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If there is 2 of you going put the poles/pegs in a seperate bag so that you share the weight - just make sure you don't have a barney and one of you storms off with 1/2 a tent!!!!LOL

Check out:

www.abc-camping.co.uk

They have the v2 for £149.00 + free p+p  they also have a huge range of other tents and also try and beat your best price

Hi: I to enjoy cycling i have completed the coast to coast route but we had a sherpa van which carried our tent from day to day.

How many people to you want the tent for? Millets do the pop-up tent which is 3.1KG which seems to be ideal to use as time is saved once you have had a hard day pedalling.

Good luck

Hi,

I bought a Macpac Nautilus while in NZ for the intention of cycle touring and tramping (kiwi for walking) and it weighs in at 3.5kg and was fine on the bike for 3,000 miles and on the back for near on 50miles without sharing the load. 

Plenty of room for 1 plus panniers (4) in the tent with additional space in the vestibules for the wet and dirty gear!  More than enough room for two if panniers/rucksacks left in the vestibules.

I believe that the Nautilus is now out of production but Macpac will have a replacement model that may be worth a gander - I can vouch for the build qaulity as I had to sit out the horrendous flooding in NZ during 2003 and it didn't whince to the battering.  The only caveat is their tents are now produced in China as opposed to NZ but they still have to undergo the same quality testing.

If you decide against comfort a diddy two man shelter popular with cyclists is the lightwave range like this

www.gear-zone.co.uk/eshop/Lightwave-t0-trek---SS06.html

four season durability at 1.5kg don't know if you'll find it cheaper somewhere.

Thank you all for your replies - some really useful advice. I am going to take a look at a few tents over the next week or so and will let you know what I decide on.