I think if you are lean and your gear is ultralight you might get away with wearing your pack while cycling, which simplifies everything. If you are on the heavy side though, as I am, the less weight on the saddle and handlebars the better. Once you go to putting the gear on the bike its tough though. I don't think there is a way to get around the redundancy and extra weight and having to pack and unpack. I just bought a rear rack and I am going to try and find a way to put my pack on top of it, but I like to pack it with my blue foam pad tubular in such a way that it is 30" tall, which is just way too long. I guess I could go to a narrower tube for summer, and less gear in my JAM2. I have way too much weight on my rear tire as it is though, with me pushing 230#. I think I will go with my pack on the rack, and transfer some heavy stuff like food and water to a handlebar pack. Thoughts? Yeah I know. Lose some weight. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

That's what the bike is for. It's about 80km to the Fundy Footpath, and I can stash my bike there so it makes for a nice door-to-door, bike-hike-hike-bike.

p.s. Thanks for the links.
A bit on the heavy side, but some food for thought there for sure.