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Subject Topic: Transporting bikes inside caravan
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05/4/2011 at 11:45am
 Location: castleford West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Lunar Stellar Kia Sedona 2011
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Yeah, I have never put my clothes in the van before as I was concerned about overloading the van, so always put them in a bag etc in the car ....

Am I doing this wrong ?

Cheers


05/4/2011 at 12:14pm
 Location: Otley W. Yorks N Yorks border
 Outfit: Swift Challenger 584 and Volvo XC60
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The Carrabike stand is very good, we put them between the 2 front seats and the noseweight is ok, they are quite lightweight bikes though, we have never had any problems with weight distribution,  we always carry the awning on the back seat of the car, i suppose that is easy for us just being the 2 of us though.  J x


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05/4/2011 at 12:50pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Caravan now Sold
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all our clothes are placed into two large £1 bags and help to lodge the bikes in over the axle.

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05/4/2011 at 9:25pm
 Location: castleford West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Lunar Stellar Kia Sedona 2011
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Hi all,

Just to let you know, the Carabike stand arrived today ! - super fast delivery, it feels well made and comes with two bungees too :-)

Off to the Lakes on our maiden voyage in the new van, so will let you all know how I get on :-)

Cheers everyone


06/4/2011 at 4:44pm
 Location: West Midlands
 Outfit: Sprite Major 6 2011
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I used my carabike for the 1st time a few weeks ago and was a complete success.


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07/4/2011 at 1:43pm
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Put them on the roof of the Car

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07/4/2011 at 1:59pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: ex Caravanner now Static.
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If you have a mover fitted then remember that has to come out of your payload too.  If you have a mover (as we do), then I would always carry the bikes on the roof of the car.  The other bonus of this is you can possibly take the bikes to some better to ride rather than just around the campsite & the roads around there.

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07/4/2011 at 9:49pm
 Location: castleford West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Lunar Stellar Kia Sedona 2011
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The problem with me putting them on the roof (as I had considered this), is that I have a new 7 seater Kia Sedona, and to be honest its HUGE !, my hubby is not coming with me on quite a few of t he trips away as he works away a lot, and so I don't think I would be able to get the bikes up onto the roof by myself :-(

I'll let you all know how I get on with the Carabike, I am taking the awning out of the caravan and putting it in the car so I am not overloading the van :-)

Cheers all



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