Hate to burst your fantasy but a friend has a four door wrangler and it was never that easy to get our bikes inside...we're both 6'3", riding ~63cm bikes with ~85cm saddle heights and they couldn't fit vertically even with front wheel removed. The Wrangler cabins are deceiving short, especially behind the rear seat. Usual procedure was to remove our front wheels, fold down the rear seat, and lay the bikes down flat, one on top of the other. He ended up buying one of the thule racks that attaches to the spare tire mount.
Best way to haul your bike? Ride there! On Jan 13, 5:33 pm, zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote: > Well, all true, but also in the Jeeps favor: > 4WD-you probably got the same 30+" we got yesterday. > Removable tops, doors, so you also have a convertible. > A certain fun factor too. > RGZ > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> > > Sender: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:20:14 > To: RBW Owners Bunch<rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for > hauling your bike? > > I drive a 2010 Prius and have no trouble carrying either two full size > bikes, or our Bilenkey, coupled touring tandem inside the car. Last > summer we went from Vt to MI and back with the tandem inside our car. > I have a Saris hitch rack that quickly carries two single bikes or the > tandem in two parts, on the rack. My Thule Tandem roof rack, which is > a rebranded ATOC Carrier, can carry the tandem, or a single bike, > with fenders, on the roof. I have also used a Thule carrier > (Criterium) that grips the down tube and therefore allows for fenders > and quick access. I easily carry a 19 1/2 foot expedition canoe on > top of my Prius, and the hatchback makes accessing equipment pretty > easy. > > Last month, I drove up to an outlet and bought a full size, seven foot > Christmas tree. The seller was amazed as I quickly tied up the entire > tree, slid it inside my car and closed the hatchback for the drive > home. You can't do that with an SUV. > > Frankly, an SUV like the Jeep, is the least useful shape for carrying > cargo, and the van and mini van, while quite useful for many > applications, are overkill for people who occasionally carry large > items. > > michael, > westford, vt. > > On Jan 13, 6:02 pm, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here's why I ask? I'm thinking about some new (4) wheels, and would > > like to be able to keep the bike inside at times in the event of rain, > > theft-prevention etc. Thinking of maybe outfitting a Jeep Wrangler w/ > > a floor-mounted fork mount-just back the bike in, tighten the QR, > > slide the wheel in next to it.... > > > Anyway, what is everybody else doing? > > > RGZ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
