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Bike packing = single/fewer nights away lighter weight kit straps your bike,
Touring = multiple night trips with a lot more load, generally going further afieldOf course this doesn’t really fit into play, there’s always going to be a massive crossover bike packing is just the markets way of making touring cooler
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Bike packing = single/fewer nights away lighter weight kit straps your bike.
No.
Both are touring, bike packing are simply a lightweight way of carrying your stuff.
It allow people without touring bike to go touring, and more importantly. Does not negatively affect the bicycle handling as much.
No reason why you can’t go on a long tour without racks.
edscoble
What’s the distinction between touring and bikepacking? Where is the tipping point? He sleeps in ditches, up mountains or in jungles, sometimes in hotels, sometimes with local people...I’m not sure what the distinction is here?
He doesn’t have a dangly mug or a moustache though.