For mountain bikers, Alpine tour fans, bike commuters and everyone who loves to cycle and does it a lot, it pays to have a special cycling backpack. A cycling backpack hugs your back, adjusts perfectly to your body and has a well-organized interior. In particular, a cycling backpack must fit well for rapid descents with a mountain bike to ensure that nothing bothers you or swings back and forth. For the same reason, the best cycling backpacks are small and flat, yet still provide enough room for the necessities.
Small, flat and well-designed: cycling backpacks for women and men
Those who want to carry a backpack on their bike typically decide in favor of a small and flat model. Do you ride extreme trails on your MTB or take your racing bike on your morning route to work? A streamlined backpack that snuggles on your body is what you need, and not a bulky model with lots of storage room. Energy bars, hydration pack, a change of clothes, valuables and a repair set – everything securely stowed on your back. Cycling backpacks for women and men have an interior with many compartments for stowing equipment such that it is easily reached. The center of gravity of a cycling backpack is close to the back and the back plate allows sufficient freedom of movement. This is particularly important on a mountain bike.
At the same time, ventilation plays a key role for the cycling backpacks from VAUDE. To ensure that your back does not sweat excessively, a ventilation system provides the required intake of fresh air. To protect the interior of our cycling backpacks against the wind and weather, they are waterproof and some have an additional rain shell. With a cycling backpack from VAUDE, you can ride despite mud and rain!
Cycling backpacks for mountain bikers
If you enjoy making the trails in your neighborhood unsafe in your leisure time, are a passionate freerider or love Alpine tours on your mountain bike in the summer, you greatly appreciate your cycling backpack. For ambitious cyclists in particular, a compartment for your hydration pack is important. Our cycling backpacks for mountain bikers are equipped with mesh pockets at the sides to keep your energy bars and gels within easy reach. The well-designed interior contains an extra compartment for glasses so that you can quickly exchange your cycling glasses, and an extra tool compartment.
Cycling backpacks for commuters and everyday life
Commuter bikers do not always use panniers. Instead, they often ride with a cycling backpack. The advantage compared to panniers is that the load is near their body and helps the bike to remain more streamlined. In particular, if you ride your racing bike to work and transport a change of clothes, a cycling backpack can be the better choice: you can be sportier when you cycle.
In everyday life as well, it pays to have a cycling backpack with an urban design. You save time because you don’t have to remove the panniers every time you stop to purchase something. The cycling backpack stays on your back and you always have your valuables with you. In some cases, our cycling backpacks for women and men are equipped with an extra compartment in the hip belt for your money, smartphone or keys.
Additional safety features: reflecting elements and a holder for a flashing light. They make you more visible in the dark.
VAUDE: sustainable cycling backpacks
People who regularly ride their bike are doing something good for our planet. Our cycling backpacks also preserve the environment: the rigorous Green Shape sustainability label represents environmentally friendly production that conserves resources. Some of the materials that VAUDE used are recycled: thread from PET bottles, for example. We do everything we can to make our cycling backpacks a sustainable, robust and durable product. Find out more about recycling materials.
We also want you to be able to use your cycling backpack for a long time. On our Help pages, you can find out how to properly care for and clean it.
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