Some readings...

Do you know 'Carnets d'aventure'.. well this is a french magazine talking about such things as travelling very light.. with a bike, by foot, on a kayak, ...

Found an interesting article where some french guys did the famous Chamonix-Zermatt by bike...

http://www.expemag.com/recit/chamonix-zermatt-vtt.html

This looks like a pretty good idea...