Originally Posted by jefnvk

The way mine is sized, I can carry the poles in their bag either strapped under the top tube or the downtube, and stuff the tent body in a stuff sack in a pannier or on the back rack much more compactly. The bag containing it all is too bulky to strap to either of those places, and hangs a ways off the back of the rack. I'm left with either strapping it to the rack and letting it hang off (and not leaving much room to strap much else solid on the top), or separating the tent and the poles and stashing separately.

I understand your logic though, like I said my older tent came with a much "better" sized bag, that I wouldn't consider any of that, and would just strap down and be done with. Just a difference in how the tents were packed from the factory.



Although, I had never considered this manner of carrying, I may have to give that a try! Thanks for sharing!