Bicycle Travel Tents?
 

My wife and I are planning to slow things down a bit, and cycle from England to Africa! Some help with Tent options pls. For two people, light and packs down small. Whats popular in the cycling world?
Nick. www.pooleglobaltrek.com

I've just bought a Vango Tempset (I think ) 300 and am very pleased with it. Packs down small, is light but also has enough room to do the usual tenty things, plus keep your gear. I think it was about £90.00 and we use it on both bikes and m/bikes.:D

Belle

Tent.
 

Hi.
Bought a Terra Nova Laserlarge2 last year.
2kg, sleeps two and terra nova claim that you can store 2 cycles in the front porch.
Folds up a lot smaller than the bag it comes in.
Not been cycling with it yet but it's not too bad on moto's.
Dave.

I think I can recommend Terra Nova tents as well. Ten years ago I had a Wild Country Zephyr (made by Terra Nova) and used it on a cycling trip from Canada to Mexico. Don't know what total use it's had, but that trip lasted nearly four months and I slept in it for 101 consecutive nights. I bought a new tent recently for a planned long motorbike trip and would have bought another Zephyr but it's not made anymore, so now have a Terra Nova Voyager. It looks even better quality and is lighter.

Thanks for the tips guys, I'll keep looking, loads to look at!!

Hey I admit that this is blatant selling but i also highly recommended it.
But I am selling the perfect thing for you and it is cheap too
North Face Slickrock 2-man tent £40

• Mountaineering style with half fly for smaller weight, has one tear in footprint that has been professionally repaired, great lightweight backpacking tent
• weight 4 lb 1 oz (1.85 kg), surface area 33.0 sq. ft. (3.1 sq. m), footprint dimensions 87" x 58" (221 cm x 147 cm), peak height 38" (97 cm), 2 doors, 2 poles, free-standing, minimum stakes required 2, 7 stakeout points
• BackpackGearTest.org - TNF Slickrock Tent Owner Review by Peggy Dodson
• BackpackGearTest.org - TNF Slickrock Tent Owner Review by Bill Ward

some pic are here...
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i will be posting all this stuff in the for sale section too.

I like Hilleberg a lot, in all sorts of conditions. Definitely worth a look, although there are certainly cheaper options.

Hope that helps.

Mark

If you are on a budget, then Decathlon do reasonable tents at reasonable prices. Some are wellknown brands, some are Decathlon's own brand (Quechua):

Backpacking tents.

If you are looking ....
 

..... for some serious, high-quality tents at an affordable price, you might want to visit thise site:

Rejka Outgear

I got a tent similar to this one which I bought 8 years ago. Took it to quite some touring, had torrential downpours, taifuns and whatever :stormy: - it did great! The tent is still in perfect condition and I will be using it during this year's Hokkaido touring again. For a similar tent with similar specifications made by a "well-known" company would would have to pay more $$$$! Just check their homepage, even though all is in German (but hell - we got free online translating tools now). Agai, I am in no way connected to this company, don't get any pay-offs, just want to help others as much as I can. When or if you get with them, maybe you want to mention my name - might result in a minor (or bigger???) discount - who knows! :clap: JUst always keep in mind: you get what you pay for!