This is novel use of bike & tent for lightweight tourers

[tonythomson]

Not too sure how much weight using the bike like this would save.  I could not be bothered with anything like this because after a days riding I want my tent up in no time - especially if raining,  Just wonder what state the tent would be when wet and muddy.

Anyone used one and can put me right about how good they are?

pedaldamnit.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/topeak-bikamper.html 

[mcparsons]

Seems awfully fiddly for something that basically just avoids the weight of two short fiberglass poles at either end. 

[Pat Lamb]

Do you need to stake and guy the bike for winds?

[DaveB]

Impresses me an the solution to a problem no one has.

[dkoloko]

My Seedhouse SL1 weighs less, and I can sit up in it.

[staehpj1]

It seems decidedly inconvenient.  Once the tent is pitched you can't ride the bike.

[bogiesan]

Variations on this tent-with-a-wheel theme have shown up around here, and in the sport of bike touring, for about forty years now. They fade from credibility quickly but not before some poor schlub wastes their money. The list of impracticalities is far longer than the list of benefits. And I can't think of a single benefit.
ONe of the features I insist all of my equipment possess is multiple applications. My tent can be used without a bike. Why would someone want, say, a sleeping bag that uses your saddle as a pillow? Or a stove that requires your rear rack? A water filter that attaches to your suspension fork?

[tonythomson]

I guess no one here will be investing in this project   I wonder if the designer has ever been cyclo touring or did they just think it up without consulting anyone likely to use a bike and a tent.

[DaveB]

There are similar tents/shelters that use the back of a van or pickup truck as part of their structure and they have the same disadvantages.  You can't use the vehicle for anything else while it's part of the tent and the tent is useless without the vehicle.   

[indyfabz]

Almost on par with this idea, which someone on another forum suggested could be adapted for use with trailers:

http://www.designboom.com/contest/view.php?contest_pk=10&item_pk=7087&p=1