Transporting Bike Inside Car
08-11-08, 05:59 PM
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Well I'm just trying to get a few ideas. I did love my truck, just toss the bike and gear in, but alas, after 20+ years of service the time has come to get somthing that get better mileage and is reliable. Most people in the bike club I ride with own big trucks or SUV's, only a few (very few) use small cars to transport their bikes and they usually are mounted on the roof or one guy has his bike half in the trunk of a mustang and the other half sticking out. 30 bikes in a Chevy.........One time in a Dodge van with roof racks and a trailer we had 50+ bikes to haul back from the San Diego century ride. What a treat
08-11-08, 07:08 PM
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'95 Ford Escort 4-door hatchback (back seats fold down/forward)/ 59cm road bike. Probably could fit with both wheels on, but found it so much easier to take the front wheel off.
All that I can add: I put down a large piece of cardboard (that I got from a grocery store) that practically covers the whole back area when the seats are folded down/forward (it conforms to the back of the seats, bends with the seats, and remains in the closed-off trunk area when the seats are in up position). I initailly did this to allow the bike pedal to slide easily across the cardboard surface when placing the bike into, or taking it out of, the car (as opposed to having the pedal digging into the carpeted surface). I place the bike, derailler side up, on its side halfway into the trunk, deal with the front wheel (take it off or put it on) and then slide the the rest of the bike the rest of the way (in or out of the car). Not only does the cardboard help the bike to slide in and out easily, but it also protects the carpet from whatever I might have to haul in the trunk (like leaky garbage), and if it does get soiled it can be cheaply and easily replaced.
All that I can add: I put down a large piece of cardboard (that I got from a grocery store) that practically covers the whole back area when the seats are folded down/forward (it conforms to the back of the seats, bends with the seats, and remains in the closed-off trunk area when the seats are in up position). I initailly did this to allow the bike pedal to slide easily across the cardboard surface when placing the bike into, or taking it out of, the car (as opposed to having the pedal digging into the carpeted surface). I place the bike, derailler side up, on its side halfway into the trunk, deal with the front wheel (take it off or put it on) and then slide the the rest of the bike the rest of the way (in or out of the car). Not only does the cardboard help the bike to slide in and out easily, but it also protects the carpet from whatever I might have to haul in the trunk (like leaky garbage), and if it does get soiled it can be cheaply and easily replaced.
08-11-08, 08:01 PM
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Remove the front wheel, remove the seatpost, and the bike fits perfectly upside down on the backseat of a volvo.
08-11-08, 08:17 PM
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VW GTI - with back seat down fits bike in with no removal of front wheel.
Is this risky? Probably. Two years ago some friends of my sister in law were rear ended in their vehicle (do not recall make) that had 2 childrens bikes in back (may have been a wagon of some kind), and their 2 children in the back seat. Sadly the crash shoved both bikes forward and the handlebars from one struck one child in the head and he/she was killed. The other was badly injured.
This does cross my mind when I load up, but my GTI is very small/short...a rear ending crash and my bike may be the least of my worry.
Is this risky? Probably. Two years ago some friends of my sister in law were rear ended in their vehicle (do not recall make) that had 2 childrens bikes in back (may have been a wagon of some kind), and their 2 children in the back seat. Sadly the crash shoved both bikes forward and the handlebars from one struck one child in the head and he/she was killed. The other was badly injured.
This does cross my mind when I load up, but my GTI is very small/short...a rear ending crash and my bike may be the least of my worry.
