I've been trying to decrease pack weight while backpacking and have gone from a 3.5 lb solo Kelty tent to a hammock to a tarp. Current minimum is a 14 oz Integral Designs SilShelter floorless tarp tent. Hiking equipment is getting really light, so I think you'd be advised to look at ultralight hiking gear for bike camping. I've made my own hammock and tarp and it's pretty easy if you can sew - comes to about 2 lb, or you can buy the Hennessey and go even lighter. Hammocks are cold on the bottom unless you use a foam pad or an underquilt, but they're COMFY. Guess the good thing about bike camping is you'd seldom have to carry more than 1 days worth of food.
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01-25-2006, 05:25 PM #1
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01-25-2006, 06:31 PM #2
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I love floors sewn to sidewalls. Don't want no night crawlers on me. Call me cream puff!
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01-25-2006, 06:44 PM #3
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Okay, if you insist........ Cream Puff!
Originally Posted by pkq
don't they call those "bathtub floors?" I love 'em, too.
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01-26-2006, 05:56 PM #4
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I think they do call them bathtub floors.
I have a Mountain Hardwear Light Wedge 2, which is great. Doesn't leak in heavy rains. Roomy. But camping near Lancaster, PA last summer, I kinda' wished for a BA, with more mesh.
cream puff......
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