[Travel] Car that you can put two bikes in ?

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MonkeyGland

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• Feb 22, 2019

• #21

Just something to consider... I’m not sure what type of electric bike you’re considering but most of them of VERY heavy (even with the battery disconnected) which means man handling them can be interesting into the space within the car. I personally would go the (removable) tow bar route with a decent bike carrier like the Thule VeloSpace XT 2 which even has an optional loading ramp to ease getting them onto/off the carrier and has the connections for the electrics and number plate etc. Then choose pretty much any car you want.

 

dazzer6666

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Burgess Hill

• Feb 22, 2019

• #22

Put two (with front wheels removed) in the back of my BMW 3 series tourer a few times without any bother.

 

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knocky1

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Jan 20, 2010

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• Feb 22, 2019

• #23

Get an easy 6 with wheels on in my Toyota V6 ex ambulance now camper.

 

Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...

Mar 18, 2010

29,807

Hove

• Feb 22, 2019

• #24

Electric bikes are heavy, it will be as much of an effort getting 2 of them in the back of a car as it would getting a tow bar and a decent carrier.

 

happypig

Staring at the rude boys

May 23, 2009

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Eastbourne

• Feb 22, 2019

• Thread starter
• #25

Goldstone1976 said:

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Won’t matter if the bikes get dirty if you get one of these.

I have (a similar, but fancier - it has 5 seats and I can cover the pickup bed if I want) one which I use for fishing trips...

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I would get one of those fellers but Mrs H hates them, bit too "hillbilly".

She's a hard woman to please.

 

Knocky's Nose

Mon nez est en Valenciennes..

May 7, 2017

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Eastbourne

• Feb 22, 2019

• #26

I suppose we'd better ask about budget actually!

 

Worried Man Blues

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Feb 28, 2009

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Swansea

• Feb 22, 2019

• #27

happypig said:

I would get one of those fellers but Mrs H hates them, bit too "hillbilly".

She's a hard woman to please.

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Bikes in passenger seat stick her on the roof rack?

 

strings

Moving further North...

Feb 19, 2006

9,965

Barnsley

• Feb 22, 2019

• #28

If you can wait until the end of the season, you may be able to pick up one of these quite cheap...

 

maltaseagull

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Feb 25, 2009

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Zabbar- Malta

• Feb 22, 2019

• #29

The Volvo XC90 big fat SUV takes up almost as much road as a bus

 

happypig

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May 23, 2009

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Eastbourne

• Feb 22, 2019

• Thread starter
• #30

Knocky's Nose said:

I suppose we'd better ask about budget actually!

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10-12k. could go to 15k if I had to

 

Knocky's Nose

Mon nez est en Valenciennes..

May 7, 2017

4,137

Eastbourne

• Feb 22, 2019

• #31

Something like this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-15-...h=item2ce54391f1:g:qrAAAOSw46Fb0l-O:rk:4:pf:1