If we are planning to cycle from London to Sicily carrying our own equipment-tent, sleeping bag, cooking utensils etc., what size of pannier should we be looking at? In the shops they range from 20 to 56 litre capacity but for our trip, we might not need that much.
Do you prefer spreading the load around the bike or just on the back racks-Is it easier to to get two large or four medium sized panniers? We have made a list of equipment, do you know of any companies that sells large deals with many bits included or is it better to buy individually? how much spare equipment do you think we should take out and how much of it can we buy out there, as France and Italy are pretty keen on Cycling?
tom