Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 06:45:43 -0700
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Racks for Tandem Bikes?
In-Reply-To: <46485DEE.3090600@gmail.com>
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You could do what I plan to do on my van; a single
gutter-mount crossbar at the rear of the roof modified
so it clears the raised poptop and the raised hatch.
You then use a single fork-mount bike holder and let
the bike hang vertically on the back of the van with a
bungee holding the rear of the bike to bumper or tow
hook.
Stephen
--- Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Nah, I've never owned or considered getting a
> tandem, so the issue of
> hauling one has never come up. It's just possible
> that I may have asked
> about towing a small car with a Vanagon, or maybe
> towing the Vanagon
> behind a larger vehicle, towing a motor scooter
> behind the van, so
> trailers may have been discussed at that time. It's
> possible. But tandem
> bikes are an altogether different matter -- I know I
> haven't beaten this
> horse to death.
>
> The Draftmaster that Stephen pointed out looks like
> a fine rack. But at
> $800, it's four times the cost of this used tandem
> bike I just got. Gary
> Lee's stuff isn't cheap, either. Can't help but
> wonder if this was a
> plain silly purchase.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical
> Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan
> Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> Greg Potts typed:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > Haven't we been through this already??You need a
> trailer.
> >
> > Happy Trails,
> >
> > Greg Potts
> > 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
> > www.pottsfamily.ca
> > www.busesofthecorn.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12-May-07, at 2:22 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:
> >
> >> I just found a good deal on a tandem bike at a
> yard sale. I hope to hang
> >> it on the back of Mellow Yellow before our next
> camping trip and
> >> surprise Mrs Squirrel. I'm looking for a rear
> hatch tandem bike rack --
> >> not a roof rack, I'm too short to be hauling
> stuff up there, and tandems
> >> are very heavy. Mrs Squirrel is close to useless
> when it comes to
> >> hoisting heavy items.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good
> rack? I saw Gary Lee's
> >> stuff at
> >>
> >>
>
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/4bike/tandem/tandem.htm
> >>
> >> Or maybe someone has a used one for sale, and
> could figure out how to
> >> ship it to Zip code 92008?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical
> Banana")
> >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San
> Juan Capistrano
> >> KG6RCR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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