Six 7mesh ambassadors on summer bikepacking, what they sleep in, how they carry water in 30°C heat, where the weight sits on the bike and what they wear.
Stories, athletes and adventures from the 7mesh community.
Six 7mesh ambassadors on summer bikepacking, what they sleep in, how they carry water in 30°C heat, where the weight sits on the bike and what they wear.
7mesh is backing the Further Event Series: three ultra-distance races routed by Camille McMillan in the Pyrenees, the east of England and Scotland.
Athletes
Canadian enduro champion Elliot Jamieson on racing 6 weeks after breaking his hip, moving to Specialized and the off-bike habits behind his 2025 season.
Alex Kopp and Karen Ekman swapped the Dolomites for the Bohemian Forest when the forecast turned. A week across Central Europe, told in 5 local words.
Athletes
Keenan DesPlanques rode and packrafted a loop from Horseshoe Bay over Pokosha Pass to Squamish and back to Vancouver, with 2 bear encounters on the way.
The photographer behind FURTHER on why he stopped racing, his years at Rouleur and the forgotten Pyrenean roads that became an off-road event series.
Words by Grace Grim · Photos by Margus Riga Margus Riga keeps three truths close to his chest. Company doesn’t like misery. It doesn’t have to...
Rachael Walker trades two wheels for two feet in the high mountains of Nepal.
Athletes
Alexander Kopp and Jana Kesenheimer rode the 2,600 km Japanese Odyssey in 9 days: route choice, konbini food, 32 mm tires and where they slept.
Athletes
Kevin Landry on 8 days and 200 km of freeride bikepacking through the Niut Valley, a trailless corner of the Chilcotins ridden, pushed and carried.
FURTHER Perseverance opens the 2025 series in the Ariège Pyrenees, crossing the France, Andorra and Spain borders more than 5 times on old smuggler trails.
Community
A 21 km point-to-point in BC’s Shulaps Range with 7mesh ambassadors Laura Battista, Megan O’Brien and Angie McKirdy, and the film they made up there.
Athletes
Margus Riga and Kenny Smith carried bikes to the top of Cerro Tupungato in Chile and rode down. On permits, altitude, -30 degrees and a 24-hour day.
Alex Morgan and Pat Valade on building a 100-member gravel club in a mountain bike town: Thursday night rides, route-finding and what gravel means.
Athletes
Rachael Walker leaves the desk on a Wednesday, rides into wild garlic and rapeseed, bivvies out on a hill and is back for an 8.30am meeting.
