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how many times have you been wild camping recently?
you are not going to have your bike stolen, or want to camp inside a city on bare concrete.
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I've camped on hard surfaces loads of times. Bricks, concrete, wood. And every town/city has bike thieves.
Part of wild camping is hiding. If your tent isn't self-supporting there are some spots where you can't go. So why limit your options? I suppose you could put guy lines on a hard surface if you can find things to tie them to. Rocks? Bricks? But that's a faff. A self-supporting tent is so fast and easy to pitch I don't know why you'd bother getting a tent with stakes and strings. My first tent was like that and it was a pain in the arse.
nick_h.
Bike inside tent to stop it being stolen.
Low weight can only be achieved by saving grams on multiple items. If you save 200g on a tent and save 200g on 4 more things, you've saved a kilo. Keep doing this on all your stuff and you save 4kg on the bike and maybe the same again on your gear. See the link i posted about the bubble wrap guy. If you don't save weight on a touring setup you can end up adding even more weight because you need heavy duty hubs and rims and a triple crankset to get over the Alps. . There are lots of tourers who buy everything at high Street shops and end up with an 80 lb rig. Which is very limiting.
Wild camping is useful in towns and cities or maybe in bad weather when you shelter under some sort of structure. Parks and sports grounds often have roofed structures, often with power, water and WiFi.