Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

I just found an Alpkit thing saying they measured 1L storage as eight pairs of socks.

I reckon 24 pairs of socks worth of space should be fine, but as pointed out by psee I may as well get a bigger one and roll it down.

Sounds good, as long as the diameter of the bag isn't a concern then I'd definitely say go for the bigger one for flexibilty. I have 1L and 8L versions, if you want I can fill them up, pop them between some drops and take a picture... drop me a PM if so, I'll forgot to check here before I get to work tomorrow.

I really want to do a bikepacking overnight trip asap. Does anyone else in the South East want to get in on the action?

Me in august maybe if I can afford to buy some a few little bits by then. But itd need to be cross tyre suitable ;)

If you fancy some a-to-b bikepacking I'll be doing London > Manchester at the end of July. Probably roads though.