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Bikepacking - Tent vs Hammock

gs_triumph · 2023-01-16T12:12:47Z

Good afternoon good people of STW This year I am going to give bikepacking a bash. Thought about it for a couple of years now but none of my mates fancy it so I've kept putting it off. Decided I'm going to give it a go solo this year. Thought about the John Muir Way as a first trip - probably with two overnights. I've got a pair of ortlieb back rollers, a pair of their gravel panniers and their 9l front bar bag. Was hoping to be able to just run the gravel panniers on the rear rack along with the handlebar pack on the front. Then I have to decide on either a tent or a hammock. I am intrigued by the hammock set up. Seems to make a lot of sense for solo camping however I am aware that it requires trees and that scotland is not quite as tree covered as one thinks it is. And coniferous plantations don't seem to be the best kind of trees with dense low branches. However tent wild camping requires finding flat ground, preferably out of sight, where the land owner or locals won't take umbridge to your presense. I guess campsites also become useable if taking a tent. Does anyone have any wisdom to help weigh up the pros and cons? Most hammock bikepacking info seems to be very US-centric. Maybe it's just not that practical in the UK?

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ndthornton

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Vango Project Hydrogen tent is 700g !
I used it successfully for 3 nights on the Lake land 200
I couldn't make it work in the wind though, fine when I found a more sheltered spot

Posted : 18/01/2023 2:20 pm

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