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Use a Banshee 200 and found it an excellent lightweight tent for cycle touring. It has stood up to some pretty severe weather with no problems. Mine pitches inner first, with the poles slotting through sleeves on the inner. One advantage I have found of this is that in hot conditions on a night time it is possible just to pitch the inner and sleep in that. Of course you need to be confident there will be no rain during the night to do this!

Rode this path last week for the first time after completing the Walney to Whitby coast to coast ride. One of the reasons it is such a bad surface in places is because of the hilly nature of the path. We rode it after a severe rainstorm the night before and the area around Ravenscar had been affected by water eroding the surface as it flowed down the hills. Over time this has created some deep ruts in the surface. Can only see this getting worse without some major remedial action. Sadly, I think the poor condition of the surface in some parts is likely to deter the casual cyclist from venturing too far on it. However, I would echo a previous comment in saying that it is also a beautiful route to take (and I did it on a loaded bike with camping gear and suffered no mishaps).