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bikepacking

bikepacking noun: recreational multiday travel on a bicycle, often off-road and with minimal camping gear.

Noun

bikepacking (uncountable)

  1. Recreational multiday travel on a bicycle, often off-road and with minimal camping gear.
    • Bikepacking, as the name implies, is a harmonization of backpacking and cycling that is typically synonymous with a lightweight setup for touring, often off-road. Both ultralight touring and bikepacking are based on the principle that less is more.2015, Justin Lichter, Justin Kline, Basic Illustrated Bike Touring and Bikepacking, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 32
    • He [Iohan Gueorguiev] was a star in the world of “bikepacking,” long-distance bike travel conducted off main roads.2021 October 11, Alex Traub, “Iohan Gueorguiev, ‘Bike Wanderer’ of the Wilderness, Dies at 33”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of bikepacking

Blend of bike + backpacking.

Questions about bikepacking

What does bikepacking mean?
Bikepacking means recreational multiday travel on a bicycle, often off-road and with minimal camping gear.
What part of speech is bikepacking?
Bikepacking is a noun.

Words near bikepacking in the dictionary

  1. bikenapping
  2. bikepack
  3. bikepacked
  4. bikepacker
  5. bikepackers
  6. bikepacking
  7. bikepacks
  8. bikepath
  9. bikepaths
  10. bikeporn
  11. biker

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