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Originally Posted by Tim Cullis
.., but a proper tent with sleeping, cooking gear and food adds considerably to the weight. And some of the time during your 15 months you will be in the winter months when it's an awful long time dark with not much to do in a tent once you've made your meal.
Your challenge is to find a bike that's light but sturdy enough to take the weight of your luggage. If you get an older less expensive bike you will find the carnet costs cheaper, and you can put the money towards staying in hostels rather than camping.
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Cooking meals while camping is overrated; I used to carry all that stuff until old wise traveler told me: cold food is still food. Since then I carry a couple cans meat, fish, etc as emergency maybe nuts and trail mix.
You can get a decent tent ~4lbs. Add sleeping bag and pad should be under 7-8lbs total, ~3.5kg. I wouldn't wanna sleep anywhere without fully enclosed tent where scorpions or poisonous spiders could be a problem, hypothetically. And while at it take all your gear and riding boots in, just to be safe.
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