Scoop out a hole in the sand and bury the bag. You could also bury a stick, this also works on snow. Quickly attach Fredd to your Rig Tarp with our Clipper accessory carabiners. Send us your photos! Equip yourself for long days of traversing spurs, cols and tops with a 30 litre Ledge day pack and Carbonlong walking poles.
A chimney resting on the ground and with a clamp on the chimney under a stove or roof jack supporting a square tarp as a centre pole is so simple but not used by any of the tents you have listed. A pole support keeping the tarp above a persons head in each corner at midpoint between centre and tent corner.
No doors are needed because each side can be lifted for entry or ventilation. A stove with inside baffle can hang on the chimney. I have been experimenting with centre pole chimneys for years. It is a concept that works so well but must be so radical to be accepted. I am 82 and the chimney centre pole idea might die with me. Google chimpac.
Check out what I have done. I have been using my chimney as centre pole for years. I have a simple connector to hang a stove on the chimney. I make the roof jack from 2 tin can lids. A square tarp can be pitched to give more usable space than a teepee. All sides tight to the ground or all all sides raised to cool off. Stove has a baffle that stops all sparks from burning tent and makes cook top hotter than the chimney. Stove is always vertical, frying and boiling on top and broiling in an open top kettle under the bottom ash pan.
Fine but how do you keep the midges out? Serioulsy — the idea is great and I like the super-lighweight bit of a tarp, but you are surely not thinking that anyone in Scotland would use it? It allowed me to anchor the foot end to the bench, a fraction higher than normal, and use the front wheel still attached to the inverted bike to provide a higher front structure.
And it worked well. There was just enough height to get in and out whilst taking off my muddy shoes. In practice. The tarp is light, strong and waterproof and the Bug Bivy does a great job of keeping out the bugs whilst allowing for air circulation. I also like the internal straps inside the bivi which keep the sleeping mat in place. A larger tarp would help by offering a greater scope for pitching variants.
But with the increase in size come an increase in weight which takes it into the light weight tent category. Perhaps a larger tarp shared between two people would allow for a central bike support with sleeping either side under the angle? I could have pitched the tarp bias to one side allowing better access along one length but this would have left the bivi quite exposed on one side.
I also found that mud and condensation didn't help when trying to pack everything away. I had been rolling my sleeping bag, sleeping mat, pillow and Bug Bivy up as one for ease of packing into my front bar bag for transport but this didn't work when the base of the bivi was wet.
There is something to be said for being able to pack your gear away inside a tent when it's raining outside, leaving only the wet tent to contend with. It's difficult to achieve this in a bivi setup. I ended up using benches and tables to pack my gear whilst waiting for my tarp and Bug Bivy base to semi dry.
Design improvements. I like the simplicity of rolling my sleeping kit up together in one bag but this only works when the base of the Bug Bivy is dry. This will allow me to pack up all my gear, whilst still under the shelter, leaving me with only a wet tarp and muddy footprint to deal with.
These can easily be stowed in a separate bag away from my dry gear. However with this additional weight, say g, am I pushing the weight into realms of a light weight tent? The other improvement would be to continue to try alternate layouts for the bike and tarp to gain a few extra inches head height. So is there a place for bikepacking with a tarp?
Updated for , it features more interior space and a fully stuffable body. The two stake set-up and weather worthiness of the Moment DW make it a popular choice for cyclists who need a quickly-pitched tent to handle a wide variety of conditions. Updated for , the struts can be easily removed so the tent body is fully stuffable! The Cloudburst 3 has room for 3 or, according to Bikepacking. Some may find that the equation for the ratio of comfort to space is a little different when the weight is on your bike, not on your back.
Our most popular solo shelter, the ProTrail is the lightest, most compact option for bike travel. The Aeon Li is our lightest shelter. The Aeon Li is a great choice for a gravel road tour or long weekend down the coast. The StratoSpire 1 is our best-performing solo model across the widest range of weather conditions. In addition to the strength and space, some bike travelers choose the StratoSpire 1 or its big sibling the StratoSpire 2 or its ultralight sibling the StratoSpire Li because it is possible to fit a bike in the vestibule area.
Looking for a way to carry your tent poles separate from the tent body? Got a rip or tear in your Tarptent? Fear not! My last concern was how various handlebars would work with the conversion kit. They would act as a knife, cutting the fabric of the tarp itself. The weight of the UD FK Tarp is pretty light, so bringing it along, but not using it not that much of a liability, when compared to something like a full-on tent.
I do wonder if it would satisfy some customers at least psychologically to just tie two bowline knots for each side of the guylines directly around the seatpost. The Velcro is what would worry me the most although as said earlier, happy to see that you found it very stable.
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