Originally Posted by
rryyaannbb
Is it really necessary to take a stove/ cooking set. I'm pretty sure I can live off cold food for a month or two, and clean water isn't really an issue if I can carry 2 litres just in bottle holders on the bike?(Oh and yeah I agree, I have boosted the food budget to at least 20 euro a day)
No not necessary, but...
My cooking/eating kit weighs anywhere from 9-11 ounces depending on choices for that trip and some of that would be carried if not cooking. Also it could be trimmed further if you really wanted to. Some of the SUL backpacking guys get their cooking/eating kit down to 3 ounces or so. Add some fuel (Yellow Heet 12 ounces for a full bottle) and the weight goes up some though.
I find that worth carrying even when I am in full gram counting mode and am carrying less than 14 pounds of gear including bags.