>>1433382christ have you ever ridden long distances/durations with a camping pack on your back? It extremely sucks.
All the weight attached to your torso impedes your ability to move your body around quickly to maintain balance in tricky situations, the weight is all high up which fucks with your balance even more, making technical climbs much harder and increasing the risk of endo'ing on descents, and when the going gets rough enough that you have to hike-a-bike, all the weight is still on your fuckin' back instead of being carried by the bike. Oh, and unless you have a dumbass upright hybrid or beach cruiser, body position on a bike is more horizontal and when you're hiking so all of the assumptions that when into designing the pack supports are out the window and it's gonna chafe in all sorts of weird places.
I draw the line at a camelbak. Anything bigger should go on the bike.
>>1433422yes
>>1432970Not the person you're asking, but, you think that's a lot of water? That's only about 2.5L or so. Remember, some of that water is likely getting used for cooking.
In the desert, I generally do 4.5L of water for a day's worth of riding + cooking meals, so 9L for two days (that's 20lbs of water in american). I've never had to go further than that without some sort of pre-planned reliable refill location.
