>>1152948There are upsides to touring alone. People are way less threatened if you stop at their house and ask for water. It's easier to talk to people, meet people, and you're forced to do that. You're way more likely to get invited for a meal. People are more likely to give you food/ shout you drinks/ blazes. You're way more likely to get put up by someone. People are way more likely to let you camp on their land. If you have to hitch a ride, taking one bike is possible, 2 is much harder. Stealth camping is a lot more simple with 1 person.
I'd say there's about a 50/50 split between solo & pairs/groups on the road on bicycles.
>You'll have to take a huge backpack with you.Ok, so you've never toured before. Why fearmonger about something you know nothing about? Your attitude is so similar to 'you shouldn't ride a bicycle at all' 'commuting on a bicycle is too dangerous' etc. He'll need a rack & panniers, not a backpack.
>You'll have to be able to shower somewhere dailyreally not true, it's an issue, but you don't. Cycle touring on absolute homeless spec, sleeping in bushes, hobo showering in public toilet sinks/ rivers, drinking with strangers, can be an enormous amount of fun, it's just not a good 'forever' life.
> There's no guarantee everywhere you pass through on the way will enjoy having a lone cyclist on their roads,>you could end up dead Bro there's no guarantee you're not gonna have a fucking brain haemorrage tomorrow. This isn't Sudan either, and people do tour through Sudan.
This is precisely the kind of thing that is more exciting, more of an adventure and more worthwhile to do while you're young, poor and verging on ill-prepared. It involves a lot of suffering, but suffering is unironically character building. If you're in your own country and a hitched ride/ bus trip away from home it's not that dangerous.
