XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2010-06-26, Nate Nagel  wrote:   
   > On 06/26/2010 05:41 PM, Ron Peterson wrote:   
   >> On Jun 26, 1:10 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the   
   >> Movement of Tantra-Hammock"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> True, but sometimes advertising makes demand. For example, Stupid   
   >>> Unnecessary Vehicles are totally unnecessary and yet advertising   
   >>> creates a demand for them.   
   >>   
   >>> A bicycle though is totally necessary --just as Mao envisioned-- so   
   >>> I'm afraid there's going to be a lot of communism in Heaven.   
   >>   
   >> I find my THH helpful in transporting my bikes to the bike trails. If   
   >> I didn't have bikes, I wouldn't need a SUV and would get sports car   
   >> instead(I haven't figured out which one,  anybody have insight as to   
   >> the best one?).   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >>     Ron   
   >>   
   >   
   > I have a Thule roof rack which works on all of my cars, including a   
   > Porsche 944...  pretty much any sports car, so long as it has a fixed   
   > roof, ought to be able to accomodate same.  I have in fact used it to   
   > bring a bike home after purchasing it (it's way easier than cramming it   
   > in the back seat of the Impala, and less risk of getting grease on the   
   > upholstery.)   
      
   Any car with fold down rear seats should be able to take a bicycle in   
   the trunk with just removing the wheels. It would be even easier with a   
   bicycle that had a quick release seat post. It's the seat and the pedals   
   that usually give me the problems. When I get everything just right the   
   bicycle will slide in effortlessly. When I get it wrong it takes a   
   minute or two.   
      
   I've even been able to get bicycles in the tiny trunk of my '73   
   maverick. Seat does not fold down. But I won't even try that with my   
   cannondale. The steel frame bikes I didn't worry about dinging the frame   
   on the threaded end of the spare tire hook. Just tossed a rag over it so   
   it wouldn't scratch the paint.   
      
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