Originally Posted by
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Thanks everybody. The tires are 700's. I won't be carrying more than 30 pounds of gear. I do quite a lot of backpacking and the focus has been on ultralight. I normally carry around 45 pounds, but that's 10 days of food and a days supply of water. Maybe, I can get it all on my sectuer. Even with gear weight, the bike would still have less than 200 pounds. Why then, when I see people traveling, their bikes look loaded?
The numbers you shared put you quite far from "focus on ultralight".
I do self-supported tours with no more than 18 lbs luggage, panniers included.
Lots of tourers carry much more than me, I have no clue why, nor do I care, but all of their bikes "look loaded".
If I saw you with your "30 pounds of gear" on the bike, your bike would "look loaded" to me as well.
Suum cuique.