Touring Equipment

As I am totally in love with bikepacking, my judgement about panniers & racks may not be the fairest. It's not that I think it's a bad option, however, I am of opinion that bikepacking is viable for any tour. Making the need for racks and panniers superfluous.

Exactly my sentiment, bikepacking open up a whole new field as it mean you can just take any bicycle on a tour without worrying about how it'll affect the bicycle, it also mean you're more encourage to take what's necessary and still get to enjoy the ride.

Rack and panniers are great for a proper easy-going tour (like 50-75 miles a day kinda tour) where you just enjoy the scenery and culture in comfort.

I believed there are two camp;

cyclotourist - people who enjoy the scenery.

cyclist tourist - people who enjoy the ride (and scenery too I guess).