Whats your transport?

rieko

How do you get your bike(s) to a distant trail or comp? By Van, 4x4, rack or your fiat punto?

Im using a single bike rack at the moment strapped to the back of my Golf. If I take two bikes, its one in the boot whil the front wheel off and one on the rack. How do you move yours?

Steve_F

Volvo estate. Thought about a van but the Volv is massive while still a comfy car. Two racks on the roof but usually use the boot

Northwind

By virtue of my mate Chris who has an Octavia with a 3-bike roofrack He is a fine gentleman. Or alternatively my mate Andrew whose Mazda 323 is surprisingly vast and can accomodate 2 bikes without too much dismantling, albeit in a big heap.

Failing that I use my own Focus estate, which I could live in the boot of if the urge took me, it'll take 2 bikes complete without so much as taking a wheel off, or 5 if you take the wheels off and stack them upside down. Though fitting the 5 riders in would be harder. It's a good bike hauler though.

nicklouse

when using the car



or in the back.

when using the van either in the van or on a Thule towbar mounted rack.

pte1643

2 x bikes in back of car... Seats down, front wheels off.

butcher of bakersfield

Steve_F wrote:

Volvo estate. Thought about a van but the Volv is massive while still a comfy car. Two racks on the roof but usually use the boot

Same here. I don't have a Volvo but it's a similar size. Thought about a van but I enjoy driving and came to the conclusion that a van would soon become tiresome, despite the convenience. The car's great, throw the bike in the back and there's still plenty of room to spare, while I sit in comfort up front. And it does 150mph, or so I'm told, which will be handy if I need to get somewhere very quickly

Radioactiveman

Honda CRV

Thule quick release roof bars. Currently got 2 x 591 racks. It can take 3 mtb or 4 road at a push on top

+ towbar with thule 3 bike rack on back.



Room for plenty of gear in the back. And a wetwell under the boot floor for wet gear.

jay12

train or in a ford galaxy

Where are my stabilisers?

Bike bag inside my car, wheels and bars off - all zipped up and no bike goo gets on my car.

Also have a thule towbar mount (the type the bikes are stood upright on a base) - I only use this when I'm taking more than one bike though, because it is the heaviest most awkward shaped thing to lift and load on to the towbar ever :evil:

Kiblams

pte1643 wrote:

2 x bikes in back of car... Seats down, front wheels off.

This.

Except on nights like tonight when I put my Vitamin commuter in also. Old Almera's are tardises

Raymondavalon

On the roof with a Thule 591..
I can get my bike down and ready to go (fit computer and saddlebag) quicker than it takes most people to get their partly or or fully dismantled bikes out of back of their hatchbacks.
By time they have put their wheel/s on, I am off and riding..

welshkev

MK5 VW golf with roof rack and thule 591 proride bike carrier

tubaonwheels

If car (picasso) then seats down and f wheel off.
More often than not though it's on the bike rack of my motorhome. Vantage Max RL, Peugeot boxer conversion. Accomodation, changing/shower facilities, catering etc. all taken care of

stuisnew

Picked up a cheap 406 estate....moon size boot / back
Honestly, its so much less hassle than the boot rack with ties everywhere which my mrs or brother use on their hatchbacks. I love it. Secure if you need to go away as you can just lock up nd leave the bikes inside

LeighM

I use my girlfriends Land Rover Freelander, seats down and front wheel off. Thought about a roof rack but I don't think it'd be low enough to get my bike on or off.

Thought about a roof rack for my BMW 320 but until she gets sick of dried mud on the drivers seat when I forget to cover it, I'll keep using the Freelander.

chedabob

Train. Or if I can convince my parents to go for a long walk with the dog, a Toyota Emina.

Pudseyp

With a trusty Saris Bones....either on my Signum or my Ibiza FR...great racks, super strong and fits almost anything...

Stevo_666

Two Thule 591 roof mounted carriers on a people carrier. Plenty of room for all the crap and the bikes can go in if you need to leave the car & bikes and make it less likely they get nicked.

Happy Harry

pte1643 wrote:

2 x bikes in back of car... Seats down, front wheels off.

Don't see the point in that. How do you steer it?

I just take the front wheels off the bikes.

gbrnole

08 STI - Thule rack and 591 bike carrier, it was a condition of buying the car that it had to fit in the back, I only got the rack as putting a filthy bike in a new car sucked!

Razer_MTB

when i still had the a6 (saloon) i just chucked a cheap bike rack on the back of it. But i've just bought a honda accord estate, so will be be chucking the bike in the back of that

Andy B

'05 Seat Ibiza FR 1.9 TDi & Seat roof bars with Thule 591's



Shame the Scooby behind it isn't mine

Boy Lard

Lots of room for me and my bike in my Zara Picaso, I have no friends

tlw1

I now own the family dump wagon of a passat estate - so no problem fitting bikes in. But no fun

Paul 135

me and my two mates managed to a norco fluid, kona coilair supreme AND a norco atomik plus all three riders and kit into a 3 door rover 200!!!!!

meesterbond

Roof rack, Thule 591, lots of care...

tsenior

estates are THE way forward, currenlty an old laguna, 1 or 2 bikes in the back without having to take wheels off with 1 or 2 humans in the front, or up to 5 bikes on top/in boot and 5 humans inside.

XC70 is my ideal motor though, hopefully get that when laguna dies.

floosy

Front wheel off the bike. Seats down in a corsa....

nwmlarge

audi a4 avant with a thule rack and some 530 holders
i don't use the fairing any more as it marked the roof, which makes me very angry!



can get three on the top no worries

angry_bird

Front wheel off and chucked in the back of the clio, then anymore bikes that go in there have to have both wheels taken off. So far i've managed to get 3 bikes in there, slightly pointless as it only leaves room for 2 riders

Anyway getting insured on teh golf estate soon

bentes

welshkev wrote:

MK5 VW golf with roof rack and thule 591 proride bike carrier

Hi!

I also have that setup but ran into problems when it caused a water leak on the front door where the door rubber sealant contact the bars "feet".

Does it happen in your? Did you use the transparent stickers to protect the cars roof from the bars feet? I was told not to because it would get yellow with the sun... I think I was misled...