​About Broad Fork Bags

​After deciding to Race the Tour Divide with only 2 weeks until the Grand Depart in 2013  Josh (founder and my partner at the time) got a crash course in bike touring in the next few days. 
Having never actually been bike packing before, he bought a bike on eBay and put the plan in motion.  1,000 miles and 10 days later his lack of planning caught up with him and Josh dropped out of the race due to an Achilles tendon injury. 
But the one thing that stuck was his love of bike packing.  Not being able to afford all the flashy commercial gear, and having a sewing machine, this whole dream was born...
He then taught me (Jacquelyn) how to sew. For the next 6 years we both worked full-time jobs and sewed bags on the side. 
Each year we continued to get busier and busier and I was eventually able to leave my full-time teaching job and focus solely on BroadFork bags.  
Josh got a promotion at work and became too busy to do both, so I started taking over all aspects of the business. 

Then in 2020 Josh and I decided amicably to go our separate ways. I did not want to see this business die, so with Josh's full support he helped every step of the way to get the business set up in my new home in Oregon. 

The Ochoco Overlander bike tour Sept. 2021