Cycling.

[chirpychippy]

We've nipped of to the West Country for a bit of R&R & Cycling.

I looked at buying bike Mounts for the bikes to secure them in the van. Then thought, I can make bike Mounts, being a Carpenter Joiner come kitchen fitter with a box in my garage filled with plumbing stuff, I made my own, much to my own shock they work really well.

I'm calling them Architectural Bike Mounts!!!

 

[johnny2007]

Great stuff, well done!
Much better than those flapping bike carriers.

 

[ericmark]

My e-bike will just fit in folded in the back seat foot well with seats folded up. Honda Jazz seems it is a Honda thing lifting back seats, but wife's e-bike is a problem, got rid of the Kia Sorento, and the 3.5 inch spacing of the bolts on tow ball, so nothing to fit bike rack, the Jag XE has a detachable ball, so that rack will not fit, and also the towing electrics have failed, so can't power number plate board.

We have inherited a rack for a hatch back, but again no towing electrics, and a heavy bike to lift on a high up carrier.

She has ridden the e-bike around 10 times in 10 years, so I am loathed to do too much, but seems a pity, cost twice the cost of mine, mid-motor, so far better than mine in the rear wheel, so looking at how to carry it, and not worked out how yet.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Won't it fit in the Jazz with the rear seats down, front wheel off obviously? I went through the mill looking at a long term bike carrier solution for the Golf, settled on a roof rack + bike carriers but I guess that's not ideal if it's difficult for you to lift a heavy bike up there.

 

[robinbanks]

I can make bike Mounts

and a lovely job Bob!

Can you do a version where they mount to the tow bar, then you can just drag the cycles along behind the car, like a trailer?

 

[johnny2007]

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[johnny2007]

My e-bike will just fit in folded in the back seat foot well with seats folded up. Honda Jazz seems it is a Honda thing lifting back seats, but wife's e-bike is a problem, got rid of the Kia Sorento, and the 3.5 inch spacing of the bolts on tow ball, so nothing to fit bike rack, the Jag XE has a detachable ball, so that rack will not fit, and also the towing electrics have failed, so can't power number plate board.

We have inherited a rack for a hatch back, but again no towing electrics, and a heavy bike to lift on a high up carrier.

She has ridden the e-bike around 10 times in 10 years, so I am loathed to do too much, but seems a pity, cost twice the cost of mine, mid-motor, so far better than mine in the rear wheel, so looking at how to carry it, and not worked out how yet.

Get a real bike, remove front wheel and it fits in any car.
Downside is that you need legs for it.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Boring Troll boy.

 

[ericmark]

Get a real bike, remove front wheel and it fits in any car.
Downside is that you need legs for it.

Dangerous, done that, and had the disc pads fall out.

 

[Odds]

Get a real bike, remove front wheel and it fits in any car.
Downside is that you need legs for it.

Hardcore.

 

[johnny2007]

Dangerous, done that, and had the disc pads fall out.

???
How???

 

[ericmark]

The disc holds the pads in place, so once a little worn, the pads can fall out when disc removed with some models. In fact, they can with some models fall out even without removing the wheel once they are worn.

Disc brakes are good when they are set up correct, but the mechanical disc brake is so easy to get wrong.

Had it going down Symonds Yat, light braking they worked well, but when going down that hill, realised it did not matter how hard one squeezed the brake leaver, one got the same retardation, and I could not stop, lucky nothing coming up, disc blue when I got to the flat, adjusted with Allen key, and they were then fine, but there was no warning, clearly reached end of cam travel, and that was not what I had expected, I am now more careful to keep in adjustment, OK with hydraulic brakes, there is no cam, but cable it is a problem.

 

[johnny2007]

The disc holds the pads in place, so once a little worn, the pads can fall out when disc removed with some models. In fact, they can with some models fall out even without removing the wheel once they are worn.

Disc brakes are good when they are set up correct, but the mechanical disc brake is so easy to get wrong.

Had it going down Symonds Yat, light braking they worked well, but when going down that hill, realised it did not matter how hard one squeezed the brake leaver, one got the same retardation, and I could not stop, lucky nothing coming up, disc blue when I got to the flat, adjusted with Allen key, and they were then fine, but there was no warning, clearly reached end of cam travel, and that was not what I had expected, I am now more careful to keep in adjustment, OK with hydraulic brakes, there is no cam, but cable it is a problem.

What sort of bikes do you ride???
Never seen a brake pad held by the disc.
Pads are attached to the caliper in one way or another.
The disc doesn't hold the pads in their place otherwise they would be rubbing all along.
After all, I ride bikes built by me using non-chinese parts...
Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[ericmark]

OK, it was cheap, only paid £750 for it, I think. But it does well, fits on the train, and in my car, a standard bike would only fit on the carriage adapted for wheelchairs. I have to leave it on the veranda of the train, but it fits. Note design of carriage I live in Wales, we have not got many diesel engines. Most trains here are steam hauled.

 

[robinbanks]

Dangerous, done that, and had the disc pads fall out.

When I do this I have a double glazing packet with a hole drilled in it and a hair elastic threaded through. I stick the packet between the pads and wrap the bobble over the caliper to keep it in place. Accidentally squeezing the brake as you load the bike up is a right pain in the backside if there isn't anything keeping the pads spaced