mmmmartin
Random geezer
When camping i reckon you can be comfortable during the day or comfortable during the night, and how you compromise on that is up to you. TBH I don't think weight of kit really makes that much difference, given that the bike is about 12k and the rider can be anything up to 100k. A rider of 80k with a 12k bike is 92k, obvs, then two litres of water, some food, is easy to get to nearly 110k all in. Then the camping kit is on top of that so 5k takes the whole shebang to 115k and double that weight of camping kit makes it 120k, there's not a lot of difference really. And you notice it only on the hills, going up, obvs. IMHO this focus on weight is a red herring - better to spend more time planning a flatter or shorter route.