Lightest that fits drop bars

What's the lightest shelter you can actually carry on a drop-bar bike?

How this is ranked

Minimum weight, among shelters whose poles fold to 350mm or less.

The usual 'lightest tent' list is useless on a drop-bar bike, because the lightest options often have the longest poles. Filtering to what fits first, then sorting by weight, gives a list you can actually buy from.

Every figure is the manufacturer's published spec — we don't field-test shelters, and where a maker doesn't publish a number we leave it out rather than estimate it. Of 43 shelters we track, 14 publish a folded pole length.

The ranking

  1. 1
    Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL1 Bikepack

    305mm poles · sleeps 1

    Manufacturer publishes 12 in Shortstik poles. Retailer table used for trail weight and packed size.

    907g
    $499.95
  2. 2
    MSR Hubba Hubba Bikepack 1

    300mm poles · sleeps 1

    Cascade Designs publishes folded width as 12 in / 30 cm. Good drop-bar candidate.

    930g
    $499.95
  3. 3
    Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL2 Bikepack

    305mm poles · sleeps 2

    Discontinued/retailer-stocked bikepack model, but exact 12 in Shortstik pole set is explicitly published in retailer/manufacturer-derived listings.

    964g
  4. 4
    Tarptent Double Rainbow Short Pole Option

    305mm poles · sleeps 2

    1018g
  5. 5
    Big Agnes Copper Spur UL1 Bikepack

    305mm poles · sleeps 1

    1050g
    $549.95
  6. 6
    Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL3 Bikepack

    305mm poles · sleeps 3

    1276g
    $549.95
  7. 7
    Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 Bikepack

    305mm poles · sleeps 2

    1332g
    $549.95
  8. 8
    MSR Hubba Hubba Bikepack 2P

    300mm poles · sleeps 2

    1400g
    $579.95
  9. 9
    Sea to Summit Telos TR2 Bikepack

    300mm poles · sleeps 2

    1508g
    $699
  10. 10
    Big Agnes Copper Spur UL3 Bikepack

    305mm poles · sleeps 3

    1644g
    $699.95
  11. 11
    Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 Bikepack

    305mm poles · sleeps 2

    1673g
    $649.95

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Other ways to rank these

Shortest packed poles

Which shelters fold down short enough to sit across drop bars?

Lightest shelters with no poles to carry

If you'd rather not fit a pole set on your bike at all, what are the options?

Freestanding, double wall, and fits drop bars

Which shelters ask nothing of the ground and still go on your bars?