My bike-boom era published-in-1972 Second Bicycle Two Wheel Travel Camping and Touring book recommends (remember, this is in 1972!) the 111B for group tours of four to six riders. For groups of two to three, they suggest the similar but much smaller and lighter Optimus 8R. For one or two, they recommend the Svea 123 with provisos on its sometimes cantankerous start-up: "This is the stove that drives men to butane."

Butane in 1972 was represented by the Bluet S-200 piercing cartridge stove.

Like most young men involved in the bike boom lifestyle, the editorial staff of Second Bicycle Two Wheel Travel Camping and Touring were enamored with all things European. They don't even recognize the existence of the American Coleman company. In 1972 you could still pick up inexpensive M1950 Coleman stoves at Army-Navy surplus stores.