Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
The one (admittedly slight) difference between a backpacking tent and a bike touring tent are the poles. Some backpacking tents use trekking poles to set up in an effort to save weight, this negates some of the advantages of a tent like
the Stratospire. It's especially minor, as replacement poles are almost always available, and not terribly heavy.
Good point. I tend to forget that since I don't use trekking poles.
With a few tents you can use the bike as a support, but not others. It works well for pitching my tarp, so while I am likely to take one pole when hiking I usually don't when touring. THere was a thread on doing this at:
GEAR » Tarp pitching on cycling trips -- BackpackingLight.com Forums