Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I have always had problems wrapping my head around why people carry tents like this. I just don't see the logic. Pannier space is too valuable to waste on tents. If you carry panniers, we can assume that you have a rack and that is the perfect place to carry tent and sleeping bag.
Why would you care? If people have the pannier space to put a tent in one, and that's how they prefer to pack, how does that negatively impact you?