Trangia stoves and cook-kits were developed more than seventy years ago, all the bugs were worked out sixty years ago, refinements were added fifty years ago, and and the design has been 96 percent static and 99 percent perfect ever since.

The particular cooksets we offer are the best value in Trangia's line, with hard-anodized aluminum pots, plain aluminum pots supports and windscreen, and the same alcohol burner Trangia puts in all its cooksets. We're the only source for this combo in the states, and we have a limited supply. It was, frankly, a pain in the neck to get them, and we're well aware that not many bike riders have an interest in cooking sets. But IF you do, you can buy either of these blindly, and you'll have a killer set-up for the rest of your life.

Trangia's world-wide popularity far exceeds its fame in America, but that's mainly because American products tend to be rated on the Nascar Rating System, which, in the stove and cookpot world, values boiling speed above all else.

But when it comes to ease of use, pleasantness of use,  and even actual performance in howling weather, the Trangia is our favorite.
It burns denatured alcohol, available anywhere, always cheap. It is as quiet as pure silence, so you can talk in normal tones around the stove. There's nothing scary, noisy, or explosive about it.
There are zero moving parts. The ONLY part you'll EVER have to replace is the rubber O-ring in the burner lid, and a couple spares costs only four bucks and we have them. There's a simmer-lid, too. It's all there, and it's easy.

There are no canisters to discard, and alcohol is not as volatile as white gas. One burner full of alcohol (2 to 3 ounces) seems to be enough for a meal and a half. There are Trangia nuts on the internet who have the fuel-efficiency program down to a science, and some claim 9oz lasts them a week. That's either quite impressive or a stretch of the truth, but it is not unreasonable that one could refine one's technique with constant use, and stretch the fuel out even more than the intrepid hacks here at Rivendell Bicycle Works.

Denatured alcohol burns cooler than white gas or propane, but you don't cook on max heat at home, and you needn't do that in the woods, either. We use this all the time for tea, soup, spaghetti, pancakes, and fishy soup-stew combos.

You can buy alcohol cheap by the gallon, and carry it with you either in a Trangia fuel can (if you want to buy into the whole Trangia system), or in small Nalgene bottles, available at REI and most camping stores.

The pot support and windscreen work together to provide a rock-solid base and 99 percent protection from even 30 mph winds.

Trangia makes a medium and a large set, with various combos of pot sizes and fry pans and finishes. We offer the smartest deluxo-combo available, with plain aluminum windscreen and pot support, hard-anodized aluminum pots, and a frying pan (which doubles as a top for the pots).  You also get the stove itself and a pot-gripper.
Trangia stoves have proven themselves for seventy years all over the world, and are equally good in your back yard and in the high, snowy mountains. They are our stove of choice on our bike-camping trips, and if you can get past the relatively high price (they are made in Sweden, after all), you'll have the last camping stove you ever need to buy.

This is one of those things that we have to offer, even if nobody buys it. It's really that good, and this incarnation--with the hard anodized cookpots--is the best one out there. And when you price premium (hard anodized, for instance) cooksets plus stoves, maybe the high price isn't so bad after all. Not cheap by any means, but it is top quality and made in Sweden.

Get the 27 (small) for one to two people. Get the 25 (bigger) for 3-4 people.

Weights and capacities and prices:

Small (27): Two 1-liter pots and a frying pan. 720g (1 lb  9.3 oz)  $115
Large (25): One each 1.5-liter and 1.75-liter pots and a fry pan. 865g (1lb 14.4oz)  $135

If you're intrigued but confused about how to actually use it, go to videojug.com and search: How to use a Trangia stove.
Trangia's website.
Our kits are the 25-7 UL/HA (large) and 27-7 UL/HA (small).