Your Community Bikeraft Guide Our 3 Favorite Bedrock Bags Bike Bags, Where To Put & How to Pack Them November 22, 2023 The Bikeraft Guide Unboxing: Checking Out Bedrock Bags Coconino Seat Bag, Tapeets Handlebar Bag & Their Custom Frame Bags The Lowdown… In our second The Bikeraft Guide Unboxing video, Four Corners Guides Head…
Story by Lizzy Scully, photos and captions by Dave Gray and John Evingson, an excerpt from the history section of The Bikeraft Guide. Plenty of accounts of the history of fatbikes exist on the internet. But none address the true history of fatbikes or the fact that they developed hand-in-hand with packrafts. In this excerpt…
The Bikeraft Guide Unboxing & More (Reviews, How-Tos, Anything Goes) Checking Out Bedrock Bags Coconino Seat Bag, Tapeets Handlebar Bag & Their Custom Frame Bags: Where to Put Them & How to Pack them The Lowdown… In our second The Bikeraft Guide Unboxing video, Four Corners Guides Head Guide Thad Ferrell takes a look at…
The Bikeraft Guide Unboxing & More (Reviews, How-Tos & Anything Goes) 1st Look & Review of The Ibex Indie Hoodie, Springbok Shorts & Journey Crew T for Bikerafting Adventures In the first of our series of unboxing videos for The Bikeraft Guide Unboxing & More (Reviews, How-Tos & Anything Goes), we’re unboxing Ibex’s Indie Hoodie,…
Is Bikerafting-Specific Gear Worth It? Probably Durango Bike Bags review and photos by bikepacker and adventure instructor, Sarah Carr. With their new lineup of bikerafting-oriented bikepacking bags, Kokopelli has imported the tough TPU fabric and Tru Zip waterproof zippers from the packraft realm into the world of bikepacking storage. They’re also the first company to…
A Roll-Top Improvement on an Already Stellar, Time-Tested, Ultralight Set of Nano Panniers Photos & Video by Steve “Doom” Fassbinder, adventurer & owner of Four Corners Guides. “Over the last 20 years of riding, having used just about every kind of gear-carrying scenario, I’ve found nothing better than the latest Revelate Designs Nano Pannier offering.…
How to Safely Load a Bike Onto Your Packraft An excerpt from the safety chapter of The Bikeraft Guide, by Luc Mehl Loading a bike on a packraft dramatically affects handling and recoverability. The best way to compensate for this increased vulnerability is to choose destinations with fewer hazards and limit your exposure by staying…
ULTRALIGHT PACKRAFTING POGIES By Alejandro Strong, owner of the guide service Packraft Maine. I have never been a fan of gloves, mittens, and, least of all, pogies. I’m that person who takes of his gloves no matter how cold it is if I have to do anything with my hands. When I do begrudgingly bring…
Testing Internal Dry Bags on Colorado’s Dolores & San Miguel Rivers Story & photos by Waldo Aguayo Riquelme. Read the review in Spanish! I tested Stikine’s 70L internal dry bags on a three-day trip on the San Miguel and Dolores rivers, Colorado, while working for Four Corners Guides. I used them in an Alpacka Raft…
Lost Coast Bikerafting In 2011 Maurizio Doro Naturaider attempted to do the Lost Coast, Yakutat to Cordova, arriving to within 10 miles of the end of the trip. Unfortunately he had to be rescued because he was out of food and had reached his limits. What a bold effort to do something only a handful…
Bikerafting Alaska: How to visit remote regions? Photos and story by Zachary Tourville How to visit remote Alaska was a question that plagued me since my arrival to that state a year ago. On my first visit to Alaska, before actually living here, just traveling the roads felt remote. The reality, however, is that there…
Buy a copy of The Bikeraft Guide from one of our retailers: Resources & Retailers. The Bikeraft Guide Sneak Peak – Roman Dial’s Foreword Follow Roman on Instagram for some truly inspiring stories and photos and to learn more about his adventure books! While rafts are truly ancient, the bicycle as we know it is…
Follow Helen’s journey on the first bikerafting instructional course in New Zealand by Packrafting Queenstown in conjunction with Deane Parker- Adventure Channel. “Helen’s journey into bikerafting started when Helen and her husband discovered a book by Roman Dial and contemplated how many of their backcountry trips could be morphed into boating trips. Unfortunately before this plan…
You can buy copies of The Bikeraft Guide through Kokopelli Packrafts in the USA, Stikine Packrafts in Canada and Packraft Europe in Europe. Guide Services & Shops Four Corners Guides: Extraordinary adventures change lives. FCG runs bikepacking, packrafting and bikerafting missions to the most stunning, remote regions of Utah and Colorado. Their 35-acre Scullbinder Ranch…
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