Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-22 Thread robert zeidler
Yeah it's much better to read about everyone trying to describe about how they can tell the differences between ruffy tuffy and roly poly. On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > Don't *you* start! It was already kicked off the iBob list by the > moderatorsintheir > infinitewisdombel

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Don't *you* start! It was already kicked off the iBob list by the moderatorsintheir infinitewisdombelieveitornot. I say, if you pedal it, it counts. Actually, I've been told that you can learn to lean them, but that woud take away the entire point -- the fun of cornering with all three wheels on t

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-21 Thread davidfrench
Is this thing a tricycle? What don't lean like a bike is not a bike! :-) -- 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/-/Rg2FltRjVSAJ. To post to th

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
I have to bow before superiority. That does take the cake. How's about this: https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/Late70sOrEarly80sKenRogersBRT?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa-k8S2v-XZbg#5702101096963401378 On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:43 AM, davidfrench wrote: > Patrick, what about this one: > http://images.c

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-21 Thread davidfrench
Patrick, what about this one: http://images.caradisiac.com/images/3/1/9/9/33199/S0-J-aime-du-jour-Citroen-Tube-vs-Renault-Estafette-135216.jpg Citroen Tub! :-) I saw one in San Francisco. I guess it belong to a bike shop in Russian Hill... This is the perfect vehicle (and pardon me even if I'm fre

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-20 Thread Larry Schellhase
I have a 99 VW Eurovan Camper which does a great job of hauling two bikes and two people. Lots of bikers I know have Honda Elements. Two or three bikes easily fit in the rear with two passengers up front. Too bad they stopped making it. Larry LA CA On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:08 AM, davidfrench wr

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-20 Thread PATRICK MOORE
One word: Citroen Acadiane. https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/Acadiane#5720999573577885634 Carries my Ken Rogers tricycle with no need for disassembly. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Rex Kerr wrote: > I find that carrying my big bikes in/on vehicles is a pain... > > They're too tall to

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2012-03-20 Thread Rex Kerr
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 f

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2011-01-15 Thread Kelly Sleeper
Ok William I'll whisper the link to you only.. http://atoc.com/biketopper.php Then scroll down to the BT-HT47 ... that is the one I'm buying. My Tandem topper is a Rockymount.. haven't check to see if they make something. Kelly William Pustow wrote: > That's what I've been looking for! Please

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2011-01-15 Thread William Pustow
That's what I've been looking for! Please let us, (forget them, tell only me), know if the single unit works with fenders. What's the brand/web site? Bill Louisville, Ky On Jan 15, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Kelly Sleeper wrote: > Note if like my you find your fenders too long for standard roof rac

RE: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2011-01-15 Thread Kelly Sleeper
it was made by draftmaster. Kelly From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Grant Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:13 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for ha

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for hauling your bike?

2011-01-15 Thread Jon Grant
Make it at least four for the Element. It¹s not sporty in the least. We bought it because it¹s light for its size, its rugged interior can be configured variously, and because it can haul bicycles standing up with wheels on ‹ at least as tall as my 60.5 cm Rivendell custom. We can put three people