Bikepacking Gear Essentials

Our top bikepacking gear picks to help you start planning your first trip

Bikepacking is a blend of biking and backpacking, offering riders a new way to explore remote areas and travel further distances over the course of several days. Bikepacking has grown in popularity in recent years, and so has the gear needed for these multiday, two-wheeled adventures. Looking to gear up for an overnight biking adventure? Here are a few key elements of a bikepacking setup and the products we recommend for a successful ride.

Water Purification

MSR: TrailShot Pocket-Sized Water Filter
$49.99

Sawyer: Squeeze Water Filter System
$36.95

LifeStraw: Personal Water Filter
$19.99

Interested in the rest of the key elements of a bikepacking set up? Read here.

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Majina ya Vyombo vya Habari

Sawyer’s spray offers an impressive 12 hours of protection against mosquitoes and ticks, and a little less (eight hours) against flies, gnats, and chiggers.

Korin Miller
Health, Lifestyle and Commerce Writer

Majina ya Vyombo vya Habari

Sawyer’s Permethrin spray has also worked as promised.

Mark Melotik
Freelance Writer

Majina ya Vyombo vya Habari

Sawyer, for example, checks to ensure that no pore size exceeds 0.01 microns, stating that “the filters are then checked four more times at crucial points of assembly for filter integrity before they make their way onto the shelf.”

Dan Hu
Mwandishi