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There’s not one way to dress your eBike, because there’s an eBike built for anything and everything. Here at Swift we’re all for it! We want people out there cruising on bikes whether they’re motivated to self-power, or they’re motor-vated with pedal assist. So what’s different about selecting bags for an eBike? As with any […]

Photo credit above: Truong Nguyen We asked our friend Ron Lewis of Our Mother the Mountain to give us the lowdown on he packs his DSLR camera for deep backcountry rides. Here’s the report!   Admit it. Riding with a camera is a pain. A balance of (sometimes) competing priorities. The bigger the camera, the […]

Here at Swift we’re big proponents of building community around cycling and the outdoors. We’re excited to shine a light on our neighbors to the North, the Van Island Bikepack Collective. VIBC is a grassroots, all-inclusive cycling organization — with the mission to reduce barriers for those wishing to participate in adventure cycling.   Trip […]

  Dear Swift Customer Community, I’m writing this open letter to announce a gradual and significant shift in our company. In 2022, Swift Industries will debut our first internationally-made bags. I’m sharing this news in the spirit of transparency: I believe it is imperative and effective to vote with one’s dollars. With this in mind, […]

Announcing The Swift Residency At Snow Peak! June 11-June 27th 2021 On the menu: Workshops. Meet-Up’s. Rambles. Swift Campout Overnight Adventure. We’ve been quietly working on an exciting spring retail collaboration with Snow Peak, the purveyor of the finest Japanese-designed camping equipment on the planet, and we couldn’t be more jazzed to let this cat […]

There’s nothing we want more than to shower you with joy, inspiration and delight this holiday season! You deserve it. For a very limited time, we’re gifting you a Bolinas Ridge Print by illustrator Chris McNally, with your purchase over $100. All you gotta do is add the code mcnalpal at checkout and we’ll add […]

Featured panelists include ​Lydia Moore​, ​Kaiden Nia-Ali​, ​William Loyd​, ​Duncan Benning​, and​ Erick Cedeño​. The culture-shaping events of 2020 have awakened the Cycling and Outdoor industries to the existence of the many BIPOC communities whose incredible stories and experiences for too long have been ignored. ​The voices and experiences of Black cyclists are as important […]

We are very excited to drop this news! Black In The Saddle happens next week! Mark your calendars — or, better yet — follow this link to create a reminder: Black In The Saddleis going down next Thursday, Sep 3rd, at 5:30 pm PST / 8:30pm EST​! Join us as moderator Devin Cowens leads a diverse panel of Black cyclists […]

Alexa Everson, @rockcognoscente, joined Swift Industries LIVE to share her knowledge of route planning and all of her hot tips & tricks to making your campout plans 100% FUN & 0% stress. She’s all about keeping it simple, knowing your limits, and hoping for the best while still preparing for the worst. Let’s make your wildest […]

We asked some of our most trusted bike-camping allies what they’re riding, what they’re bringing with them, and how they’re packing it. This is the second installment of “What’s In Your Kit?” featuring Karla Robles! Karla Robles is one-half of the duo making up the Bikepacking Mexico team, along with her partner Daniel Díaz. We’ve been super impressed with […]

In preparation for this year’s Great Equinox Campout, to give folks an idea of what and how to pack, we asked some of our most trusted bike-camping allies what they’re riding, what they’re bringing with them, and how they’re packing it. We’re stoked to present the first installment of “What’s In Your Kit?” featuring Swift Campout […]

With our 2020 inventory having been depleted, we’re slowly replenishing stock items now that we’re able to sew in-house again. We also are working closely with our production partners to ramp up all of Swift’s production capacity. What does this mean for availability of our product now and in the future? We tapped our very […]