Cycling Vlog Thumbnail Template

A bold thumbnail for cycling, running and adventure channels. A road bike against a stone wall on a mountain pass fills the right side, and the dark left side carries an amber episode tag, a huge condensed challenge headline, the route and climbing stats, and your handle.

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Opens your own copy in the Liena editor — the original stays untouched. Free with a Liena account; downloads on the free plan include a small watermark.

Format: YouTube thumbnail
Size: 1280 × 720 px (16:9)
Fonts: Oswald, Inter
Colours
Editable layers: 7
Export: PNG, full resolution

Design details

Oswald's tall condensed capitals fit a long challenge headline at a size that still reads on a phone, and Inter keeps the stats crisp. The amber tag and stats line match the sunrise, and the dark fade blends the copy into the photo.

Best for

Cycling and bikepacking vlogs
Running, hiking and endurance challenges
Gear reviews and route guides
Travel series episode thumbnails

How to customise it

Swap the photo for a frame from your ride.
Write your own challenge headline in capitals.
Change the route, distance and climbing.
Update the episode tag and your handle.

Everything in this template is editable

This isn’t a flat image. The design opens as 7 separate layers you can select and change individually.

4 text layers

Double-click to rewrite. Change font (Oswald, Inter by default), size, weight, line height, letter spacing, alignment, case, colour and shadow.

1 image

Replace with your own upload, then crop, zoom, pan, flip, round the corners and adjust brightness, contrast, saturation or blur.

2 shapes

Recolour fills with any hex or brand colour, change opacity and corner radius, or resize and rotate decorative elements.

Layers & layout

Drag to move, resize from any handle, rotate, nudge with arrow keys, reorder or hide layers, duplicate and delete — with undo and redo.

Background & brand

Change the background colour or add a background image, and recolour any shape or text to match your style.

How to use this template

Click “Use this template”. If you’re new to Liena, create a free account first — you’ll come straight back to this design.
Edit the text, replace images and adjust colours. Changes save automatically every 30 seconds, or press Save at any time.
Export a PNG at 1280 × 720 px. Your design stays in your dashboard to edit again later.