Putting a bike on a hitch rack is usually easier than putting it inside a vehicle, unless you have a big cargo van without back seats. Just lift the bike onto the rack & latch the straps. You don't need to rearrange anything, worry about the bike shifting, or whether two bikes will collide. Many models come with built in locks to use when needed.
Michael On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:16:24 AM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: > > I was just wondering about ease/quickness of carrying. I had a big SUV > once upon a time, and loved how easy it was to toss the bike in the back > and drive to the park. > > On Monday, January 27, 2014 8:27:42 PM UTC-8, LeahFoy wrote: > >> I can if it's just me and the kids. Disaster if husband comes. Why? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 27, 2014, at 8:10 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Leah, can you put the bike inside the van, or is there too much >> kids/stuff in there? >> >> On Monday, January 27, 2014 3:48:09 PM UTC-8, LeahFoy wrote: >> >>> Joan, you've just hit in my current plan! Ha! I'm looking at what kind >>> of bike rack my Honda Oddysey (no hitch) would take. I'll be perusing >>> Craigslist in the near future! Yay! Thanks for a judge in the right >>> direction. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Joan Oppel <oppe...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> Leah - I really sympathize with the total change your move has made in >>> your biking locale and routine. I almost hesitate to write the following - >>> because it's sort of against the use the bike for as much as possible >>> philosophy. I also should point out that I'm lucky to live in a place >>> where I can do almost any thing by bike from my house. Ok, all that said, >>> here's what I suggest: put the bike on your car and drive to some place to >>> ride. Heresy, I know. But at least you would be getting out to ride! Can >>> you park your car somewhere that would allow you to do errands, grocery >>> shopping, etc by bike and return to the car? Using the car for only part >>> of the trip is still good, in my opinion. I know people who, for whatever >>> reason, just live to far from work to bike the whole way so they drive part >>> of the way, park and then ride. >>> >>> It's still biking and better than notbiking! >>> Joan >>> >>> On 01/27/14, LeahFoy<jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Well, today I set out on the school commute with fresh hopes and clear >>> mind. Today was Lincoln's big debut of riding his 16 inch Specialized >>> Hotrock bike solo. (He is usually hooked onto me via Trail-a-Bike.) I meant >>> to appreciate the sensory experience, but I appreciated that none of us >>> became road kill, instead! >>> >>> Ha! >>> Leah >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/DeWojyJkZvc/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >> 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/DeWojyJkZvc/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
