i would say for 30-50 miles panniers are not a must.
but they will be more comfortable than ruckpacks. also if you have one campsite and different rides from there, you can leave the tents and most of the stuff so you don't even need t ocarry a lot with you. but it would be more fun/proper touring to move from campsite to campsite. then you should at least have some people with pannier racks to take the tents/heavier stuff
i would say for 30-50 miles panniers are not a must.
but they will be more comfortable than ruckpacks. also if you have one campsite and different rides from there, you can leave the tents and most of the stuff so you don't even need t ocarry a lot with you. but it would be more fun/proper touring to move from campsite to campsite. then you should at least have some people with pannier racks to take the tents/heavier stuff
^alright ronnie, how do?