Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I'm still not getting why you would bungee the poles to your rack and carry the tent body separately.
That may be true, and to each their own. It may be because I'm an amateur, but my two tent poles are long and skinny, the rest of the tent is formless and can be compacted to a much smaller size, not being burdened by the length of the poles. Ntm my rack top is somewhat useless and the poles fit quite nicely on there.