Juha

Umm, no. There's a separate zippered access "porthole" from inside the tent to the bike vestibule, according to REI product description. It's not a full size door though. Mountain Hardwear web site mentions one door (on the other side) only, but you can see the bike vestibule side has a zipper too in their pics.

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John Nelson

Right you are. I didn't notice that porthole.

Cyclebum

Jusy lay the bike down and tie a string from the bike to your toe. Cover it up with something. The bike I mean.

Roughstuff

I have brought my bike in for safety, occasionally, and once or twice to get it out of the rain when I was convinced my bike had a soul and I could get good karma points for doing it. I took off both wheels and the seat, to make it more compact.

It is only safer in a campground in the 'out of sight out of mind' sense, though, since it'd be pretty easy to go into your tent and huff off with the bike over your shoulder or toss it onto the back of a pickup.


roughstuff

PlatyPius

Bell on the bike, 9mm under my pillow.

thehum

Hehe I read this just as I was just about to suggest locking the bike to your tent. Though I think locking to tent plus a tarp over bike would be the next best option to having the bike in the tent with you.

njkayaker

????

So, you are worried about being attack in a tent but you think somebody stealing a bike is far fetched?

undisputed83

This is partly for my logic of stealth camping. I figure... I could buy a lock. Someone could probably cut through it if they wanted to. Or they could cut down the tree it was locked to... So I plan on camping out of site of everyone.

Booger1

String weighs nothing.Tie a string onto your tent stake.When they try to steal it,your tent shakes,you go out,knife in hand, and find out whats going on.

Doug64

I lock my bike to something solid, or lock two bikes together (front to rear) with the cable going through the wheels. They would have to pick the whole "wad" of bikes up and carry them off. If a pro wanted the bikes they would not have much trouble, but it discourages opportunistic thieves. I've done quite a bit of touring in the U.S. and Canada, and have not heard of anyone getting their bike stolen while camping. Unfortunately, there have been several stolen when stopping in the larger cities around here (Portland and Eugene).

bktourer1

I use a 2 man tent for myself and gear and (bought on sale at nashbar) a bike cover. The cover folds into a small package with its own cover. I put all the expensive stuff in the tent and cable lock the bike to the table.

oldranger

I don't camp where my bike would be stolen. If I didn't like the campground, I would move on down the raod and stealth camp. I have never sayed in a campground where I felt the least uncomfortable.

imi

ah good point! May well be the risk of these two situations are somewhere near equal, that is to say probably very slim, maybe even negligible... However the consequences of being physically attacked and not able to defend yourself (in a tent) seem to me more serious than having your bike stolen while sleeping next to it, so the comparison is not so straightforward.

Whatever, I choose to stealth sleep in a sleeping bag (not in a tent) which I feel gives me a greater chance of defending myself in the (very unlikely) case of being attacked and also to protect my bike in the (very unlikely) case that someone tries to steal it while I'm asleep. No big deal

enfilade

problem solved

wasabi

I got a three man tent where I can put all the stuff that I carry on my bike, leaving plenty of room for the rider, but the bike itself stays outside locked against a pole or tree. The idea of taking the bike inside to me sounds like letting a mule or a horse lay in your tent....

Brains

The European solution is:

Bike Pyjamas - Which is a fitted cover over the bike(s), they weigh very little and can double up as a picnic blanket for lunch, or even an emergency shelter for humans
https://www.discountbicycles.co.uk/bi...as_cycle_cover

A Dog Spike - For security, put the dog spike in the ground and then put the normal lock onto the spike.
https://www.pettastic-petsupplies.co....ring-149-p.asp

AsanaCycles

these are great.
https://www.castlewholesalers.com/HUS...h-9-X-12-.html
lots of usages

AsanaCycles

big dummy inside of tipi

Bekologist

is that like the 8 man tepee coz it shure ain't a hootch!

I've not yet found the tipi shelter large enough for me and the bike and feel comfortable, just too low inside. I've tried

Golite, Black Diamond, Moss (remember Moss, the Superfly? I think they called it?) and they are all too tight for my liking unless dug in.

I'm thinking of trying an Oware pyramid in something drab and silnylonish....


how about these setups. bike under tarp or with bike as part of tarp support (the bike had been under the tarp with me helping holding it up in the right pics) stealth camp, sleep with bike. don't tell the wife

Crash2Much

I would like to have a, 1 man 1 woman tent. I have absolutely NO interest in a 2 man tent.

soltour

well I have a hogan ultralight which to me is brill. On the subject of bikes though, I, when wild camping just lay the bike down in the grass, or if near a tree, lock onto it.......but to be honest you should camp discreetly. I have never ever had any problem ........but then again I am not very paranoic so maybeI should not comment on this

wasabi

o.k., now I begin to understand why so many of you either want to take your bikes in your tent or cover it with kind of bed sheets - because your girlfriends and wives don't like bike touring and stay at home?

AsanaCycles

thats a kifaru 4 man tipi

crazybikerchick

Srsly? You think someone would cut through a lock on a bike when you are sleeping right next to it? (without you waking up?) Assuming you aren't sleeping in the middle of a crackhead park in a big city I'd wager pretty big odds against that ever happening.

staehpj1

I agree. I have heard of a few bikes stolen in the US when on tour, but they were all in large towns or cities and were all also on stops during the day rather than at night in camp. I take as little into the tent at night as possible and leave the panniers on the bike and loaded. Depending on where I am I may or may not bother to lock the bike. I do take my handlebar bag with me at all times since it has most of the theft worthy stuff. Using a bike and gear I can afford to replace makes this less worrisome and is a plus to me.