Bikepacking

Open-fire cooking you can carry anywhere, the new Alpha Bonfire collapses flat into a smartphone-sized package small enough for a pocket. It carries easily by foot or light vehicle, building into a mini fire pit and grill complete with utensils.

A light, ultra-portable way of getting morning coffee, the new JoGo packs coffee-brewing power into a sleek straw. It pops out of a pocket and uses an integrated filter to deliver rich morning flavor without the grounds.

The bike camper market finds itself maturing beyond one-off garage creations to polished retail trailers. The Mody caravan arrives as a classic tiny teardrop made from lightweight composites and specced for ebike road touring and mountain biking.

Bringing its lightweight gear expertise to car camping, Swedish gear maker Optimus blurs the lines between car camping and backpacking with its new two-burner Gemini stove. The extra-slim stove carries easily, whether by motor vehicle, bike or foot.

Whether you're pedaling hundreds of miles or just to the corner store, one thing that can really throw you off is a set of large, heavy, rattling bike bags. Evoc approaches the problem with common-sense design: thinning and sleeking its new packs and securing them to the bike via Boa dials.

"Why am I doing this again?" I asked a friend, half-joking but also half-serious, as he helped me strap enough luggage to fill a small suitcase onto the seatpost of my bike. I was about to ride alone into the forest for two days, on the hunt for adventure.