Mark there's always someone on forums to tell you where you're going wrong!
I don't travel light, I carry luxuries I could do without, albeit with the lightest kit I can afford, but I wouldn't dream of saying your approach is wrong any more than mine is right. Each to his own.
I read a cgoab blog of a Spanish guy who is travelling to Japan over the course of some years...
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=1&pic_id=1143806&size=large
using what appears to be 2 wastepaper bins as panniers!
I don't travel light, I carry luxuries I could do without, albeit with the lightest kit I can afford, but I wouldn't dream of saying your approach is wrong any more than mine is right. Each to his own.
I read a cgoab blog of a Spanish guy who is travelling to Japan over the course of some years...
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=1&pic_id=1143806&size=large
using what appears to be 2 wastepaper bins as panniers!