My smart new tent!

[Big Lee]

Here`s a couple of pics of my new tent It`s a 2 man North Face Roadrunner 22
A bargain of £120 down from £200

well pleased although I could`ve done with it on my Scotland jolly, although there`s always next year

 

[Shane]

What size does it pack into?

 

[Bananaman]

I lamented about camping out last year, had a really tepid time with the guys when we were in our teens in the Lakes and dales on bikes. Go to Scotland , get back to nature and it will be cheap.
So I bought a 2 man tent, gas stove, pans, sleeping bag etc..etc..etc.
Never again ....rose tinted glasses and all that.
Don't give a damn what the B&B costs, it's worth it just for the lack of a bad back, not to mention all the rigging and derigging of the gear.
Well it was raining so I may bias...........thinks.........................................(nope I am not) camping is the worst of all worlds, only marginally better than a caravan.

Let the kid's play in it, and have a few beers in it, but FFS dont go camping it's SH1T

 

[NorthernBoy]

I love the idea of camping, setting off with everything I need on the bike, stopping where I want, cooking beans and sausages, and cooling my beers in the stream.

Unfortunately, I love proper beds, showers, and getting changed at the end of a long ride before having a proper meal in a nice pub, more.

I just can't see myself ever choosing to camp in Western Europe. Parking a £10k bike out in the open, where no-one can hear my screams, well, it just seems a little risky, which is sad.

 

[Fenlander Strasse]

North face make good tents - don't think much of the choice of campsite though....

 

[Big Lee]

LOL! It was the best I could do at short notice!

My last tent lasted me 20 yearsish so I`m hoping this will too

I like camping, the invention of the thermarest was a godsend 8 years ago Mrs Big Lee & me went camping round France for 3 weeks & it was great just popping out of the tent making a brew & having a bit of brekky in the outside rather than getting what you`re given in some hell hole B&B you`ve been forced to take cos you were late in the evening before

Here`s the blurb on it including pack size. Taking the poles out & strapping them to the bike reduces the pack size somewhat.




2 Person
Three-season backpacking

This tent also uses a new silicone/PU flysheet material which provides extra water-repellency, greater resistance to UV breakdown, greater compressibility for easy packing, taped seams


Specifications:
Sleeps: 2
Season: Three-season
Total Weight: 2.68kg
Trail Weight: 2.37kg
Packed Size: 58cm x 19cm
Doors: 2
Vestibule Area (Front): 0.8 m²
Vestibule Area (Rear): 0.8 m²
Area: 3.3 m²


Fabrics:
Canopy: 40 denier, 240 T nylon ripstop
Fly: 33D, 244T nylon with silicone DWR and 1500mm PU
Floor: 70 denier, 210T nylon taffeta coated with 5000 mm PU
Poles: DAC Featherlite SL aluminium


Features:
DAC Featherlite aluminium poles
Silicone/PU flysheet with taped seams
Continuous pole sleeves
Taped, nylon taffeta true bucket floor
Freestanding design with two vestibules
Colour-coded flysheet attachments
Drop doors
Brow pole creates additional headroom in vestibules
Durable polyurethane windows, cold crack tested to 60°F
Multiple guy points
Reflective guyline loops and zipper cording
Fly-only pitching
Internal pockets and hang loops
Compression stuffsack included