how to carry a bike inside the car

javidr
javidr Posts: 139
edited June 2014 in Road general
Hi

Im planning to take my bike with me in the car through the Eurotunnel

I dont have any rack or something like that but the bike fits perfectly if i put the rear seats down

Does anybody know if this is legal to carry the bike like this? Should i buy any holder or something like that?


Thank you

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  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    Sure it is legal, it can't be viewed any differently to having a few suitcases on the back seat.
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    I do it all the time. At least 3 times a year no probs
  • javidr
    javidr Posts: 139
    Ok... in Spain it is ilegal to fold down the seats and put something in the back of the car if it is not attached to the car structure...

    Thank you!
  • lesfirth
    lesfirth Posts: 1,382
    If you know why ask?
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Last time I looked the Eurotunnel went nowhere near Spain.
  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    lesfirth wrote:
    If you know why ask?


    This.
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Eurotunnel - France to England

    Spain he knew it to be illegal but wasnt too sure on UK or French law on the subject.

    Not sure how people got that confused.
  • curto80
    curto80 Posts: 314
    This thread just shows everything that's wrong with this forum. Too many sneery people ready to jump on anyone, even when they're asking a genuine and sensible question.

    I never knew that about Spain so glad the OP mentioned it to be honest.
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    We used to have the bikes inside the car when we went to the Alps, not sure if its legal or not though.
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

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  • javidr
    javidr Posts: 139
    Thank you for your help

    So sad to see how this forus has got infected by some bitter people...
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    useful post ... never mind the rissoles
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,701
    JaviDR wrote:
    Ok... in Spain it is ilegal to fold down the seats and put something in the back of the car if it is not attached to the car structure...

    Thank you!

    I'd check for a definition of attached if I was you - sounds like something a bungee cord might fix...
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  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    UK it's fine. I travel to a race every week with my bike in the back :)
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Mikey23 wrote:
    useful post ... never mind the rissoles

    What a croquet of.....
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • kajjal
    kajjal Posts: 3,380
    DavidJB wrote:
    UK it's fine. I travel to a race every week with my bike in the back :)

    Do exactly the same using a old quilt to protect the car / bike.
  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    Kajjal wrote:
    DavidJB wrote:
    UK it's fine. I travel to a race every week with my bike in the back :)

    Do exactly the same using a old quilt to protect the car / bike.

    I use an old curtain to protect the bike from stuff on it (spare wheels) I couldn't give a shoot about the car...worth much less than the bike :)
  • Cannock Chase
    Cannock Chase Posts: 558
    If wheels are removed from bike bits of old carpet is good to shove between anything that might come into contact with each other. Plus old sheet or the like to cover everything up so what's underneath isn't visible.
    I'm not getting old... I'm just using lower gears......
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  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    JaviDR wrote:
    Ok... in Spain it is ilegal to fold down the seats and put something in the back of the car if it is not attached to the car structure...

    Thank you!

    What kind of bizarre law is that?!?!
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    drlodge wrote:
    JaviDR wrote:
    Ok... in Spain it is ilegal to fold down the seats and put something in the back of the car if it is not attached to the car structure...

    Thank you!

    What kind of bizarre law is that?!?!

    Not sure it is bizarre - at least it stops people filling up the back of the car with a load of axes and then causing carnage when they crash!

    Mind you, it's exactly the sort of law that loads of people would huff about and say 'only in Britain'............
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Rolf F wrote:
    drlodge wrote:
    JaviDR wrote:
    Ok... in Spain it is ilegal to fold down the seats and put something in the back of the car if it is not attached to the car structure...

    Thank you!

    What kind of bizarre law is that?!?!

    Not sure it is bizarre - at least it stops people filling up the back of the car with a load of axes and then causing carnage when they crash!

    Mind you, it's exactly the sort of law that loads of people would huff about and say 'only in Britain'............

    The Spanish don't exactly strike me as the most law abiding of people so it does seem a little odd.
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • mercia_man
    mercia_man Posts: 1,431
    This law in Spain also applies to dogs, I discovered when I was cycle touring there last summer. Dogs have to be in a cage or secured with a harness. Police issue on the spot fines to miscreants.
  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    Rolf F wrote:
    drlodge wrote:
    JaviDR wrote:
    Ok... in Spain it is ilegal to fold down the seats and put something in the back of the car if it is not attached to the car structure...

    Thank you!

    What kind of bizarre law is that?!?!

    Not sure it is bizarre - at least it stops people filling up the back of the car with a load of axes and then causing carnage when they crash!

    As you do...
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    So you can chase a donkey over the edge of a building and torture a bull for entertainment or let one run loose down a narrow street full of people but unsecured items in cars are dangerous?

    Makes sense.
  • alex222
    alex222 Posts: 598
    Also you get fined in Spain for driving in flip flops, which I think is sensible due to their propensity to get caught under car pedals.
  • fatsmoker
    fatsmoker Posts: 585
    Alex222 wrote:
    Also you get fined in Spain for driving in flip flops, which I think is sensible due to their propensity to get caught under car pedals.

    Done that, but in Malaysia. It scared the crap out of me.

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