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Cheers for the info. I'm gonna stick with the bivvy bag idea for now (it should've arrived already hmm). My Macpac and sleeping bag and Thermarest are all old, big and heavy but will work for touring, if I ever do any again. I'm focused on speed for TransAm and also being as discrete as possible when free-camping. The tent might be a bit obvious if I'm sleeping on the roadside. :)
hippy
Hey hippy, I'm a bit of a tent nerd.
My input is based on how I like to tour though, and that snot how Mike Hall and Jesse Carlson do it (FWIW I ride with Jesse sometimes on Wednesday nights #humblebrag). I love camping out in a tent where it's dry and warm and comfy, but I still try and make it light.
I've ended up with a Tarptent Contrail (now called the Protrail) and it's bloody brilliant. It packs up small and weighs bugger all for the space it gives. When my wife and I rode the Mawson Track in South Australia we managed to both camp in it and it was ace. When we went to NZ though, where it was going to be wetter, we got the Tarptent Stratospire 2. Again, it's very roomy, packs up small, and is reasonably lightweight for what it is.
Not long ago I rode the Goldfields Track here in Victoria with a Vischacha, a medium Tangle and a small Swift rando bag. It was wet and cold, but the Contrail was excellent. For me.