My plan for retirement is an AWD Chrysler Pacifica. The middle and rear seats all fold into the floor - so it is the equivalent of a cargo van with the just the two front seats if needed. Or the number of needed seats can be raised from the floor. kind of a larger version of the Element.
[image: 17.jpeg] Laing Delray Beach FL On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 12:54:57 PM UTC-4 Jeffrey Arita wrote: > Since 2016 (except for 2020 of course) my wife and I have rented minivans > to transport our rigs to faraway places. Minivans, in my opinion, are a > fantastic invention. Lots of room! Once we get to that location, we drop > the vehicle off and start the adventure. We tend to do this if the start > point is > 500 miles away. > > Around 2016 we learned about Rok Straps and how useful they are on a > bicycle equipped with a rack. For us, they have since become a *standard* > part of the entire rig. We have used them to secure additional water > bladders, bottles, drybags and even firewood to a rear rack. While > transporting the bicycles with a minivan, another use for the Rok Straps is > to secure them to the minivan's many anchor points. They work quite well > securing the bikes inside a moving vehicle (especially while making > turns). I realize you have a sidestand, but it certainly would help secure > your Platy from potential beausage. > > Have fun! > > Jeff & Lori > Claremont, CA > > > > On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 8:29:05 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Ok, here’s the compromise. If this bike is inside the locked van, good >> enough for me! Can you believe this long bike fit?! Everyone, quick, go buy >> a Honda Odyssey! >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Jun 16, 2021, at 7:17 AM, Melanie <myo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If anything untoward happens on vacation, wouldn't you rather it happen >> to the Clem? Let the Clem be your beausage bike and let the Platy be your >> precious. >> >> >> Have a relaxed vacation! >> >> Melanie (who is about to go on vacation, sadly sans any Riv at all) >> >> On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 2:08:31 AM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> Every summer I leave for five weeks or so. I drive across the country to >>> our home states and spend that time with our families. Our kids get out of >>> the desert and get to have lake life and grandma time and run wild. I have >>> a Saris Freedom 4 bike rack, and I can/might take my Clem, my Platypus and >>> the boys’ Clems. We get a lot of riding done up North, and with temps 110 >>> in Vegas in the summer, I relish that riding time. Hassle though it is, >>> I’ll bring our Rivendells. Four of them. 🙄 >>> >>> But which ones? >>> >>> I can remember last year as we journeyed out of Yellowstone, we thought >>> it would be great to take the Beartooth Highway out of the park. One moment >>> we were enjoying views from the top of the world and the next, we were in a >>> June snowstorm that barely allowed visibility 20 feet in front of us. I >>> worried for my dyno hub, and also that we’d be rear-ended. When we got to >>> Billings, those poor bikes suffered through the most torrential downpour I >>> can ever remember driving through. My son’s Brooks B17 Select still bears >>> the scars (yes, it had a Randi Jo saddle cover). And then there’s the theft >>> risk (we u lock them to the rack overnight on our drive), and maybe it’s >>> higher in the Bicycle Shortage of 2020 and 2021. Oh, and the risk of being >>> knocked over by exuberant little nieces and nephews as we jam our bikes >>> into family garages… >>> >>> The struggle is this. I don’t want to leave my most favorite bike ever >>> behind for 5 weeks. The Clem is just not the same, and though I plan to >>> bring it, I would really, REALLY miss my Platy if I ONLY took the Clem. But >>> if tragedy should befall me, the raspberry Platy can’t exactly be replaced. >>> There’s only one. >>> >>> Should I just take my chances because high risk, high reward? Suck every >>> last drop of joy out of it and stop worrying, because after all, it is a >>> bike, and it’s meant to be ridden? Or should I protect it, keep it safe >>> like Gollum and his Precious? Just ride the Clem and pine for the Platy? I >>> have hand-wrung about this for weeks. I decide, IT WILL BE FINE JUST BRING >>> IT and then back to JUST THINK OF HOW YOU WILL REGRET IT IF YOUR PLATY GETS >>> HURT OR STOLEN. We leave Friday and the pressure is mounting. >>> >>> Who has an irreplaceable bike and can relate and would offer an opinion? >>> Thanks! >>> Leah >>> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/f1n4UPoE-Zk/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d9249e88-7281-451e-bed4-cf8018f40cc9n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d9249e88-7281-451e-bed4-cf8018f40cc9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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