Originally Posted by
Davet
They are not loading their bikes with a lot of weight, but there's lots of volume.
I forgot to mention this in my other response. By most standards they are almost certainly carrying a lot of weight. As indyfabz said one of them has 25 pounds of empty panniers and trailer. That is already as much as a fair number of folks carry before they even put a bit of gear in it.
They may be happy carrying that much and I hope they are, but I can't imagine why they would want to