Bikepacking is the joy of touring with your bike with only the bare essentials. It feels almost like practicing the subtle art of detachment, because “less is more”.

Besides being the ideal way to take all necessities on your bike when participating in long-distance races, bikepacking is also a great skill to learn, for everyone who wants to travel far by bike without sacrificing comfort, speed or distance.

Rent a house with a swimming pool in the south of France they said, you will be able to relax they said. But we’ve always taken adventurous vacations: mountaineering, backpacking, bike packing. We were wondering if adventure days are really over now that we have two kids. We decided to put this to the test and take Aske (2 years old) and Wietse (1 year old) on a road trip through Norway. The absolute highlight of the trip being a three-day bike packing trip through three national parks.

The Tour de Dovre is, together with the Rallarvegen, one of the most beautiful gravel routes in the country.