Originally Posted by Squeezebox

There's just a lot of stuff you really don't need on a bicycle tour. Also there is backpacking gear much better suited for bicycle touring. Riding a 100lb bicycle is way different than a 40lb bicycle and gear. Yes! and I think 40 lb. is much safer, steering and braking. No reason to pack for car camping on a bicycle. You might as well bring the car also. You can ride with a partner and do the 2 car shuffle, then you're just doing a string of day rides, and carrying close to nothing on the bicycle.
And it still is a bicycle tour.