Completely agree-wind, rain or snow(With an outfit it's easier, and can be done on a push bike as well-often have winter rides-Should see me and dawn in a blizzard!)) but ride to live , live to ride. That's why MAG)M (motorcycle) A (action) G (group) have arrive on bike only rallies. Much better than bike on trailer-polish it, start it up, pose then put it under plastic again.BMF you can arrive with your bike tucked behind.

We also do CTC-cycle touring club rallies, turn up on a bike and camp. We have a 4 man Outwell cassaa grande' plus,(7Kg) Dawn and I split the load between us, as well as front and rear panniers. Last year at the York rally, some itinerant bikers (cyclists) were walking past and said "they never got that here on a bike" to which I replied, bollocks can't ye peddle with anything more than a little bag strapped to yer cycle.When we tour for the summer, you need to take everything your gonna need for a month. Including fishing gear for me, books, cooking gear-clean clothes, eating, swimming, washing,gear etc. Dawn and I cycle with up to 75-90 pounds each on our bikes. Matt has about 10 Kg, Freja about 2-3Kg (She's only 9) it's a question of how you want to do it, and how much you are prepared to carry. We stopped some guy in Holland a couple of years ago, his gear must have weighed only a few Kg, but he was dirty and smelly.- no it wasn't skipjack in his lycra-Hey man, you should have told me before we went to Belgium!!!!!