• litchralee
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    1 year ago

    I’m quite curious about this, as I’ve never gone bike camping before, although it has long appealed to me. It seems to me that 200 kg is substantial for a two-wheeled machine, if I assume a scenario with a 50 kg ebike and a 100 kg rider. I had presumed that bike camping uses equipment more similar to backpacking, from where I’ve heard the adage “ounces mean pounds, and pounds mean pain”. How much would camping gear normally weight?

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      1 year ago

      Bike camping allows for a lot more weight and bulk. Total oz do not matter as much and so people do use larger tents, more cookware and the like. I’ve seen mini rv trailers pulled by an ebike, something you wouldn’t do when backpacking or even acoustic bike camping. If you think of backpacking camping then via bike it makes no difference, but people often want a little more luxury when camping .

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        1 year ago

        Ah, I see. So this would be closer to “car camping” than backpacking. The weight and cargo capabilities now make sense to me in this context. Thanks!