My/Your tent needs
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Thats a good price. The uk price does seem expensive. Be interesting to read your review when tested
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Btw, they do a slightly cheaper version, with PU/Silicone fabric that is about 200gr heavier and -35USD, in december it worked out 110 British Pounds (139 now)
https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/collecti ... ar-solo-le
I was lucky to have a friend that is in US and will be back in March, just in time for the season to be in full swing. In the meantime I will use, likely next month, the Trekkertent Stealth1 with its solid fabric inner, pretty good in bad weather though the addition of the inner tent makes it a bit cramped
https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/collecti ... ar-solo-le
I was lucky to have a friend that is in US and will be back in March, just in time for the season to be in full swing. In the meantime I will use, likely next month, the Trekkertent Stealth1 with its solid fabric inner, pretty good in bad weather though the addition of the inner tent makes it a bit cramped
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best,
since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.
Thus you remember them as they actually are...
since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.
Thus you remember them as they actually are...
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I use a Tarptent Moment, the original single skin type, for cycle camping. Mine has the optional breathable liner - it's like adding the roof, but not the walls, of an inner tent. So it's a halfway house between a single skin and a double skin tent. It has sitting room (I'm 6ft) and enough space (just) in the porch for a couple of panniers and basic cooking gear.
It uses a single hoop pole and just two pegs - though I have added a supporting guy to each side of the hoop for a bit of extra stability in a breeze. Either way it is very quick to put up and take down - this was a major part of its appeal to me when I bought it (second hand from someone on this forum). I've used it for a number of UK summer (so sometimes quite wet!) tours and have been very pleased with it. I normally use commercial campsites, and ones that are fairly sheltered at that. If I planned to camp in windy and/or exposed locations I might prefer something with a few more guying points.
https://backpackinglight.com/orsm09_tarptent_moment/
The Moment has now been replaced by the Moment DW (Double Wall).
For car based camping I often prefer to use a very old Ultimate The Tent, a double A Frame sleeved pole design. Very robust and reassuring, but a bit heavy for solo cycle camping (about 3.7kg I think).
It uses a single hoop pole and just two pegs - though I have added a supporting guy to each side of the hoop for a bit of extra stability in a breeze. Either way it is very quick to put up and take down - this was a major part of its appeal to me when I bought it (second hand from someone on this forum). I've used it for a number of UK summer (so sometimes quite wet!) tours and have been very pleased with it. I normally use commercial campsites, and ones that are fairly sheltered at that. If I planned to camp in windy and/or exposed locations I might prefer something with a few more guying points.
https://backpackinglight.com/orsm09_tarptent_moment/
The Moment has now been replaced by the Moment DW (Double Wall).
For car based camping I often prefer to use a very old Ultimate The Tent, a double A Frame sleeved pole design. Very robust and reassuring, but a bit heavy for solo cycle camping (about 3.7kg I think).