Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

Finally popped my bikepacking cherry wooohaaa!

Somewhere between 6/700 miles of wild atlantic Irish west coast knocked out on this setup (9 days riding):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtyOcJlCIAAvxOm.jpg

Taking in Mizen-Malin head (most southerly/northerly points in Ireland), with some world class roads along the way:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtyQ5ptCEAIjmK2.jpg

Fuelled almost exclusively by the following (Hippy take note, regarding nutrition on the road thread ;-) ):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtyRSL8IgAAAShP.jpg

No sleep/cook items carried - purely alehouses/hostels for sleep & victuals.

Thanks to all contributors within this thread - could not have made this trip without your information, and especially the following: 1/Conti 4 seasons rubber 2/Adamo Century X saddle 3/Re-pack luggage.

Broken spokes the only major headache - off to find local workshops so I can learn how to sort out myself from now on.

Already thinking of next (Euro) adventures now...

hope this fixes your links