Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
We just returned from our third tandem tour, a 320 mile tour from home to visit friends in other cities. Since we stayed with friends all except 2 nights, we did those nights in a B & B. Thus we were cc touring and only carried about 20 lbs. over our normal sport bike weight, carried in two rear panniers. This even included a dress and flats for my wife. .
Would you want to share your 20 lb packing list? We did a cc tour in CA and could not get below 40 lbs even though the captain took only bike shoes and I took no earrings :-) We had 2 rear panniers, a trunk bag, a small handlebar bag for tools and a frame bag in the stoker area for rain clothes. I know the 2 lb netbook was probably not necessary, but we really liked having that with us. It even seemed to me that necessary tools, tube, tire, liquids (sunscreen chamois cream etc) puts you quite a way toward the 20 lbs.