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The Women's Bikepacking Guide
The Women’s Bikepacking Guide is the digital guidebook that every woman needs before her first bicycle adventure, written by Cycling the World filmmaker McKenzie Barney after bikepacking for four years around the globe.
Whether you're dreaming of an overnight ride, week-long route, or an around-the-world expedition, this 80-page guide is packed with everything I wish I'd had before I started. Skip the ‘trial and error’ stage with this guide’s gear lists, tips + tricks, resources, and the kind of hard-earned insights that can only come from thousands of miles of bikepacking as a woman through Africa, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
What you’ll get in the guide:
🗺️ Route Planning: Learn how to choose incredible routes, plan realistic daily distances, find campsites, and navigate with confidence.
🚲 Bike, Bags & Gear: Choose the right bike, components, bags, camping gear, and clothing without wasting money on equipment you don't need.
💃 Female-specific Gear: The best gear for women including chamois (bike shorts), saddles, sleep systems, hygiene for that time of the month, and more.
🎒 Proven Packing Systems: Discover the exact bike setups and packing strategies I've refined over four years of world travel.
🏕️ Wild Camping Mastery: Harness the art of “wild camping” with key strategies, stay comfortable outdoors, and become a confidence wild-camping machine.
🍳 Food & Cooking Hacks: Simple strategies for eating well, carrying food efficiently, and making life easier on long adventures.
🛠️ Repairs & Mechanical Confidence: The essential repairs, maintenance skills, and breakdown strategies every bikepacker should know
🛡️ Female Safety Strategies: Practical advice for traveling solo as a woman, reducing risk, trusting your instincts, and building confidence on the road.
💰 Budgeting & International Travel: Learn how to plan affordable adventures, cross borders smoothly, and prepare for cycling expeditions anywhere in the world.
📷 Documenting Your Journey: Tips for capturing better photos and videos so you can preserve and share your adventure.
💡 Get Inspired: Features badass bikepacking women, cycling books written by women, bikepacking podcasts, and inspiring films.
❌ Common Mistakes to Avoid: Learn the lessons I discovered the hard way so you can start with confidence instead.
What you'll get:
✔️ An 80-page digital PDF packed with practical advice
✔️ Four years of around-the-world bikepacking experience through a fellow female cyclist’s lens, distilled into one guide
✔️ Bike, bags, gear, and packing recommendations
✔️ Female-specific advice rarely covered in traditional bikepacking guides
✔️ Links to tons of global cycling routes/networks and a full Whatsapp and Facebook group resources, along with a list of books, podcasts, and films
✔️ Clear, beginner-friendly explanations that will save you time, money, and unnecessary mistakes
Written by one woman who's been there, for the woman who's ready to go.
You will receive: 1 downloadable PDF (80 pages).
The Women’s Bikepacking Guide is the digital guidebook that every woman needs before her first bicycle adventure, written by Cycling the World filmmaker McKenzie Barney after bikepacking for four years around the globe.
Whether you're dreaming of an overnight ride, week-long route, or an around-the-world expedition, this 80-page guide is packed with everything I wish I'd had before I started. Skip the ‘trial and error’ stage with this guide’s gear lists, tips + tricks, resources, and the kind of hard-earned insights that can only come from thousands of miles of bikepacking as a woman through Africa, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
What you’ll get in the guide:
🗺️ Route Planning: Learn how to choose incredible routes, plan realistic daily distances, find campsites, and navigate with confidence.
🚲 Bike, Bags & Gear: Choose the right bike, components, bags, camping gear, and clothing without wasting money on equipment you don't need.
💃 Female-specific Gear: The best gear for women including chamois (bike shorts), saddles, sleep systems, hygiene for that time of the month, and more.
🎒 Proven Packing Systems: Discover the exact bike setups and packing strategies I've refined over four years of world travel.
🏕️ Wild Camping Mastery: Harness the art of “wild camping” with key strategies, stay comfortable outdoors, and become a confidence wild-camping machine.
🍳 Food & Cooking Hacks: Simple strategies for eating well, carrying food efficiently, and making life easier on long adventures.
🛠️ Repairs & Mechanical Confidence: The essential repairs, maintenance skills, and breakdown strategies every bikepacker should know
🛡️ Female Safety Strategies: Practical advice for traveling solo as a woman, reducing risk, trusting your instincts, and building confidence on the road.
💰 Budgeting & International Travel: Learn how to plan affordable adventures, cross borders smoothly, and prepare for cycling expeditions anywhere in the world.
📷 Documenting Your Journey: Tips for capturing better photos and videos so you can preserve and share your adventure.
💡 Get Inspired: Features badass bikepacking women, cycling books written by women, bikepacking podcasts, and inspiring films.
❌ Common Mistakes to Avoid: Learn the lessons I discovered the hard way so you can start with confidence instead.
What you'll get:
✔️ An 80-page digital PDF packed with practical advice
✔️ Four years of around-the-world bikepacking experience through a fellow female cyclist’s lens, distilled into one guide
✔️ Bike, bags, gear, and packing recommendations
✔️ Female-specific advice rarely covered in traditional bikepacking guides
✔️ Links to tons of global cycling routes/networks and a full Whatsapp and Facebook group resources, along with a list of books, podcasts, and films
✔️ Clear, beginner-friendly explanations that will save you time, money, and unnecessary mistakes
Written by one woman who's been there, for the woman who's ready to go.
You will receive: 1 downloadable PDF (80 pages).