Originally Posted by
nancy sv
I'm amazed that people carry their tent in their pannier! We've got panniers stuffed with other stuff that needs to be contained - it's easy to strap the tent on somewhere as it's one big item rather than a bunch of smaller pieces. I'll get creative and see what I come up with.
but your tour is a little longer than anything I everdreamed about. Since my tours are only a week long I think that I can rough it with a real minimalist tent that can fit in the panniers (only the poles won't fit in the panniers) and I probably don't carry as much stuff for a week long trip as I would for a 3 year tour.