About Us

We believe that nature is best experienced by bike. Our mission is to showcase the bikes, routes, riders, and companies that enable off-road cycling.

The Team

We are a group of everyday cyclists from around the globe who enjoy writing words and taking photos of bikes, gear and adventures.

trevor browne

Trevor is a multimedia producer from Montreal who loves exploring the world on two knobby wheels and drinking his coffee outside.

Tyler is a photographer, educator and dad from Alberta, Canada. He loves spending his time seeking adventure, camera in hand. When he’s not riding bikes he enjoys writing, hanging with his family, and drinking good beer.

meaghan hackinen

Sponsored Salsa athlete, award-winning author, woman's Great Divide winner and multiple FKT record holder, Meagan is always on the hunt for exceptional cycling routes. She lives in Kelowna, BC

tom hill

Tom is a freelance storyteller and sometime photographer based in the UK, with 15 years of product testing experience. From gravel to enduro, if it's off-road, it's all good.

barry lachapelle

Barry is the founder and creative director of Bike Gear Database, dad to two young cyclists, and can be found riding the trails on Vancouver Island.

abe alkhamees

A cycling/adventure photographer from Kuwait, currently living in Portland. He's on a mission to bridge the gap between adventure cycling in North America & Middle East. He also loves pasta.

tom powell

Tom is an adventure photographer, writer and videographer currently residing in Vancouver, Canada. He will also do anything for plant based baked goods.

salty beard

Editor and Production Coordinator at Bike Gear Database, Rob—aka Salty Beard—is a prominent Canadian bikepacking YouTuber and the founder of the Caves & Coves Tough Tour race.

thomas norman

Thomas is an avid bikepacker with a love for photography. When not abroad on a bike tour, you'll find him kicking up dust in his Crocs on the trails around Vancouver.

davide lombardo

Davide is based in Turin, Italy - growing zentensivist by profession, a commuting cyclist by choice, forever viewing the world through a camera lens, holding a beer at the end.

jeff bartlett

Jeff Bartlett is a passionate writer and photographer. He is obsessed with coffee, cycling, and the coastal forest that surrounds his home on Vancouver Island.

sarah fix

From Squamish, B.C., Sarah fuels her passion for mountain adventures on her Surly Bridge Club. Off the bike, she coaches for Dialed In Cycling and teaches outdoor education.

nicolas joly

Nicolas is a writer / photographer from France. He has shot everything from the Downhill WC to the Tour de France. Nicolas has developed an obsession for bespoke steel and rides everyday.

colin tuff

Colin's a photographer, bike mechanic and outdoor adventure lover based in Ireland. He lives for dry trails, long runs in the hills and nights under the stars.

erik binggeser

Living full time on a cargo bike rambling around North America, always looking for new roads to ride and testing the limits of bike gear along the way.

gerald haueisen

Gerald is a mechanical engineer, cyclist and photographer from Austria. Gerald focuses on mountain, gravel and bikepacking gear reviews.

lewis bell

Lew rides gravel and mountain bikes throughout the UK searching for adventure. He also goes by Pedal Slip while documenting his rides, photography and illustration work.

tara weir

Tara is an adventure cyclist and bikepacker with 42,000 KMs through 21 countries under her belt. When not on her bike, Tara is a forestry worker in Northern B.C.

ron lewis

Ron Lewis is a writer, photographer, backcountry wayfinder and dreamweaver who creates and shares adventure cycling routes across the PNW under the name OMTM.CC.

matthew crompton

Matthew Crompton is an award-winning writer and photographer specialising in hikes, bikes and the mystical solitude of the way-out. He lives in Sydney.

immu bua-ngam

Immu is the founder of Spinning Bear Bike Shop in Thailand. When she's not in her shop you can find her bikepacking the steep jungle roads near Chiang Mai.

mattie gould

Mattie is an adventure writer and photographer currently based in Australia. He especially loves cycling and camping in the beautiful snowy mountains.

Bike Gear Database is proudly made in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada.

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