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Post by Crockett on Feb 12, 2017 19:20:43 GMT -8
I have a bit of a thing for vintage gear and saw a local ad for an Eureka Bike 'N Hike tent.
Anyone have any experience with this tent? Can't find much on the internet about it.
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Post by doggonega on Feb 19, 2017 13:56:11 GMT -8
I remember it, but like you can't find much on the internet about it. If I remember correctly, it's nowhere near free-standing and takes quite a bit of staking out. I've got a thing for some vintage equipment too, especially stoves. Got a couple of Hank Roberts Mini Mark III stoves brought back to life by a conversion tube that I'm thinking about selling...since I actually have a total of 4 and really only need 2!
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Post by markskor on Feb 19, 2017 15:11:23 GMT -8
I know nothing about that Eureka except, a biker buddy had one...returned it...said it was a pain to erect. Vintage gear - Hank Roberts stoves...that brings back memories.
Way back when, late '70s, maybe early '80s...Sierra. I had just ditched my external Kelty Tioga, traded it into an internal Gregory Shasta and never looked back.
However, as I was now going solo some and just getting into doing the long miles, the weight of gear back then was easily twice what it is today...40 - 50 pound packs were pretty common. All state of the art once - North Face Pebble tent (4.5 pounds), Sierra Design 550 down bag (3 pounds), MSR XG stove (the kind the real mountaineers used!) plus the white gas, Shasta backpack (6+ pounds), 60/40 rain jacket, Red Wing (now Vasque) Voyagers - weight was prohibitive - well-made UL gear was still non-existent.
Searching and improvising, bought me a Yak-Pak Troi Joir (frame-less backpack - 2.4 pounds), WM Apache bag, one those old, cheap, $29 Camel pup-tents (3 pounds), something called a Thermarest, and was one of the first to get a new, small, canister-type stove - a Hank Roberts canister stove...dropped 15 pounds. (Loved that stove!). BTW, we hung our food in the '80s.
This "lightweight" gear all worked well for me for a few good years, until Yosemite mandated a new food-storage device - the bear can. Sigh, the can wouldn't fit comfortably in the frame-less pack. Time to re-gear yet again.
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