Creativity in problem solving is part of touring ...
I used and discarded cardboard boxes as my bike tours did not always form a loop , starting in one country and leaving from another..
Where I am now , A touring destination, some people use a hard case and pay to have it shipped to where they next will use it.
Or use a cardboard box ...
at the end of the season there is a service to box and ship of bikes for people who end their transcontinental tours here..
Reusing boxes and packing materials from earlier bikes built up for crossing the other way , and new bikes on the sales floor..
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My last tour I started in Dublin , and left from Aberdeen made up a long enough box from 2, with a good amount of packing tape
my panniers in plastic bags used for shipping chicken feed grains ...
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Last edited by fietsbob; 01-08-19 at 11:47 AM.