Pop upTent.

[Stretchamus]

Hi, has anyone tried to mount a pop up tent to the bike, you know the kind, they are disc shaped.
In fact is it possible and safe.

Thanks in advance of any help.

Best regards Stretch

 

[midnitemo]

pop up tent...never laughed so much in my life!

Was at a saturday night campover rock do with the lads when a guy pulls up on a varadero just as its getting dark , got a pop up tent on his back worn like a rucksack(looked a bit gay...sort of like party wings...he was a big burly bloke) so he leaps of the bike , opens the cover and throws said tent in the air with a flourish and voila and of he stomps to the bar...i was vagueley impressed...10 min's quicker to the bar than mine! it got a bit chilly overnight and the poor fekker was cold...bless! he got up in the morning and spent over 30 min's trying to wrestle the fekker back into the bag...how we laughed!

 

[andy123]

Borrowed one to see if I liked it, therefore: Experience = yes, happy = no ... awkward bl**dy shape when in bag, cold and rubbish in any wind and then you have the humiliation of packing it back up which requires at least two extra arms and the dexterity of an olympic prestidigitator.

Will stick with my normal two man tent thankyewverymuch.

 

[anthonybrown]

If you are looking for a pop up tent that fold up into a bag have a look at this link http://www.slumit.co.uk/

 

[digga]

If you are looking for a pop up tent that fold up into a bag have a look at this link http://www.slumit.co.uk/

Looks very similar to the Khyham 'Biker'

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Never found a single skin tent that works.
Always end up clammy with condensation.

Not sure what you mean by 'mounting it to the bike'.

 

[Stretchamus]

Never found a single skin tent that works.
Always end up clammy with condensation.

Not sure what you mean by 'mounting it to the bike'.

It comes as 75 x 75cm disc, so I guess its a non starter

Oh well back to the drawing board

Thank you all for you're responses

Best regards Stretch

 

[Rob Farmer]

Not all the pop ups are single skin. Decatlon's range have a double skin starting from £20

Decathlon tents

 

[Nailer]

The Quechua Popup tents are fantastic. I have the whole range for camping with the family.. The one man popup is fine for the bike it is small enough to be strapped to the side of one of the panniers..

 

[Flipfly]

I use a quencha pop up day room when I am racing. I can pack it away in less than 5 minutes and put it up in 5 including pegging it down.

Not good in the wind, but ok in a breeze.

 

[everywherevirtually]

Saw this bloke roll up at the HU event in 2009. There were a few chuckles.

Took the term 'overloaded' to a new level.

I'm planning on getting the Quechua Air III for a car trip. I wouldn't attach one to a big though. Too ungainly and likely to get caught in a moving part or the wind.

 

[Mutley]

Proof positive that our roads are no longer policed by common sense but only by scameras

 

[diplomaticdanny]

I work for Gelert so I am biased but we have a quick pitch compact that packs away 59x59 cm. We have also reduced the pack size of the Rocky 2 & 3 which are much better tents and tiny, the 2 packs to 41x17x17 & the 3 to 59x15x15. If you want to go really small we also do the double skin Solo at 39x12x11. Quick pitch compact will take longer over all as the other tents are easy to get back in the bag.

 

[Ceri JC]

The Quechua Popup tents are fantastic. I have the whole range for camping with the family.. The one man popup is fine for the bike it is small enough to be strapped to the side of one of the panniers..

Probably due to the very bendy poles and their shape, normal pop ups deal badly with wind. Fine in a family campsite nicely screened by trees, not so hot on a mountain top. Although I've no direct experience of them (other than having looked at them, doing a bit of "tyre kicking" and watching them in winds), one thing I've heard several times is that for some reason the Quechua pop up tents seem to deal with wind a lot better than other pop ups.

Personally, small pack size relative to large size when up, along with short pole length (to allow it to fit in panniers) is my main requirement of all tents other than car camping ones, followed by wind resistance and snow-shedding. Pack speed is waaay down the list, particularly as I've never been slow at pitching normal tents.