Originally Posted by
SweetLou
I don't consider self-supported and loaded to be the same. I consider "loaded" to mean that everything that is needed to eat, sleep, ride, etc is carried. Supported means you have a SAG wagon or such. So, if you are credit card touring, going from hotel to hotel, eating in restaurants, etc. then that would be self-supported, but not loaded.
That's what I would call 'fully loaded'. Anything between that and a SAG would be 'loaded'.
It doesn't really matter what you call it at the end of the day, it's all 'cycletouring'.