Check for hanging straps or bungee cords every time you finish packing your bicycle. Otherwise, you will wrap them around the freewheel or spokes. The result scan tear up your wheel alignment and worse. You will find your own style for placing equipment. However, the fuel bottle is a potentially troublesome item.
Some riders place it in their lower water bottle clip on the down tube.
You can wrap it in plastic and set it upright in the rear pouch of your pannier. In either case, be certain to secure the opening from leakage. Camera Equipment Care Keep your camera equipment in plastic bags at all times. While on tour, dust swirls around you from cars and the wind. Also, you must be concerned about rain.