Bike(s) in the back of a touring

[SamiS]

Want to use my bike a bit more over summer, so thought about getting a touring so I can throw mine (and sometimes the other halfs) bike in the rear. I've got a bike rack but don't trust them!

Is it easy to fit 2 bikes in the back of the touring?

[adit]

no, very tricky!
remove rear headrests (if app.), drop down the rear seats, remove bike front wheels and you may have a chance with a lot of jiggery-pokery

this was discussed a little while ago:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... light=bike

[pac1982]

much better off with an E36 touring you can get at least one bike in the back no problem sure you could get 2 in.

For how cheap they are these days you may as well get a bike rack though much easier to use

[rover-2000]

I bought a new bike for my Daughter (Adult size hybrid) and it fitted in with just the rear seats folded. I would think that two would be very tricky.....

[Kedge]

Years since i've used an E30 touring for putting the bikes in and never even attempted two. Far easier in my Seat Leon. Think that says it all really!

[adit]

Far easier in my

[SamiS]

Humm, back to the drawing board again. I would like to have an other E30 and getting a touring made sense for the bikes.

I know I can get a bike in the back on a 2 door but defiantly won't get 2 in the back!

I have a bike rack, just don't want to use it. Never that confident with them. No matter how tight you do them, it seems lose-r when I arrive!

E36 is a no go really. I'd be happy with a basic e30 316 estate, but if I went e36, it'd have to be a 328! Maybe I'll look at a old 5er.

[Kedge]

Far easier in my

[fuzzy]

why not just cycle to where your going?

[verde]

I wanted a tourer so I could fit the downhill bikes in it but hearing this about nornal bikes I doubt one would fit

[fuzzy]

downhill bikes? you do the easy bits on the bike then stick them in the boot for the hard bits?

[SamiS]

The place I want to take them is fast roads and boring. When I get there, its a forest to cycle around.

[harry_p]

How big are peoples bikes?

an adult mountain bike will fit in the back of a metro if you take the front wheel off. for two you take a blanket and put the second bike on top of the first. surely a touring isnt that small?

[MrWhite]

I've crammed 3 mountain bikes and 3 people in my touring. Fold one of the rear seats flat, take both wheels off and they will go in. It is a squeeze but it is possible.

The bikes were just hard-tails, I doubt you'd have much luck with a downhill steed with 8" travel forks on it.

[HairyScreech]

its absolute piece of piss, just take the front wheels off and drop them in, i have to do it about once a week (some times a gap and then 3 days in a row).

regularly used to putting two full dh bikes in and full kit for a weekend for 2 people.

[SamiS]

I'd rather not take the front wheels off, yes I know it doesn't take long!

The idea is to chuck 'um in, drive for 15 minutes and spend half a day riding around interesting trails, not sitting on a tarmac road for 50 minutes to get there!

I'm happy to have the rear sears folded down all the time, it'll rarely have more than 2 people in the car.

[Brianmoooore]

Red touring in my sig. has transported five bikes for thousands of miles all over western Europe - all carried on a towbar mounted bike rack.
There's a plate sandwiched between the towbar and the ball hitch with a tubular socket on either side, and a couple of 'L' shaped bars slot into these upside down.
Alternatively, a couple of roof bars would do the job.

[HairyScreech]

I'd rather not take the front wheels off, yes I know it doesn't take long!

The idea is to chuck 'um in, drive for 15 minutes and spend half a day riding around interesting trails, not sitting on a tarmac road for 50 minutes to get there!

I'm happy to have the rear sears folded down all the time, it'll rarely have more than 2 people in the car.

then May i suggest a mondeo estate.

[Cotty]

I have put a full sized mountain bike in the back of my touring without taking any wheels off

[lady-lumps]

I use my roof rack and get some bike racks for that, just dont buy cheap ones and it'll be fine