>>1933206I think there's a bit of a contradiction with the whole bikepacking thing if you're into the camping part.
So, riding singletrack with panniers is pretty sketchy because you can clip them and easily snap the hooks just riding, or if you slide out and put the bike down. So I definitely see the downside of a conventional setup. Although my CX bike is fun on pretty much any trail/gravel road short of bad washboarding or extremely technical rides that tend not to go places. I don't hesitate to ride 'mtb' routes while touring.
If you're actually riding backcountry though, you could well need way more gear, be it camping at altitude, taking a week of food, taking shoes you can tramp in, etc. And if you're going to set up a campsite and actually hang out there, you simply may want to take a camp chair, or a paperback, or a hatchet, fishing gear or any number of non-weight weenie things. A bikepacking setup is an extreme space constraint and everyone i meet who rides one complains about it.
The ethos of bikepacking is gear minimalism but -also- riding to places that are supposedly isolated and worth spending time in.
>>1934408thanks man
