Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Madison, WI
Bikes: 1961 Ideor, 1966 Perfekt 3 Speed AB Hub, 1994 Bridgestone MB-6, 2006 Airnimal Joey, 2009 Thorn Sherpa, 2013 Thorn Nomad MkII, 2015 VO Pass Hunter, 2017 Lynskey Backroad, 2017 Raleigh Gran Prix, 1980s Bianchi Mixte on a trainer. Others are now gone.
I bought an air mattress for my second bike tour. The self inflating pad that I used on my first tour was too big. Even though my new air mattress weighed more than the old pad, I have stuck with air mattresses since for bike touring because they pack down much smaller.
Sometimes on a bike tour where I know in advance that I will be far from grocery stores, I might have over 20 liters of food. My Iceland trip, I think I had over 30 liters of food when I went into the interior, had two and a half weeks of food.