Am a tent person. But always have a tendency to overpack. Even for S24O. Plus, I like the privacy a tent provides. Especially at a campground.
Another idea could be a bivy sack. Small enough to fit in a saddlebag, but gives some protection from the elements and bugs. Have discovered through festivals that while mosquitos quiet down a bit after dark, they never seem to disappear. Sometimes makes jamming, um, interesting. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jul 17, 6:06 pm, velomann <velom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whoops - forgot the link to the Ray-Way tarp > tent:http://www.rayjardine.com/ray-way/Tarp-Kit/index.htm > > On Jul 17, 4:03 pm, velomann <velom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
