Swift Campout with Ocean Air Cycles
Ventura, CA Established: 2010 There’s no question about it: the Perks Family is passionate about bicycles. What’s more, they’re committed to high quality goods made in the good ol’ USA....
View ArticleSpirit Animal: Ditching Austin with Beat the Clock
Roughly 120 miles of road, dirt, gravel and hills. 7 pizzas and an uncounted amount of tacos and bagels were consumed. 1 armadillo sighting. 2 campfires and many cups of campfire coffee enjoyed. The...
View ArticleSwift Campout: Bike Fishing with Swift Industries
Bike Fishing on the Middle Fork Join Jason ‘Goods’ of Swift Industries for an overnight cycling and angling. When: Swift Campout on June 20-21 Where: Middle Fork Campground, Snoqualmie River....
View ArticleSocial Campout to Tolt MacDonald County Park
**important update!** New Start Location: Burke Gilman Playground, on the Burke Gilman Trail at Metro Market in the Laurelhurst Neighborhood) Destination Tolt MacDonald County Park! Starting at Burke...
View ArticleGetting Started with Bike Camping
With a few weeks left until Swift Campout we wanted to give a huge shout-out to all of you who are first time bike-campers, and maybe even lure in any of you folks who are watching curiously from the...
View ArticleA little something to mark the Solstice!
Celebrate your #SwiftCampout with Kerchiefs or Patches for your travel buddies. Check out the Limited Edition bags and accessories we designed for the first annual global call out for a unified night...
View Article#SwiftCampout Films and Trip Journals
Swift Campout Trip Journals –July 10th We’ve been sitting at the local watering hole, recounting and reliving our vagabond days on Swift Campout. It’s time to pull out that old pencil and paper and...
View ArticleAdventure Cycling Association Corporate Member Spotlight
“This post is part of a series spotlighting Adventure Cycling’s Corporate Members. These companies support our mission and programs and do some cool stuff of their own. We decided to ask them some...
View ArticleWhat’s in our bags?
September 2006. The Pacific Coast Route Early morning sunlight illuminated my tent. For the seventeenth day in a row, I heard the propane of our backpacking stove whispering on the picnic table...
View Articleout with the old, in with the new
We wanted to give you a heads up on the changes that are coming at Swift Industries! Many of our customers have customized bags over the years and hope to return to match their next purchases to bags...
View ArticleStoked Spoke Adventure Series is back!
Stoked Spoke Adventure Series rolls into it’s second year of events! Stoked Spoke is a series of adventure presentations. Each evening kicks off with four to six self supported bike camping routes...
View ArticleStoked Spoke Adventure Episode I
Stoked Spoke Adventure Series Episode I Wednesday, December 16th 6:30-9:30 Rhino Room, Capitol Hill, Seattle WHITE RIM TRAIL Start/end: Island in the Sky Visitor Center Sandstone, sage, and millions...
View ArticleStoked Spoke Submission Update!
Stoked Spoke Adventure Series rolls into it’s second year of events! Stoked Spoke is a series of adventure presentations. Each evening kicks off with four to six self supported bike camping routes...
View ArticleStoked Spoke Adventures Episode II
Photo by: Lee Stoked Spoke Adventure Series Episode II Wednesday, January 20th 6:30-9:30 Rhino Room, Capitol Hill, Seattle SINLAHEKIN VALLEY-OKANOGAN LOOP North-Central Washington’s Sinlahekin...
View ArticleThe improved Polaris Porteur Bag
Way back in the day, sometime in 2008, we got our hands on a porteur rack and set out to design a beautiful and functional front bag to enhance the uses of the front platform racks that were on the...
View ArticleStoked Spoke Adventures Episode III
Photo by Komorebi ______________________________________ Hey bicycle adventurers and adventure curious folk! The final Stoked Spoke Adventure Series of the winter is coming up. Wednesday February...
View ArticleBike Camping Basics!
With Swift Campout on the horizon, we wanted to give a huge shout-out to all of you who are first time bike-campers! Want to get started but aren’t quite sure where to begin? Perfect! There’s nothing...
View ArticleSeattle Velo Picnic! April 25th
Free! If you’re feeling up for it, please RSVP through Facebook!
View ArticleSewn Cycles with Randi Jo Fabrications
Randi Jo Fabrications is a craft sewing enterprise settled next to the Umpqua river in rural Elkton, Oregon. Our company’s roots reach back twenty-five years where along these same banks I began...
View ArticlePortland! Let’s go bike camping
Saturday, May 28th to Sunday May 29th, 2016! Memorial Weekend is just around the corner and there’s nothing we’d rather do than go bike-camping with you! Come one, come all bike-campers! Seasoned and...
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