Tent question

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MartDude · #16 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:45 pm

Nooj wrote:
and b) I fell in love with it!
That's just weird.

That's trikers for you

randomsquid · #17 Post by **randomsquid** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:44 pm

I've been chuffed with my Khyam one touch thing. Durable, quite cheap and I can get erected in under a minute. Downside is they're bulky to lug about for the amount of accommodation.

BikerGran · #18 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:10 pm

Suggestion -

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-ata ... nt-p143499

It has details of pack size and weight - I've no idea what you would want to carry but it doesn't look too bad to me.[/quote]

D-Rider · #19 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:29 pm

randomsquid wrote:I've been chuffed with my Khyam one touch thing.

.............. and I can get erected in under a minute.

Not sure that Mart can rival that - even with his blue pills and several touches

Samray · #20 Post by **Samray** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:30 pm

Khyam Sutra?

MartDude · #21 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:31 pm

These are the ones I'm considering; not too heavy or bulky for taking on the bike, though although certainly not meant for back-packing (not that I'm likely to be doing much of that any more)

http://www.vango.co.uk/tents/atlas-300.html

http://www.vango.co.uk/tents/beta-350.html

http://www.lichfield-outdoor.co.uk/Tent ... e.tpl.html

BikerGran · #22 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:39 pm

I thought you werte after something you could stand upright in? How tall are you?

Aladinsaneuk · #23 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:44 pm

Beta 350 would be my choice

MartDude · #24 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:55 pm

BikerGran wrote:I thought you werte after something you could stand upright in? How tall are you?

Not quite, Bobbi. Such a tent would be too large & heavy for bike camping; I'm after something a few inches higher, and a little roomier, than the usual smaller tents.

Sorry if I misled you.

Samray · #25 Post by **Samray** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:00 pm

The Lichfield looks nice but there is no price on there ... and it hasn't got Van Gogh's name on it.

MartDude · #26 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:04 pm

They're all available cheaper than the manufacturers' RRPs; e.g. the Beta 350 is around £80 at several distributors, against Vango's RRP of £110.

A friend suggested that the vibrations of a bike can impair the structural integrity of the fibreglass poles; anyone got any knowledge of this?

BikerGran · #27 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:05 pm

MartDude wrote:
BikerGran wrote: Such a tent would be too large & heavy for bike camping;.
A friend has a tipi style tent - he uses a trailer on his bike.

MartDude · #28 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:10 pm

BikerGran wrote:
MartDude wrote:
BikerGran wrote: Such a tent would be too large & heavy for bike camping;.
A friend has a tipi style tent - he uses a trailer on his bike.
For goodness' sake! May as well just go by car.

Samray · #29 Post by **Samray** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:10 pm

MartDude wrote:They're all available cheaper than the manufacturers' RRPs; e.g. the Beta 350 is around £80 at several distributors, against Vango's RRP of £110.

A friend suggested that the vibrations of a bike can impair the structural integrity of the fibreglass poles; anyone got any knowledge of this/

He ride a Hardly?
Not a prob I've come across.

BikerGran · #30 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:11 pm

I've never had a pole problem.