After carrying a tent that was either too small for both me and my stuff or carrying a tent that was too heavy, I finally decided to buy the Big Agnes Scout Plus. It is a two person tent with vestibule that is designed for ultra light backpacking. No poles included, instead you are supposed to use two walking (or trekking) poles. And it is a single wall tent to cut weight. I got lucky and got an older version of it on a clearance price for better than half off.
I had a decades old A frame tent in storage that I have not used for decades, I robbed some of the poles from that to cut to length for this new tent since when I am cycling I am not carrying any trekking poles.
Reviews on line indicated that some people hated it, the single wall design meant that in humid conditions it was prone to having a lot of moisture buildup on the inside of the roof in the tent. But that was pretty much the only complaint I saw on line by other users. I was hoping that with one person in the tent instead of two that excess moisture would not be too much of a problem since I plan to use it as a solo tent.
I used it for my most recent trip, two weeks of cycle touring in hot humid conditions in South Florida. Worked great except there were two foggy mornings where there certainly was a lot of moisture built up on the inside of the tent roof that would rain down on me if I bumped the tent. If there were two people in the tent so that both people would have the roof lower above them, I am sure it would have been harder to avoid getting wet from the wet ceiling, but for me as a solo it was more of an irritant than a serious problem. Alone, I could do almost everything I needed to do inside the tent without touching the wet ceiling.
The other problem is that it is not a self supporting tent. Usually that is not a problem, but it certainly was inconvenient when I had to set up the tent on a wood platform in a wetlands area where tent pegs would not work. I had some spare cord that I had to cut for extra lines to try to deal with an inability to put in stakes. And I stuck some twigs between the planking.
Weight - 1035 grams, the poles that I cut to use with it are 280 grams. (I measured these numbers, might differ from published specs.) I did not buy the footprint, thus weight does not include that.
Bottom line - I really liked the tent and probably will use it for most future cycle touring.
I looked thru my photos and only found one good photo of the tent, it is on the platform that I cited above. There was a roof over the platform, so most of the tent is in shade, but unfortunately I do not have other good photos to show.
I have just seen that MSR have launched two cycle touring specific tents called the Tour 1 and Tour 2. They are basically the Hubba with a gear shed and the Hubba Hubba with a gear shed. Interestingly the tent poles are now external to the fly allowing the tent to be put up in bad conditions without getting wet. As a Hubba Hubba fan, this could be even better for poor weather cycle touring.
Details here ...
https://www.msrgear.com/ie/tents/hubba-tour-1
https://www.msrgear.com/ie/tents/hubba-tour-2
And a good review with some photographs here ...
https://www.pannier.cc/journal/introducing-the-msr-hubba-tour-tent
A couple years ago REI (major USA camping goods retailer) bundled a Hubba Hubba with a separate gear shed similar to that. I ordered one, but when I went to pick it up it was quite heavy. They had advertised the total weight with the gear shed but they cited a weight that was specific to the tent without gear shed. I chose to return it without even opening the box.
