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.

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.

gerald haueisen

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

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.

jeff bartlett

Jeff Bartlett is a filmmaker, photographer, and writer that moved to Vancouver Island for its extended riding season.

trevor browne

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

mattie gould

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

barry lachapelle

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

meaghan hackinen

Meaghan is a bike-obsessed bookworm on a lifelong hunt for exceptional cycling routes, both on and off the pavement. She lives in Kelowna, BC.

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.

brigitte ward

As Editor of Bike Gear Database, Brigitte makes all of us sound (and read) as good as possible. She is also a writer, a tender of gardens, and mother of two small dragons.

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 Bangkok. When she's not in her shop you can find her bikepacking the steep jungle roads near Chiang Mai, Thailand.

salty beard

Rob aka Salty Beard is one of Canada's prominent bikepacking YouTubers located in Victoria BC. He is also the creator of the Caves & Coves Tough Tour bikepacking race.

Bike Gear Database is poudly made in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada—the traditional lands of the Songhees First Nations.

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