Long-distance bikepacking: choose your 'divide'
After the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in 'being outdoors' increased considerably. What's hot, there was a veritable cycling boom, with every form of two-wheeler unstoppable. Gravel bikes had a big share and this affected the range of gravel routes, bikepacking and more. Although long-distance routes have been around for some time, long-distance [...]
Why you should cycle the Alpine Panorama Route in Switzerland
There you are by the pool. Still recovering from that 60 km solo MTB tour in 38 degrees. Enjoying some shade with your wife. Time to read a book. Or a cycling magazine, of course. Suddenly three words catch my eye. Alpine. Panorama. Route. Each word makes me instantly [...]
This is how to plan a bikepacking trip in a foreign country
Planning a bikepacking trip in a foreign country can be quite a challenge. Making an estimate regarding routes, accommodations, number of days and safety is sometimes complicated from a distance. Especially when it comes to a destination you can't find much about online. That's also what Nynke ran into when preparing for a bike trip [...].
Cycling through Germany: your route to a breathtaking cycling holiday
Cycling in Germany is certainly not the first thing that comes to mind for the younger generation of cyclists and gravel bikers. Many times there is an association with e-bikes, trips along the Rhine, 'genussradfahren' and more. Yet a Cycling Holiday in Germany is increasingly popular these days. Not only because of the beautiful gravel routes and cool cycling routes you can find there. Also [...]
Everything you want to know about bikepacking
If you tell your grandmother that you are going 'bikepacking', she will look at you funny. You used to just call it cycling holiday. For me, an image of two elderly people in zip-off trousers cycling from junction to junction immediately springs to mind, their toes wobbling in a pair of decent Teva sandals. The average young person you'll [...]
Cycling to Denmark: Wanderlust & Hygge
Wanderlust. A typically German word from our eastern neighbours that is difficult to translate into Dutch in a single word. Wanderlust is the desire to travel. To go elsewhere. Is that what drove the men from the Pedaleurs (Maarten and Robbert) to embark on a bikepacking trip from Rectum in Overijssel to the [...]
Bikepacking with young children - five tips from Ruth
The average age of cyclists in the Netherlands is +/- 35. For many, an age when the word 'family' is mentioned more and more often. A family almost always means making choices. Choices between cycling and family. But what if you don't have to make that choice. In this article, guest blogger Ruth talks about how to [...]
