adding the weight of the bikes into a weight restriction where most peoples' bikes will eat up half the weight allowance.

people could get stupid and ride 16 pound bikes for touring to try to carry more gear.

that metric of bike weight would be too much of a percentage of total gear allowance to compare how people pack light, what is UL and what is SUL.

it's all really academic (pedantic?) anyway - i've never weighed my stuff! because i'm not that concerned with tallies and lists of gear, etc...but

By riding a carbon bike, you could carry jeans, a three pound tent, and still be considered UL.

including bike weight in the gear list is too weighty a matter.