Lightweight tent recommendations?

Which is to be fair, in cities.

Exactly.

yeah next time im camping on the champs elysees i'll be sure to triple lock

There are actually loads of campsites in Paris!

campsites? LAH DI DAH!

;)

campsites? OOH LA LAH!

ftfy

Do you even Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Milan, etc ?
These places seem to have massive bike-theft problems, as bad as London.

Are you nuts? I can't talk about the other places, but for sure Berlin has way less bike thefts than London or San Francisco. You almost never see good locks here, not to mention massive amounts of people who lock the wheel to the frame and that's it. I don't think I have seen any bike locked with 2 locks during the 5 years that I have been here.

Anecdotal evidence: I have stopped carrying two locks and often lock just the frame to a pole. Neither of my bikes has been stolen.
Anecdotal evidence 2: On a recent trip to the US of America I borrowed my friends bike and locked it up good. The thieves broke the lock and made off with the bike within 45 minutes.

I find it's best to just avoid cities, and people in general, unless they are on the internet, in which case they can't touch your bike.

Do you even Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Milan, etc ?
These places seem to have massive bike-theft problems, as bad as London.

Anecdotal evidence 2: On a recent trip to the US of America I borrowed my friends bike and locked it up good. The thieves broke the lock and made off with the bike within 45 minutes.

Theft will always be a problem but it would be interesting to see what you guys think of these ? http://igg.me/at/bikehawk

GPS tracker solution with iOS, Android and Web app. Granted a tracker can't stop a theft but it can make it a lot more likely you get your bike back.

PS full disclosure I am the founder of Bike Hawk !! So I'm biased, but would be cool to see what the lfgss community thinks.

I recommend you post in the GPS related thread for feedback, to avoid being accused of spamming. Good luck

Indie Go Go make sure you can't get your money back. So many scams on there.

When I was there I was told by locals it was 'bad' and some had lost bikes. Maybe it's like Amsterdam and Copenhagen in that it's largley opertunist theft of badly locked bikes.

Either way. It's cities, where ever you may be, where thefts are a risk.

So, I've tried my best to read through all these pages, but a lot of content is kinda old and maybe there's more suitable products on the market today.

What is the best value for a 2 person tent for bikepacking?

Budget?

up to £200?

Got an email from alpkit a couple of weeks ago introducing their new lightweight two and three person tents....can't give a direct recommendation because I haven't seen them, but I like alpkit stuff generally...2-man comes in at £175 here...
https://www.alpkit.com/featured/tents

^ http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/forum/gear/new-alpkit-lightweight-tent-pr0n/65285.html

some insight

Hello, just thought I'd share my thoughts on the TarpTent Cloudburst 3. Overall it's a big, lightweight, expensive, quirky 3 season tent, and I like it.

http://www.tarptent.com/cloudburst3.html

It's extraordinarily light (1500g sans third pole) for its size. It's palatial for two and roomy for three. Having two vestibules is great - you can store all your gear at one end and still cook at the other end. Has nice features like being able to roll back both ends for excellent views, it's 100% bug-proof, and the fly can be pulled down about 20mm from the ground if there's a chilly wind blowing (and would go further with a little modification). The stuff sack is long and thin so strapping to a bike is problem-free (I am making a tougher sleeve for mine, and stowing it under the top tube). Had it up in 10-hour driving rain and it was completely dry inside (although the optional liner and seam-sealing were quite necessary).

It's probably not ideal for exposed pitches - the third pole and side pull-outs help, but it's not a wind-shedding design to begin with. It also has a large footprint. It's a little tricky to set up perfectly (but it really does only take two minutes to get a reasonable "get out of this bastard rain" pitch). I'm making a tyvek footprint for rocky pitches because the floor probably won't resist abrasion very well.

As an aside, the vestibules are big enough to piss in if the rain is really bad. Just sayin'.

If I were to be doing more alpine/exposed camping I would get something else, but here in NZ we have a serious problem with camping in alpine areas, so we just stay in huts instead. I'll see how it works in Europe when I get back.

I'm looking for a CHEAP spring/summer UK tent for 1 + stuff, whats recommended, sub £70 ideally.. to pack onto my talbot (top tube / front panniers)

Just bivi.

needs to also be music festival suitable.

You'll struggle to get a cheap tent small enough to to into panniers. Hence bivi.

Are you cycling to festivals?

No, but I now don't have access to my parents stash of camping stuff that I used to use for festivals, and only want to buy a single tent. As long as I can take it cycle touring in one form or another I'm not too bothered.

If you strap the poles to your toptube* or rack-top then cheap tents are fine for touring.

*eBay has velcro straps.

That was my requirement last year. But I could not find anything light enough or suitable enough. I liked the idea of the Stratosphere but ~£120 it was too expensive. I looked at the Gossamer too. Both of these are Bivvy tents, but something about them both put me off. I looked at Gelert Solo (cheap and very well reviewed tent.) but not really 3-season from what I can tell.

I whittled it down to between the Solitaire Aluminium (£70) and the Zephyros 1 Tent (£100). Went for the Zephyros 1, but then my plans changed so I cancelled my order. But I will be ordering it very soon! Youtube has some great video review and setup guides.