If you thought a roof rack on Porsche was bad

[mel]

then check this "Bike" rack out, biker banter, pedal power, general gassing, it could fit the bill for any of them but in the end I decided it was so sureal that it deserved to go in the lounge. It was spotted at a cycle track in North London, the guy converted some bits he had off of a car rack and says it makes no noticable difference to handling or stability!!!!

[Davi]

quite ingenious, I wondered if he designed it originally for his wheelchair :P

[TheEnd]

Yo Dawg, i heard you like bikes...

[bob1179]

One must ask the question, why?

The second bike is lacking an engine.

As far as I know, motorbikey types don't enjoy the stress involved in moving oneself with ones own effort.

Innit.

[hornetrider]

Cool and the gang. I'm sure I've seen something like that on the back of an enduro bike as well. Some bloke used to head out into Moab with his mountain bike on the back of his KTM (or similar).

[Steamer]

TheEnd said:

Yo Dawg, i heard you like bikes...

As much as I hate to admit it, that was might first thought too.

.. my second thought was: that thing is going to end up in a right state if he likes getting his knee down!

Edited by Steamer on Monday 5th July 15:26

[the_lone_wolf]

Davi said:

quite ingenious, I wondered if he designed it originally for his wheelchair :P

It's a VFR so the owner is likely to be 80 years old or more...

[hornetrider]

[hornetrider]

There's a few about on the net.

[VEA]

There was a guy pitching up to the London - Brighton ride with one like that, I only saw a flash but was a red bike so could well have been the same one.

[bob1179]

Have you noticed they're both BMW riders?

Says it all I suppose.






Oh....

[Famous Graham]

anonymous said:

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Err...where-ever car driving MTBers leave their cars, at a guess...

[markh1973]

mel said:

then check this "Bike" rack out, biker banter, pedal power, general gassing, it could fit the bill for any of them but in the end I decided it was so sureal that it deserved to go in the lounge. It was spotted at a cycle track in North London, the guy converted some bits he had off of a car rack and says it makes no noticable difference to handling or stability!!!!

not likely to alter handling stability very much - VFR weighs about 230kg dry so additional weight of cycle will be barely noticeable. Wind catches the side of the VFR enough as it is - will pass through the cycle so much more easily.

[KB_S1]

anonymous said:

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Can't be worse than a pillion passenger. Aero drag would be a bigger concern but if only for short journeys may be ok.

I see it more as a persons refusal to get a boring car for the purpose.

[Original Poster]

TheEnd said:

Yo Dawg, i heard you like bikes...

So we put a bike on your bike so you can ride while you ride

[sneijder]

Davi said:

quite ingenious, I wondered if he designed it originally for his wheelchair :P

Took a while, well spotted !

[The Nur]

sneijder said:

Davi said:

quite ingenious, I wondered if he designed it originally for his wheelchair :P

Took a while, well spotted !

Very good, I couldnt see the wood for the trees!

[Vidal Baboon]

Original Poster said:

TheEnd said:

Yo Dawg, i heard you like bikes...

So we put a bike on your bike so you can ride while you ride

[shouldbworking]

lets not forget that people would think nothing of putting a pillion on the back. Mountain bike = 12kg, Pillion.. several times that.

[srob]

I don't see the problem. As several have said, the bike would weigh much less than a pillion.

For some people a motorbike is their only form of transport. Kinda limits your options if you want to transport your bicycle!

I personally wouldn't bother. My nan only ever said one sensible thing, and that was, "cycling is just a way of knackering your legs to give your arse a free ride".