Bike parking at Goodwood FOS

[alfa dailey]

Has anyone taken their bike to Goodwood FOS, I'm thinking about biking it down as I keep reading all these threads about huge traffic jams to get in and leaving - my mates are driving but I can wait for them inside, ha ha.

What is it like for parking a bike will I have to park it on the grass and watch as the side stand slowly sinks into the grass and my bike topples to the ground??

Thanks

[Mon Ami Mate]

alfa dailey said:

Has anyone taken their bike to Goodwood FOS, I'm thinking about biking it down as I keep reading all these threads about huge traffic jams to get in and leaving - my mates are driving but I can wait for them inside, ha ha. What is it like for parking a bike will I have to park it on the grass and watch as the side stand slowly sinks into the grass and my bike topples to the ground?? Thanks

Stop on the way and buy a tube of Pringles. When you arrive, throw the tube and the Pringles away and put the lid under your sidestand when you park on the grass. A perfect solution and the only excuse for ever buying crisps!

[itchy]

That may do the job but why not take a large metal jar lid instead. Or a squashed Coke can.

[iguana]

You can buy special park on grass thingys that fit under the sidestand, but under my bike seat for many years has lived a flat bit of wood a couple of fag packet wide for just such an occasion, I've biked down to the FOS for about 5 yrs & also had to park at many other places on damp grass & its always been fine.



For FOS its the traffic coming out, rather than traffic in where the bike is such a bonus.

[s2rr Kitty]

Alfa, I took my bike down a couple of years ago & they were using the circuit car park for bikes. Theyt also had an old double decker bus for as a helmet/jacket park so you don't have to carry it round all day.

Iggy - they are called 'pucks' we seem to have accumlulated about 10 of them - all the mags have given them away at some point!

[iguana]

s2rr Kitty said:

Iggy - they are called 'pucks'

Ahh but it doent quite roll off the tongue like 'special park on grass thingy'




Worth using on driveway type tarmac on v hot summer days too, I saw a bike fall over once coz of sidestand sinking into melty tarmac.