Prototype
A unique Czech bike tent
Tike is a tent built on your two bikes. By day they carry you. At night they hold up the roof and sleep under the same fly as you.
2 + 2 riders and bikes0 tent poles1 roof for all
Tike is a Czech bike tent. It is a tent for two cyclists that is pitched on their two bikes turned upside down, so it needs no tent poles. The inner tent hangs between the bikes, the fly covers everything, and the bikes sleep under the same roof as the riders, safe from theft and weather. Tike is a working prototype in development.
The idea
On multi-day trips you carry a tent, poles and the worry about where your bikes will spend the night. Tike needs no poles. You turn the bikes upside down onto their saddles and handlebars and pitch the tent on them.
Your bikes aren't locked to a tree outside. They are part of the tent, so nobody takes them without you knowing.
Why Tike
Your bikes are the frame, so there are no poles to carry. What's left is the fly, the inner tent and a few pegs.
Room for two adults to sleep comfortably, with space left for luggage.
Your bikes sleep under the same fly as you, protected from theft and bad weather.
Pitching
Five steps from stopping for the night to falling asleep.
The inner frame sets how far apart the bikes stand.
Put protectors on the saddles and handlebars so neither the bikes nor the fabric get damaged.
Stand both bikes upside down and anchor them to the ground.
Clip the inner tent between the bikes.
Cover the bikes and the inner tent with the fly and peg it out.
Specs
Tike is a tent for two cyclists who ride together and want their bikes close overnight. The photos show prototypes. Final specifications will be set as development continues.
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The story
I'm Petra Krhutová. I go on multi-day bike trips and sleep in a tent. Every time, the same question came up: where do the bikes go for the night? I couldn't find a light, roomy tent that would also fit two bikes.
So I started working on one. The bike that carries you by day holds up the tent at night. That idea became Tike, and I'm now taking it from prototype to a finished tent.
Questions
Tike is a bike tent: a tent for two cyclists that is pitched on their two bikes turned upside down, so it needs no tent poles. The bikes sleep under the same fly as the riders. It comes from the Czech Republic.
Two adults, their two bikes and luggage.
No. The upside-down bikes replace the poles, and a few small pegs are enough to anchor the tent.
The bikes are part of the tent and sleep under the same fly as you, so nobody can quietly take them. They are also protected from rain and dew.
The final weight isn't set yet. Tike is at the prototype stage, and the weight will be confirmed with the final version. Because there are no poles, what you carry is the fly, the inner tent, the protectors and a few pegs.
Tike is still a prototype and is not for sale yet. There is no price yet. Leave your contact below and I'll let you know when it's available.
Tike is designed for ordinary touring and mountain bikes. Both bikes stand upside down on their saddles and handlebars with protectors fitted, and the inner frame sets their spacing. The prototype in the photos is pitched on two mountain bikes.
Contact
Tike is at the prototype stage. Leave your contact and I'll let you know when it's available. I'm happy to answer questions too.
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