Originally Posted by
nancy sv
I wrote about that on our site a while ago -
http://familyonbikes.org/resources/food.htm
As for water, we can't stand carrying camelbaks and getting even more sweaty. We carry a bunch of water bottles on our bikes and use them - between the three bikes and two BOBs we can carry 18 water bottles. (We use two of the water bottle cages for fuel bottles for the stove, so we really only have space for 16 water bottles, but that works!)
If we were passing through the desert and needed more water capacity, we would get a gallon jug and strap it on somewhere.
Thanks for the reply. Nice site. You have some lucky kids. They must be pretty tough from all the cycling.
Anyway, I won't be cooking this time. So you have 3 bikes with 16 bottles of drinkable water. I guess I could just ditch the Camelbak and try to find room for 5 bottles. My frame has 2 bottle mounts so I suppose I could stick three more in the back and that would do it for me.
I'd like to try to do it as light as possible this time. I was hoping not to need panniers. Maybe just a handlebar bag, seat bag, and a trunk bag.