ideas for van
BJT
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I'm planning to equip my van with some accessories to make it better at carrying bikes. At the moment they have to lie down, which though ok, isn't quite as ideal as if they were stood up.
Its load area is about 6 foot long, probably between 4 and 5 foot tall, and about as wide as a standard car's.
My current thinking is to have handles (the type used for opening drawers) screwed to the side walls, and bungee ropes to then strap round the bike, and a castor cup to rest the handlebar in (as this is the only point of contact other than the tyres), and then possibly straps on the floor to secure the tyres. Seems ok, though won't really know till I've done it...but anybody got any better ideas / done a similar thing before?
Only foreseeable problem is wasting a bit of space due to the fact wideness of handlebars make it stick out (don't want to be having to faff around with undoing the stem bolts and rotating them), and handlebars are the only thing displacing it from the wall, nothing is at the back.
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Its load area is about 6 foot long, probably between 4 and 5 foot tall, and about as wide as a standard car's.
My current thinking is to have handles (the type used for opening drawers) screwed to the side walls, and bungee ropes to then strap round the bike, and a castor cup to rest the handlebar in (as this is the only point of contact other than the tyres), and then possibly straps on the floor to secure the tyres. Seems ok, though won't really know till I've done it...but anybody got any better ideas / done a similar thing before?
Only foreseeable problem is wasting a bit of space due to the fact wideness of handlebars make it stick out (don't want to be having to faff around with undoing the stem bolts and rotating them), and handlebars are the only thing displacing it from the wall, nothing is at the back.
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When I put bikes in the Landy I take the front wheel off and put them in side ways. Most bikes will go in like this and take up no more space than the width of the bar. I then use bungees in various places. This way also allows extra passengers to sit near the door. Only thing I want to do is put some padding where the brake levers and such contact the side panel. Other than that it works great for me.
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a nissan vanette cargo diesel, '98 model. With side doors and open-upwards rear door.
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