Originally Posted by
Machka
Yes, to me, expedition touring is doing something like a trek across Siberia or an end-to-end across South America where your bicycle is built tough and able to endure all sorts of road surfaces, and where you carry everything you might need (and then some) because you might not be able to get it where you're going.
Ultralight touring is something completely different.
That's a great point, I probably chose the wrong term for that category. My intention for the category was to describe those for whom getting from A to B is the sole purpose of the ride and usually do so at the sacrifice of comfort, like the sea voyagers of the past intending to expedite trade routes. Maybe "Endurance tourist" or something like that would better describe it.