• Person standing on a grassy hill with a bicycle, watching a colorful sunset sky over distant snow-capped mountains.

    Life On The Road: A Conversation with Weronika Szalas

    Earlier this year, Weronika found herself back in her hometown of Katowice in Poland for a prolonged period. Before she headed out back on the road for the summer, we caught up to hear more about how she balances touring with racing, hearing what she got up to in the summer of 2024 and what she has planned for the year ahead.

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  • Multiple people with bikes and cargo tricycles waiting outdoors on a brick-paved area next to a stone wall and trees.

    Cargo Bike Chaos at the Bristol Disaster Relief Trials

    Part emergency drill, part race, part community celebration, the Disaster Relief Trials is a cargo bike competition designed to simulate a disaster relief supply run where riders navigate a course simulating post-disaster conditions. In September 2025, the first DRT out of the US came to Bristol.

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  • Ben Wormald and Holly riding bicycles on a dirt trail in a mountainous landscape with cloudy skies and rugged peaks in the background. on the TNR

    Postcards from the Torino-Nice Rally

    If iconic climbs and secluded gravel roads are your thing, the Torino–Nice Rally has to be one of the best bikepacking journeys imaginable. 2022 marked the sixth and so far, its last official edition of the rally. Below Ray shares some of the moments that stick with him a few years down the line with a selection of images he shot along the way on the sixth edition of the TNR.

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THE PINCH FLAT JOURNAL: ADVENTURE BY BIKE

From the ultra-racers to the dedicated detourists, we’re building a home for everyone around the simple joy of rolling on two wheels. PINCH FLAT is an independent resource designed to help more people adventure by bicycle and a growing network of creatives connected by bikes.

From our original routes and tales from the trail, to our independent gear guides and reviews informed by thousands of kilometres of testing, this is the home for adventure cycling in the UK.

LATEST BIKEPACKING STORIES

Journal
The Land of Vultures: Bikerafting the Gorges du Tarn
The Land of Vultures: Bikerafting the Gorges du Tarn

Rugged cliffs, deep gorges and crystal clear water. With his partner Isabella, Gerhard Czerner explores the Gorge du Tarn and its surrounding combining their gravel bikes with packrafts for a varied adventure in one of Europe’s most stunning locations.

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Roll Models Part 2: A Year Later
Roll Models Part 2: A Year Later

Early in 2025 Roll Models was launched, a mentorship scheme helping women and gender minorities to ride adventurously. Now, a year on, with their first year’s cohort having competed the program, Athlyn reflects on their first year as Roll Models sharing what worked, what didn’t, what surprises they faced and how they plan on doing things in 2026.

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Watch: The Pan Celtic Race: Magnum Opus
Watch: The Pan Celtic Race: Magnum Opus

For five consecutive years the Pan Celtic Race put riders shoulder to shoulder to do battle across five Celtic nations, becoming a cornerstone of the Northern European ultra calendar. For what was to be their final instalment, the Magnum Opus saw 55 hardy souls set off each to complete their most ambitious race yet.

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The Hot Lap Interview with Lawrence ‘Lozza’ Walters
The Hot Lap Interview with Lawrence ‘Lozza’ Walters

After more than 50 days solo, riding his bike in one of the hottest and most sparsely populated countries on the planet, Lawrence Walters set a new world record for the fasted unsupported circumnavigation of Australia. In case that wasn’t enough, he did so riding a fixed gear bike.

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FEATURED BIKEPACKING ROUTES

  • Chris Hunt riding a bicycle on a dirt trail through green, hilly countryside with fences, trees, and expansive fields under a cloudy sky as part of The Old Chalk Way

    The Old Chalk Way

    A 575km bikepacking route from English Channel to North Sea following Britain’s oldest highway and some of the best gravel and mixed terrain riding in southern England.

    Route Guide & GPX
  • Aerial view of a hillside trail next to a river or lake during cloudy weather. Sparse buildings and trees are visible along the coastline, with mountains in the background.

    Scotland Coast-to-Coast

    This 177km coast-to-coast bikepacking route cuts across the heart of Scotland, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic through forest tracks, historic towns, lochs, and mountain glens.

    Route Guide & GPX

BIKEPACKING GEAR REVIEWS AND GUIDES

Gear
Everything I Used on the Transcontinental Race #11
Everything I Used on the Transcontinental Race #11

In 2025, I entered TCR #11, riding my bike almost 5000 kms across Europe from Atlantic coast to Black Sea. Here is everything I took, from the bike, to the bags, to the clothes and spares, along with my take on what worked and what didn’t.

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Review: Knog Blinder Bike Light Set
Review: Knog Blinder Bike Light Set

Wherever and however you ride your bike, a good set of bike lights is essential, and from cheap city run arounds to the types that light up the entire forest, there’s no shortage of great lights available on the market. But the search for the perfect set of lights is far from straight forward. So how good are Knog’s Blinder 1300 and R-150?

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The PINCH FLAT Guide to Bikepacking Bags
The PINCH FLAT Guide to Bikepacking Bags

Looking to piece together your first bikepacking setup but not quite sure where to start? In the Pinch Flat guide to bikepacking bags, we break down everything you need to know, from what they’re each intended for, design differences and how to combine them to get the right set up to suit you and your ambitions for adventure by bike.

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