I made myself one of these a couple of years ago. Along with the Ray- way quilt, it's how i always camp now. I prefer to sleep outside a tent, but the tarp is super-light and compact, and if rain's a possibility, I pitch it. I also made the netting insert, but have never used it. have yet to camp in conditions where the bugs are terrible in the middle of the night, and a couple bites doesn't really bother me much; worth the price to sleep under the stars, IMHO.
You can also buy something similar pretty cheap, like Kent Peterson describes here: http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2009/05/closer-to-fine.html Keep it simple and light. On Jul 17, 7:27 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > So tent or no tent for an S24O? This is actually more of a +24O where > I'm gonna do approx 60 miles the first day and maybe 100+ the second > day, taking in SW portions of the Mt Hood National Forest. I'm > tentatively planning on camping by a lake so I'm thinking there's > gonna be mosquitos so I'm thinking I might want my tent... well, and > it is OR, so rain is always a possibility... I like the idea of nixing > the tent as I could just carry everything in my Carradice Nelson LF > and a medium Wald basket up front. Just kind of curious what people > think. Obviously if there's any chance of rain in the forecast I'll > take the tent. > > Tentative plan is to do this ride over two days as opposed to one day > which totally wrecked me last year. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335...@n00/sets/72157621778650380/ > > Riv content: I'm gonna ride my Hilsen. > > --mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
