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1. Depends where I am. Campground fees vary greatly across the globe. In addition to campground fees, there are some restaurant meals and food that I prepare in the campground. And an occasional stove fuel cannister.
2. Stuff that is similar to what I eat at home, but generally modified to be simpler, preferably from one pot.
3. Almost no additional training but try to get some longer rides in during a month before the trip to get my bum more used to the shape of the saddle.
4. I have a few medical issues that control my diet wherever I go, but for bike touring you probably should try to get more protein than you otherwise would to aid muscle recovery.
5. I have three touring bikes, but what I have does not matter. You can tour on almost anything that you can put a rack onto. On my tour this past June and July in the Canadian Maritimes I noticed that most others that were bike touring were on regular hybrid bikes, not touring bikes.