Can I still pitch my tunneltent if the elastic in one of the three fiberglass poles has snapped while on a trip? I imagine it would be a bitch (keeping pressure on to prevent the sections disconnecting) but still possible. I need to know because one elastic thingy is starting to fray and I am too cheap/stupid to replace it and secretly want things to go wrong.
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>>1090093
Did you get that piece of shit for free? Wtf is wrong with you?
>>1090102
The bike or the tent? :^)
>>1090093
Depends on the tent. One of mine broke during a bicycle tour and I ended up finding a ~8 inch long metal rod by the side of the road and attaching it with zip-ties. It worked for a couple weeks until I could get the manufacturer to send new poles to a town I passed through.
After that, I bought a tent repair kit which now lives with my other tools. It has some appropriately sized tubes, along with some chunks of waterproof fabric and mesh.
>>1090155
I can't read. I snapped a pole, not the elastic inside. But honestly, it should be possible to fix that too.
Duct tape, or run some new elastic. Jesus.
>>1090164
I'm not asking how to fix. Im asking if its possible to put the tent up without elastic. And stop calling me Jesus.
>>1090195
I'm sure you can, but I bet it'll be a huge pain in the ass, especially keeping it together inside the sleeve while setting up.