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You may find that dried foods, stored in plastic bags are the most space-efficient way of packing.

Boxes are actually the least efficient, because as they empty, there is a lot of space left unused. Halfway through the capacity of your Tupperware boxes, 50% of your space is wasted.

Plastic bags take the shape of wherever you store them, so are very efficient, the best possible. And they weigh less, and are free along the trip.

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I agree about the boxes but if I pack and use boxes the space stays the same, if I pack with bags I'm never really sure how much space I have!
Not sure that sentence makes sense?
It's a bit like having your waterproofs in the pannier, then it rains so waterproofs are now worn, loads of space in the panniers but you can't use it because the waterproofs have to go back in when the sun comes out.

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Cam,
I agree about the boxes but if I pack and use boxes the space stays the same, if I pack with bags I'm never really sure how much space I have!
Not sure that sentence makes sense?
It's a bit like having your waterproofs in the pannier, then it rains so waterproofs are now worn, loads of space in the panniers but you can't use it because the waterproofs have to go back in when the sun comes out.

We'll I know what I mean

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If you have a rigid box, full of say pasta, and you use half the pasta over a day or two, then you have a half empty box to lug around. When it's empty, it still takes up the space it did when full.

If you use a plastic bag, it never has wasted space because it forms round whatever remains. So it's 100% efficient, where box only works efficiently when full.

I think you knew that...

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Cam,
That's what I was getting at my friend, OK now you have all this space (because you food "bags" are empty) for 24 hours until you stop tomorrow morning to stock up on the few days food, what use is all that free space? It's just free space for a short period of time.
We had a similar problem with dirty laundry, I carried it in my panniers, so some days I could hardly close the lid, other days I had 10 litres of spare space. Solution : I carried my dirty laundry and my wife carried hers. Nothing changed in the panniers.

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That's what I was getting at my friend, OK now you have all this space (because you food "bags" are empty) for 24 hours until you stop tomorrow morning to stock up on the few days food, what use is all that free space? It's just free space for a short period of time.
We had a similar problem with dirty laundry, I carried it in my panniers, so some days I could hardly close the lid, other days I had 10 litres of spare space. Solution : I carried my dirty laundry and my wife carried hers. Nothing changed in the panniers.

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If you use boxes that stack inside each other when not in use, you'll have more room for your mucky washing when it's not raining.
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Cheers guys.
Getting back on track I'm not worried about space (well sort of), just a functional mobile larder.
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As far as flexible soft foods are concerned, I often take an extra large helmet. Filling the space around my head with the sqwuishy food, and icebags from the fridge I can of course keep the food and my head cool at the same time.
Works particularly well with soft garlicky cheese, full face lids giving more capacity and in transit security.
Handling is improved since the weight is off the bike, and my concentration is improved with the inbuilt cooling from the cheese. If you have a really long tongue you don't even have to stop to have a nibble. Cheesesticks can also be strapped to the bars for variety of accompaniment.

I'm amazed more people don't make more use of their helmet space!


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As far as flexible soft foods are concerned, I often take an extra large helmet. Filling the space around my head with the sqwuishy food, and icebags from the fridge I can of course keep the food and my head cool at the same time.
Works particularly well with soft garlicky cheese, full face lids giving more capacity and in transit security.
Handling is improved since the weight is off the bike, and my concentration is improved with the inbuilt cooling from the cheese. If you have a really long tongue you don't even have to stop to have a nibble. Cheesesticks can also be strapped to the bars for variety of accompaniment.

I'm amazed more people don't make more use of their helmet space!


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You may find that dried foods, stored in plastic bags are the most space-efficient way of packing.

Boxes are actually the least efficient, because as they empty, there is a lot of space left unused. Halfway through the capacity of your Tupperware boxes, 50% of your space is wasted.

Plastic bags take the shape of wherever you store them, so are very efficient, the best possible. And they weigh less, and are free along the trip.

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