Date:         Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:55:30 -0800
Reply-To:     TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Homemade bike rack for '85 Westy?
Comments: To: Susie Kinyanjui <kivulini50@HOTMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <Law11-F63pOznqvymPH00004976@hotmail.com>
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I have a 2-bike RoadGear rack that has a ball hitch
mount. It has a hinged vertical post so you can access
the rear hatch with the bikes still attached.

I modified an old VW-412 hitch to work on Goldibox,
but one of those hitches that bolt to the towing eyes
would work too.

I have mine set up to carry 3 bikes, so I use a strap
between the top tube of the last bike and the top of
the hatch to take up some of the load.

There are pictures of the bike rack and hitch in my
Yahoo!Photo album and on my web page on the Optional
Features page; see my signature for the hyperlinks.

Good luck,

Tim

--- Susie Kinyanjui <kivulini50@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Thanks for everyone's suggestions about the bike
> rack. Problem is, I'm only
> 5'4"and have had problems with previous racks
> because of not being able to
> reach very high to attach bikes. So I was hoping to
> find some info/ideas
> about a bike rack where the bikes sit horizontally.
> Hope that makes sense. >

=====
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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