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Date: 19 May 2005 08:55:26
From: Tyrannosaurus VRex
Subject: Best Way to Transport a Tandem Trike?
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My wife and I have been considering the purchase of a tandem trike,
since I ride a lot and she wants to be able to join me on rides (and
she has some balance problems so a trad tandem 'bent is out of the
question). Up until a few months ago we owned a VW Vanagon that we
could fit a lot of long payloads into, but we sold it.
I guess my big question is what you folks consider the best way to
transport a tandem trike. I've considered a trailer to put the bike on,
but that solution is pretty expensive - it almost doubles the cost of
the purchase! When you're looking at a 10' long trike, it doesn't seem
like it's exactly easy to get it from place to place...
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Steve
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Date: 20 May 2005 10:33:03
From: Dave Larrington
Subject: Re: Best Way to Transport a Tandem Trike?
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Tyrannosaurus VRex wrote:
> My wife and I have been considering the purchase of a tandem trike,
> since I ride a lot and she wants to be able to join me on rides (and
> she has some balance problems so a trad tandem 'bent is out of the
> question). Up until a few months ago we owned a VW Vanagon that we
> could fit a lot of long payloads into, but we sold it.
>
> I guess my big question is what you folks consider the best way to
> transport a tandem trike. I've considered a trailer to put the bike
> on, but that solution is pretty expensive - it almost doubles the
> cost of the purchase! When you're looking at a 10' long trike, it
> doesn't seem like it's exactly easy to get it from place to place...
I've seen one being transported on a small boat trailer, while a friend used
to transport a fully-faired trike - probably not much smaller than a
tandem - on a motorcycle trailer. I imagine that either of these could be
had second-hand for not a huge amount of money.
--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ >
Ha ha, you fool! You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders!
The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia"
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Date: 19 May 2005 15:55:50
From: ric
Subject: Re: Best Way to Transport a Tandem Trike?
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Steve, We have a Greenspeed GTT and we transport it in the back of our
Chevy Avalanche. It also fits in my long bed F -150 My tike has the
couplings but trust me don't use those unless it's a must, there a pain
in the you know what.
Ric
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Date: 19 May 2005 11:05:49
From: Pete Lewis
Subject: Re: Best Way to Transport a Tandem Trike?
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I have a deluxe enclosed aluminum trailer designed to transport tandems
for sale - write for photos and price if you are interested. This is a
really classy trailer, and I am selling it for half off.
Peter
biznus@charter.net
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Date: 19 May 2005 11:30:05
From: HHS
Subject: Re: Best Way to Transport a Tandem Trike?
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"Tyrannosaurus VRex" <pdantic@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1116518126.417757.52470@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> My wife and I have been considering the purchase of a tandem trike,
> since I ride a lot and she wants to be able to join me on rides (and
> she has some balance problems so a trad tandem 'bent is out of the
> question). Up until a few months ago we owned a VW Vanagon that we
> could fit a lot of long payloads into, but we sold it.
>
> I guess my big question is what you folks consider the best way to
> transport a tandem trike. I've considered a trailer to put the bike on,
> but that solution is pretty expensive - it almost doubles the cost of
> the purchase! When you're looking at a 10' long trike, it doesn't seem
> like it's exactly easy to get it from place to place...
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Steve
>
You may regret selling your van before you are done with this. For a start
look into a tandem trike with S&S couplers to break it down into two pieces
for transport. Then figure out the best way to deal with two pieces.
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