I find that carrying my big bikes in/on vehicles is a pain... They're too tall to fit IN the car -- with the front wheel off, my 67 cm AHH BARELY fits in the back of my Subaru Outback with the seats down.
They're too accessorized to fit ON the car -- fender or front lowrider rack prevents using fork mount racks, water bottle cages prevent using downtube mount racks, fenders prevent using over the tire type racks, etc. I've always hated hitch mounted racks, though I do have one... problem is, I don't have a receiver hitch on my Subie. I did manage to get some of my bikes to work on a fork mount by removing the wheel tray and leaving just the fork mount bolted to the front crossbar, and just cinch the rear wheel down to the rear crossbar, with the bars spaced exactly for the wheelbase of my bikes. Having the tray removed allows the fender to drop down below the crossbar, BARELY clearing the roof, though requiring the mudflap to be bent back. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:08 AM, davidfrench <nydavidfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, very late on the topic, but for a -used- solution, I bought a VW >> Eurovan from 2001 (I wasn't in the market for new vehicle which is fine >> cause VW stopped importing those). >> > I put a hitch and a 4-bikes rack from Hollywood in the back. Works great > and there's even room for my wife's surf boards inside! > :-) > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/u-m7_AH3emMJ. > 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. > -- 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.
