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ah, excellent news. Do you use collapsible poles? or a purist with sticks/trees/etc? Curious about the removable wheel situation but The faff of taking your bike apart really doesn't seem worth it for the cost of poles?
@JB Reading some chat about cat cut tarps are a little less adaptable to different situations/layouts? But my thinking is that if you're using a one person sized tarp you're probably best using it in the same setup all the time anyway?
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I don't do a-frame, but I do use a small tarp and bivvy. I tend to pitch using an Asymmetric Holden shape. This seems to take up very little ground space, so I can set it up in places where I couldn't fit a tent.
Weight-wise, you'll need a pole and stakes for a tent anyway, so they cancel out. Depending how wet/muddy it is, I may use a polycro groundsheet (weight: fuck all). Then, Borah Gear bivvy (~180g) and DD Hammocks Superlight Tarp S (290g), so that's 470g in total and it packs up very, very small. The Lanshan I have is 820g (excluding pole and stakes), and probably takes up ~twice the volume.