Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
I am sure that more people will shift to bike packing gear, but I am quite confident that the median will continue to be a bike with racks and panniers....
we're really talking two completely different styles of touring here.
two different mindsets and approaches to a similar activity.
the one is a hardcore, ninja "adventure" to cover as much as possible in the shortest span competition.
the other is a relaxed vacationing, slow down and smell the roses style of travel.
at least that's the way i see it, never having done the first.
i can see the attraction of ninja touring.....for short periods.
might be fun for a week or ten days, but for longer rides?
the spartan lifestyle - sleeping in a hefty garbage bag, cooking
ramen over a soda can stove - is gonna get old pretty quick.