{"id":15322,"date":"2022-04-26T21:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/04\/26\/packing-for-3-month-bike-trip\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T11:36:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:36:01","slug":"packing-for-3-month-bike-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/04\/26\/packing-for-3-month-bike-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing for a 3 month bike trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the departure date draws near I decided to do a trial packing to see just how much stuff I wanted to take and how much it weighs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19.6kg plus hand luggage \ud83d\ude2e\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"15321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15321\" data-orig-file=\"\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1650985062&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_8352\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8352.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15321\" srcset=\" 1024w,  300w,  768w,  1536w,  2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Before it got packed away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It does include some things which are for both of us: like the tent and cooking equipment. I was expecting around 20kg so a reasonable guess \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the departure date draws near I decided to do a trial packing to see just how much stuff I wanted to take and how much it weighs 19.6kg plus hand luggage \ud83d\ude2e\ud83d\ude31 It does include some things which are for both of us: like the tent and cooking equipment. 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