After 15 years of Touring with vaude tents, I really love the good quality of vaude and with 860 gram for a tent, I think they are very light. http://www.vaude.com/epages/Vaude-de.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Vaude/Products/10971/SubProducts/109715050

Nevertheless, i don´t work for them and so I am really curious, whatelse you can use.  Because I need some moskito & co protection and thaw protection, I was looking for a hamcok- system or bivy bag with http://www.globetrotter.de/de/shop/detail.php?mod_nr=108525&k_id=1103&hot=0&GTID=d7dacd9468f7696f425e11a861e6ffa8a35. But they are all over 1,3 kg. So maybe you can give me other tips to protect me from moskitos and thaw.

Merry Christmas from Germany
Mike

Hi,
I have very good experience with tents of "vaude".  The Power Tokee UL is really light and a tentlike comfort solution. The Bivy of vaude are also very komfortabel, but are breathable bivies.
http://www.vaude.com/epages/Vaude-de.sf/secn67ncY0SfH6/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Vaude/Products/10971/SubProducts/109715050
Sorry, i didn´t find the english description, but to get a first impression, this should work.

Mike

First, I want to thank you all very for your suggestions and experiences.

The idea with the cleaning tissues should do the "body care" for me, if there is no stream. The use of disinfection spray for the short should work for my needs in this case either.

The drying of clothes/washed clothes in our climate will be something I have to find out by myself.
We have lots of thaw, so hanging the wet (maybe washed clothes) on ropes between some trees overnight does not work
 => drying at fireplace is something I didn´t tried before, because of our govermental rules (no camping in forest, only to bivvy, so I avoid everything, which causes a stir).

In the past, to fasten the drying process, I wrapped the wet clothes in a travel towel, wring them out togehther, took of the cloth (which is now a little bit dryer), wring out the towel alone, and then restart the same process. With this method, the clothes get dampish but aren´t wet anylonger.

 Have good times on the trails....

@mattyp
Thank you for your answer. I use the garnier wipes at my car, to clean the dust after a long ride, before enterring the car.

I also used some small cleaning towel for the household (30 gram) to dry my body and a second one to soak the water out of the bib-pad. The water spreads over the towel, and the towel dries very quick. I just wasn`t sure, how it works, if the temperature is shortly above 0° Celsius.

Maybe, there are some more tips/experiences.

Hi,
my name is Mike, I am new here and I am from Germany. Therefore my English is not as good as I wish it would be.

I did a lot of travelling with the bike, tent, trailer... mostly on roads or fireroads. I traveled slow and no technical terrain. I washed myself every evening in a stream/river (with biodegradable soap) and my cycling bibs or if there was no stream I had a catlick and changed bib for the next day or stayed 2-3 days at one place and had enough time to wash things and get them dry.

Now I want to tour with the mountainbike on singletrails and less luggage. Do you take a second bib with you for the next day? How do wash the first one/it it dry over night? Especially on autumn tours drying of the sweaty (and hopefully washed  ) clothes is obscure to me.


I hope I do not offend anyone with this personal question, but I don´t like to use a racing bib two days in a row without haing washed them.

Thank you for your answers and keep riding

Mike