compact bed roll and tent for bike riding?

Gday Smithy
No advise on what you want , I travel by 4x4 and have plenty of room , but enjoy your trip .

Hi smithy

I use one of these tents when i go on a bike tour. Is pretty light and packs small. tent
I use one of those micro sleeping bags that squish down small. They are pricey but worth it.
I normally just take a cheapy air matress because they pack up nice and small.

cheers
wizzer

Have a look at the Exped sleeping mats. The down ones are very warm and pack down really nicely. The synthetic ones aren't quite as warm (probably not an issue unless you're planning to be in the high country) but pack down just as small (27cm by 16cm), weight ever so slightly less, and cost a very small amount less.

I also like Exped sleeping bags. Bivouac.co.nz have the Exped Comfort 600 on sale for about $250 at the moment - that is a good buy, and it has various length options so suit your height.

I have a Black Wolf Hornet. It's good, I can't really fault it though I wish the fly were a bit easier to pitch. It packs to a reasonably small size.

Have fun!

Hi, I carry a self inflating mattress in my swag and a 1 man tent rolled in a tarp and strapped across the pillion seat of my bike . I put my sleeping bag and pillow in the top box to keep dry . I have done several camping trips on my own , one of 16,500 kms around Ozz in 05 camping in the tent 26 nights , another in 06 to Darwin , Uluru , Broken Hill of 10,000 kms , again on my own camping 20 nights . I also had throwover panniers , also carried 5 L of fuel for an emergency which was not used also water and muesli bars . Have a great camping trip .

When walking with a back-pack I use a half size thermarest, compact sleeping bag, and a light weight bivvy bag.

Have you looked at the Hennessy Hammocks, very light weight and might be suitable for what you are trying to achieve.

Cheers...

Smithy
You are wasting your time with cheap SIM, they will partially deflate.
Some friends have Blackwolf ones which seem to be stay up, I can't fault Thermarest brand, expensive but they keep you off the ground all night, hence well insulated from the cold ground.
A good SIM is more important than the sleeping bag for keeping you warm at night which most people don't realise.
Sleeping Bags, up to you, I see Roman and Black Wolf have some tiny sized ones now.
Buy a sleeping bag liner, Silk ones are incredibly compact (smaller than your fist) and the warmest, about $60 I think, and are a good way of keeping your bag clean. On warm nights you sleep just in your liner.

Tents, seen some good 1 man tents which weight about 1.4kg and comfortably fit you in, I think around $180-190. They have a single half elliptical dome shaped multilink pole assembly which the tent hangs off and the fly drapes over.
I do a bit of multi day remote backpacking, so insulation, weight and compactness are important to me. Weight may not be important to you and you can probably save there with a 2 man tent from K Mart/Big W which will suit you just as well for well under $100
If you are still worried about size, grab a Hikers Fly, they are much cheaper again and work well provided it isn't bucketing down. Give you more room than a tent, but don't keep you as warm nor provide complete privacy.

I'm a bit taller and lighter than you.

asmithy

The truth is the lighter and more compact your equipment is the more expensive it's going to be. Since you're not hiking, weight is not really an issue. For SIM you can't do better than a thermarest, you can get sizes from extra long to half size ($200). A good down sleeping bag ($200-$500), silk liner ($50-$100) and good small tent ($200 - $800)

Many of the hiking shops have specials on at the moment so you should check them out.

http://www.snowgum.com.au

http://www.paddypallin.com.au/

and kathmandu etc

Hi Smithy , I did not mention my mattress was a thermarest , I have had it for about 15 years , a bag liner from kathmandu and a -8 bag as I notice the cold . I use a small camping pillow with m/b jacket underneath . My tent , swag and mattress when rolled up together are 750 mm long x 250 x 350 . As you probably know Tassie can be cold as well as the great dividing range but so can Toowoomba . I was in Tassie in feb 03 on the bike , in the patrol 05 , as well as working in 67 for 10 weeks after the bushfires and was cold at night . There is plenty to see , like Fosters wood chopping museum at Latrobe , murals atSheffield , Cradle Mountain , Stanley ,West Coast , Bothwell 1st golf course in southern hemisphere , Bruny Island , Pt Arthur , East Coast , Elephant Pass pancakes , Pub in the Paddock at Pyengana .

Std Thermarest has an r value of about 2.5. Exped Synmat is 4.9. Comparing full length in both, the Synmat packs down much more compactly and it gives you about 75mm thickness of cushioning when it's inflated. It's a lay down misere. (I've used both over several years or more inc camping in the snow).