Just wondered how the bulk of people who cycle carry there bikes (apart from the ones who mount them on the caravan) along with everything else. Roof racks , not without problems or put them inside their caravan which I'm loathed to do with sharp bits of metal & grease. i know you can wrap them in a blanket but again not ideal.
RE: Bikes
in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:16 pmby Randa france • | 13.258 Posts
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RE: Bikes
in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:42 pmby monoboard • | 359 Posts
do you tend to put a bar across the floor with brackets to fasten your front quick realise axels to ?
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in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:03 amby Tinkerbelle • | 28 Posts
The rear seats of a Citroen Berlingo are easily removable. Two (or more, if you want) bikes go straight in the back without dismantling any part of the bikes. Then ratchet-strap them in a vertical position.
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in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:21 amby Aaron Calder • | 3.834 Posts
We used to carry two folding bikes in bags inside the caravan firmly wedged in place with bedding to prevent movement but found having to remove and replace them whenever we needed to access the van while en route a bit of a nuisance. Carrying bikes inside a convertible is clearly not an option.
Carrying ordinary bikes fully assembled on a drawbar mounted ball is by far the best solution for us and helps us attain the ideal noseweight for towing.
Have you seen this thread? Bike carrier
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RE: Bikes
in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:40 amby Randa france • | 13.258 Posts
Quote: monoboard wrote in post #3
do you tend to put a bar across the floor with brackets to fasten your front quick realise axels to ?
No. We strap the bikes minus thier front wheels together and then strap them to a metal bracket on the inside of the rear wheelarch bodywork which is built in for the purpose of securing boot loads in the Touran.
The front wheels are then stowed alongside the front folks of the bikes inside the rear side door as in most cars the width between the door openings is wider than the rear passenger space.
This only takes up about half the rear space so there is plenty of room to stow the awning and other essentials. I work on the premise that if a tow car, in our case a VW Touran, is designed to carry 7 people, 3 of whom are seated on removable heavy rear seats (the other two fold into the floor), then by removing all that weight we would be hard pushed to load the car up again to that level with camping gear.
Before the Touran, we were able to unbolt the rear seats in our Focus estate thus making the tow car a two seater but with plenty of extra space to carry the gear.
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RE: Bikes
in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:21 amby Poptop320 • | 2.631 Posts
I always wonder how folks go on with bikes on the towbar area regarding nose weight? Most bikes weigh approximately 12kg, my Familia 320 normally averages at 63kg because the kitchen is at the front, If I added two bikes that would jump up to 87kg, my car nose weight has a max 75kg.
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in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:35 amby eribaMotters • | 5.588 Posts
I think the 320 is the odd one out though. Gas locker, kitchen and loo all at the front probably make it the most nose heavy I believe.
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RE: Bikes
in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:40 amby Randa france • | 13.258 Posts
Two bikes, a 3 way fridge, a table top freezer, an awning and still not quite full YET
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They will fit in the Troll both with front wheels on or to make it easier to get them around the corner of the kitchen unit, front wheels off. We've not travelled with them this way and they will need to be strapped and padded.
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ERIBAFOLK POP UP EVERYWHERE 1999 Eriba Troll 530 pushing a VW Touran 2L TDi Match
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in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:54 amby monoboard • | 359 Posts
I have a 2015 320 purchased off Adventure Leisure & they said no problem with nose weight fitting a 2 bike rack on the A frame which they duly did. I ended up having to be incredibly carful & having to use 2 3.9kg (or what ever size the baby bottles are) bottles. I have changed my tow vehicle now and will put the bikes in that which will help my nose weight + i used to mount one bike & then move caravan on to the rd with motor mover & then when its on the towbar mount the 2nd bike due to not being able to spin the jockey wheel handle when the 2nd bike was on the rack!
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