A standard bit of kit in the desert was a Benghazi Burner and while it's probably not the sort of thing you want to take bikepacking it's still pretty good in a static camp. Take two biscuit tins (square are best). Punch some holes around one tin just under the rim on one and half fill with sand. Po...

Another vote for the Surly Ogre. I got mine a couple of weeks ago from Westbrook Cycles and am abolutely delighted with it. The WTB Nano tyres work well on road and trail although I have yet to try them in the gloopy stuff. Lots of fittings for mudguards, racks etc. It also copes really well with po...