Shane goes lightweight :)

[foxyrider]

Me too Shane, would like to see your full kit list for this one?

Looking to lighten up (load not mood) in just over a couple of months time when I set off from the UK again.

My rig I'm on now is over 50kg excluding liquids (water/fuel for stove etc.)

How much? Maybe my 25kg (inc bike) is on the light end of things but i can't imagine toking around twice the weight!

[gplhl]

http://www.shanecycles.com/packing-list-3-weeks-bikepacking-in-spain/

thanks

[shane]

How much? Maybe my 25kg (inc bike) is on the light end of things but i can't imagine toking around twice the weight!

Yup, travelling so light is very refreshing after some of my other trips:

Through the Kalahari I had 10kg of food and fuel + 20kg of water plus abut 25kg of gear.

Hard work on the R31 (2) by shanecycles.com, on Flickr

In Canada I had 10kg of food and almost 10kg of fuel and about 25kg of gear (not including boots that weight almost 3kg a pair )

2013-12-24 11.56.31 by shanecycles.com, on Flickr

Despite being a late convert I do like this lightweight non-sense

[reohn2]

I think there's a huge difference in 'touring' and what's come to be known as 'expedition' touring and different yet again to what's now known as 'bikepacking'
One is light ,one medium and one heavy

[shane]

Nope, they're all just holidays for me, sometimes a weekend sometimes a year. Sometimes I need to be sharper and better prepared than others .

I think few bike trips fall in to an expedition category as you're almost always on some kind of road with some kind of traffic therefore an exit if the going gets tough. But thats just my opinion , and something better discussed over a bottle of wine than on a forum

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,
Vocation shane..................insurance or banker

[shane]

........and finally started writing this trip up......

http://www.shanecycles.com/transandaluc ... lle-cadiz/

[Bicycler]

If you have a rack fitted anyway, is the various assortment of bags any lighter than panniers? Or is it a question of off-road handling?

[shane]

Much better handling, lighter (this rack is only 300g anyway), narrower load.

[syklist]

Do you always go off road when you tour?

Nope,My brompton doesn't like gravel, sand or snow >>>> http://www.shanecycles.com/category/cycling/trips/

Have you tried these? I am tempted even though we already have spiked tyres for our Dahons...

We've done a bit of off-roading on our Bromptons, summer 2013 on the East Coast of Jutland and then the Rallarvegen.

[shane]

I think the spike tyres for Mini wheels only came out last winter, maybe the winter before that . Had great experience with thespike profrom Schwalbe on my 26" wheels though ....

[shane]

Pt 2 : http://www.shanecycles.com/transandalucia-pt2/

Pt 3: http://www.shanecycles.com/transandalucia-pt-3-mtb-fun/

Pt 4: http://www.shanecycles.com/transandaluc ... -in-spain/

[shane]

Other blog posts added to previous post.....

Another trip done, time to start thinking about the next one, but first work