Hi I live in bear,cougar,coyote, you name it country and north vancouver.
The used to always tent when i went on whitewater kayak trips in a lot of remote areas.
I never worried too much just kept clean campsite , etc etc
The big issue is what kind of bear. Black bears and grizzliea are very different in behaviour.
Blacks bears are generally nothing to worry about if keep food in car clean tent nothing but water alllowed intent ie no toothpaste etc.
Grizzlies are far more dangerous and simply will not tent or ride in grizzly country.
I have traverse pop top van and i feel just fine slepping with the top up however I have had a serious talk with her in regards to what if.
What if a bear decides get nosey and stand up. She is not allowed anything bulky(clothing bage etc) that would stop us from closing the roof in a hurry.
She knows if she sees a bear sniffing around the campsite to climb down quietly and wake me up so we can close the top.
At age 12 she is almost as tall as her mom and has bigger feet than her ,she can already close it herself
I ride about 800=1000 miles a year on my mountainbike here on the north shore and it is all blacks bears here. There has been a huge spike in cougar sightings and "interactions". So far I think at least 4 have had to be shot due to climbing on apartment building balconies , killing dogs and stalking people. Big cats 200+ lbs
They have six sides of which five are lethal...