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Topic: Cycle Touring Camping

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parttimecamper

01/12/2019 at 7:20am
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Morning everyone.

Any recommendations for small light tent ⛺️ that would be suitable for Cycle Touring? Thinking of cycling the Isle of Wight in the summer for a couple of days, but undecided wether to book hotels/B&Bs or campsites and carry my gear.

Anyone else out there that has done this?

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Poppy9560

01/12/2019 at 11:49am
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if you're on facebook join wild camping uk - the members of that group have lots of experience and will give good advice

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Are you looking for a one person tent? And what's your budget? A bargain one person tent is the Alpkit Soloist. Fab tent and packs up into a reasonable size and not a bad price at all

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Wild Country Zephyros 1 man tent .
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Force 10 Helium 100.

These are examples for what you require.
Check reviews .

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Caligula

02/12/2019 at 2:30pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Poppy9560 on 01/12/2019
if you're on facebook join wild camping uk - the members of that group have lots of experience and will give good advice

If not, have a look at Life in the Wilderness...they have a section specific to this?

parttimecamper

03/12/2019 at 9:27pm
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Thanks, will take a look.

One person will be fine, I hope. Budget isn't a issue, more thinking about weight and how easy to put up/take down.

Will be travelling light, toiletries, change of clothes. Plan is to eat out/buy fresh.

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Quote: Originally posted by parttimecamper on 01/12/2019
Morning everyone.

Any recommendations for small light tent ⛺️ that would be suitable for Cycle Touring? Thinking of cycling the Isle of Wight in the summer for a couple of days, but undecided wether to book hotels/B&Bs or campsites and carry my gear.

Anyone else out there that has done this?

Do you really need a tent to do a cycle tour around the Isle of Wight, I thought you could do the full distance around the island in half an hour?

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For my cycle tours from Manchester to Scotland via the Lakes, I started off with a Terranova LaserLite, great little tent around 1kg all up so added the footprint, that was back in 2005.

Still got the LaserLite as I only used it around three times, but in 2007 moved on to a larger tent that could also accommodate the bike, so now also have the Hilleberg Nalo 2 GT not too heavy at 2.4kg, so also added the footprint to that.

Both are great tents and very well made, although the Hilleberg appears somewhat pricey these days.

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Have a read of the backpacking section here. It will give you an idea of suitable tents. I would recommend a Vango F10helium ul 1 or a Coleman cobra 2 or a vango banshee.

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Durston Xmid-2 solid
Durston Xmid-1 solid
Hypercamp Alaska - Dutch Pyramid
Vango F10 Helium UL1
Coleman cobra 2
Eureka solitaire
Naturehike Star River 2

ZIZAG

via mobile 04/12/2019 at 6:05pm
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Ok If you want to Splash out and have the Dosh .
Look at these .
Vaude Power Lizard UL and Sul tents approx 1Kg .

And ultralight Telemark Nordisk Lw tent
At 830 Grams .
Packs very Small also .
But costly .

You might be able to buy for around £300+ pounds as Its Off season .
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