdoor adventure that starts where bike touring stops: at the end of paved roads. With different packs, you can quickly store everything you might need all over the whole bicycle in a way that will be compact and absolutely watertight. Longer distances? Varied terrain? No problem at all! Thanks to low overall weight, you will be sportily on the move while fully satisfying your thirst for adventure.<\/strong>
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As an emerging trend, backpacking has gotten boost from media coverage surrounding organised races like the 4418-km Tour Divide in North America and the Transcontinental Race in Europe, which doesn\u2019t use a set route but requires riders to pass mandatory checkpoints. But backpacking is more likely to grow up appealing to riders\u2019 sense of adventure, not races. Instead of installing sturdy front and rear racks and then loading them up with gear, backpackers prefer to carry fewer bags, which offers more freedom and versatility.<\/p>\n