Taking a couple of bikes on the next trip.
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:18
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We're planning a Gulf and East NT trip late August and got to thinking it might be good to take a couple of mountain bikes along, for those times when your
camp is set up and you want to go somewhere that is just a bit far to walk.
Question 1 How do you find this, do you actually use the bikes or are they just extra gear to carry. What are the pros and cons.
Question 2 Where and how do I carry them, see pics of our trip setup below. I suspect I may have to be pretty creative.
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww342/gonetroppo_fnq/P8030027.jpg
Reply By: Tony - Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 15:38
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 15:38
I made up my own bike carrier. It bolts to the roof rack of our hard floor camper. With the front wheel removed, the forks are clamped by one of those wheel clamps available from bike shops.
Unless the tracks are really rough, the front clamp is enough to hold the bike upright. A couple of times the back wheel has jumped out of the channel it normally sits in. For the channel I used some Alloy U shaped channel.
Easy to lift on and off.
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