[apkp777]

Anyone successfully put 2 road bikes in the baggage area of a tip-up?

I am thinking about modifying the aft bulkhead to accommodate part of the forks or rear stays. The bikes are VERY light (7lbs or so). What about a shelf in the back?

I want room for two bikes and gear. Any thoughts?

 

[LarryT]

Hinged rear window

Our Ch. 782 Pres Carl Dugger built his -9A with a hinged back window so he could load bicycles.

LarryT

Anyone successfully put 2 road bikes in the baggage area of a tip-up?

I am thinking about modifying the aft bulkhead to accommodate part of the forks or rear stays. The bikes are VERY light (7lbs or so). What about a shelf in the back?

I want room for two bikes and gear. Any thoughts?

 

[jcaplins]

7 lbs? tell me more about those. Or is that frame only? or 17 lbs?

 

[apkp777]

Jeff- Frame only is 7lbs. The wheels and misc stuff adds another 6 or 7, . I would strip it down and reassemble if necessary to accommodate the bike.

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[Greg Arehart]

Tony,

Can't help you with the entire question, but I wouldn't hesitate to modify the baggage area to give more room (I did anyway). Just be sure to calculate your W & B properly once that is done. I added a shelf behind the baggage area that occupies about half the bay back (~12" behind the baggage bulkhead) at about the level of the baggage bulkhead split (I made the top half into a hinged door that drops forward). I use if primarily for light stuff, like an extra hat and some extra clothes, and also for stowing my headsets etc. when traveling.

greg

 

[Snowflake]

This is my solution... Fits much easier in the back.

Who says homebuilders don't like a challenge?

 

[jcaplins]

Jeff- Frame only is 7lbs. The wheels and misc stuff adds another 6 or 7, . I would strip it down and reassemble if necessary to accommodate the bike.

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drooool.....

(I can do that too, but my fingers are strong).


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[John Courte]

I think that bike would fit in my RV. It's the pricetag that wouldn't.

 

[N941WR]

Smaller, lighter, faster than the eunuch cycle, and almost as fast as the bike.

Only one small problem, they are not so good on grass.