Clothes you won't need in transit are the easiest and safest thing to ship. Jam 'em in a box, suitcase or plastic tub, use them to wrap anything fragile, drop the containers off at FedEx and they're at your destination like magic.
Use them to pad your bike, even (with care so nothing gets greasy, of course).
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 14 of 14
Thread: Moving with our bikes
Hybrid View
-
11-13-2009, 05:56 AM #1
In-app purchases
- Join Date
- Sep 2007
- Location
- Uncanny Valley
- Posts
- 14,498
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
-
11-13-2009, 09:37 AM #2
just call me wilma
- Join Date
- May 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, OR
- Posts
- 5,023
Yeah, our bikes were both on the back of the Prius for the drive. Bad move. Two bikes on the back of a Prius acts like a sail. Our MPG dropped to BELOW what the Matrix was getting (we drove both cars - too much stuff with two 70+ lb dogs). We found an ACE hardware and bought a socket set to switch the bikes to the Matrix and were amazed at the change in gas milage. It barely lowered the Matrix MPG at all and the Prius went right back up to where it belonged. It was all about aerodynamics and the shape of the two cars (and the engine size)... Live and learn.
Oh, and I have NEVER seen dirtier bikes before! We spent hours cleaning them up once we got to our destination. I am SOOO thankful we opted to take the 'rain' bikes on the car and not our nice road bikes!My new non-farm blog: Finding Freedom
Reply With Quote
