What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily

[[email protected]]

I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
take the front wheel off?
yaris,
jazz
fiesta
getz
swift
mazda2

 

[Andrew Priest]

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:41:10 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
>What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
>take the front wheel off?
>yaris,
>jazz
>fiesta
>getz
>swift
>mazda2

Golf, but then not under $20,000 new at least :-(

Andrew
-----
Churchlands, Western Australia
Giant CRX 1; Giant Boulder SE
http://aushiker.com http://www.bicyclewa.com.au/blog/8 http://backpackgeartest.org http://geocaching.com.au

 

[Harry 'Snapper' Organ]

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:41:10 -0800, [email protected] wrote in
aus.bicycle:

>I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
>What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
>take the front wheel off?
>yaris,
>jazz
>fiesta
>getz
>swift
>mazda2

I am not sure that it does but you should also look at the Mitsubishi
Colt because the rear seats fold right up behind the front seats and
presumably leave a lot of room for a bike. It is also a fairly tall
vehicle and very economical (claims 5.5 lit per 100K). I only know
because have been looking at the same vehicles

It is right in your price range

Regards
Harold

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius

 

[Bleve]

On Nov 8, 9:41 am, [email protected] wrote:
> I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
> What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
> take the front wheel off?
> yaris,
> jazz
> fiesta
> getz
> swift
> mazda2

2 56cm roadies fit in the back of a barina without drama.

 

[Theo Bekkers]

Bleve wrote:
> On Nov 8, 9:41 am, [email protected] wrote:
>> I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
>> What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
>> take the front wheel off?
>> yaris,
>> jazz
>> fiesta
>> getz
>> swift
>> mazda2
>
> 2 56cm roadies fit in the back of a barina without drama.

Where do you put their bikes?

Theo

 

[[email protected]]

>
> > 2 56cm roadies fit in the back of a barina without drama.

yeah i tried 1 bike in a 3 door barina but my knees were around my
ears.

In the Golf how much room did you have, eg enough for some bags? And
was it a 5 door?

Also as unbelivable as it sounds i saw 3 full size bikes put in the
boot of a commadore, nothing on the backseat. It like i big
dismantleing session. too hard i want to be able to push down the
seats and throw it in.

 

[PiledHigher]

I've had 4 54cm roadies in the 5 door Golf (front wheels off only).

 

[[email protected]]

>
> > 2 56cm roadies fit in the back of a barina without drama.

yeah i tried 1 bike in a 3 door barina but my knees were around my
ears.

In the Golf how much room did you have, eg enough for some bags? And
was it a 5 door?

Also as unbelivable as it sounds i saw 3 full size bikes put in the
boot of a commadore, nothing on the backseat. It like i big
dismantleing session. too hard i want to be able to push down the
seats and throw it in.

 

[[email protected]]

they have aero bars? did you have to lower the seat posts?

 

[Theo Bekkers]

[email protected] wrote:
>>> 2 56cm roadies fit in the back of a barina without drama.
>
> yeah i tried 1 bike in a 3 door barina but my knees were around my
> ears.
>
> In the Golf how much room did you have, eg enough for some bags? And
> was it a 5 door?
>
> Also as unbelivable as it sounds i saw 3 full size bikes put in the
> boot of a commadore, nothing on the backseat. It like i big
> dismantleing session. too hard i want to be able to push down the
> seats and throw it in.

This post looks strangely familiar. But no more readable thn the last three
identical ones.

Theo

 

[TimC]

On 2007-11-08, Harry 'Snapper' Organ (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:41:10 -0800, [email protected] wrote in
> aus.bicycle:
>
>>I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
>>What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
>>take the front wheel off?
>>yaris,
>>jazz
>>fiesta
>>getz
>>swift
>>mazda2
>
> I am not sure that it does but you should also look at the Mitsubishi
> Colt because the rear seats fold right up behind the front seats and
> presumably leave a lot of room for a bike.

I was going to say, do you think they still make the 1981 model? I
don't even recall having to take the front wheel off my teenage sized
bike.

> It is also a fairly tall vehicle and very economical (claims 5.5 lit
> per 100K). I only know because have been looking at the same
> vehicles

I saw a new one recently -- they look ugly. And how can tall still be
fuel efficient? Got to punch through the wind more.

--
TimC
If my head were spinning at relativistic speeds,
it would appear to everyone else that my brane had slowed down.
-- Dan E. Macs on RHOD

 

[[email protected]]

they have aero bars? did you have to lower the seat posts?

 

[Andrew Priest]

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:35:40 -0800, [email protected] wrote:


>In the Golf how much room did you have, eg enough for some bags? And
>was it a 5 door?

My bike goes into Anne's 07 Golf TDI with the front wheel off no
worries. If you are happy to put bags on top of the bike or vice versa
I can't see it being a problem, but then I haven't tried it either.

You do need to fold the rear seats down flat, so only room for one
passenger.

Andrew
-----
Churchlands, Western Australia
Giant CRX 1; Giant Boulder SE
http://aushiker.com http://www.bicyclewa.com.au/blog/8 http://backpackgeartest.org http://geocaching.com.au

 

[Theo Bekkers]

TimC wrote:
> Harry 'Snapper' Organ wrote

>> I am not sure that it does but you should also look at the
>> Mitsubishi Colt because the rear seats fold right up behind the
>> front seats and presumably leave a lot of room for a bike.
>
> I was going to say, do you think they still make the 1981 model? I
> don't even recall having to take the front wheel off my teenage sized
> bike.

They've all died a painfull death.

Theo

 

[Donga]

On Nov 8, 2:02 pm, "Theo Bekkers" <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> 2 56cm roadies fit in the back of a barina without drama.
>
> > yeah i tried 1 bike in a 3 door barina but my knees were around my
> > ears.
>
> > In the Golf how much room did you have, eg enough for some bags? And
> > was it a 5 door?
>
> > Also as unbelivable as it sounds i saw 3 full size bikes put in the
> > boot of a commadore, nothing on the backseat. It like i big
> > dismantleing session. too hard i want to be able to push down the
> > seats and throw it in.
>
> This post looks strangely familiar. But no more readable thn the last three
> identical ones.
>
> Theo

You mean it's Bratton?

 

[Travis]

On Nov 8, 7:41 am, [email protected] wrote:
> I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
> What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
> take the front wheel off?
> yaris,
> jazz
> fiesta
> getz
> swift
> mazda2

My 60cm bike fits in the wife's Yaris if I place it properly, with
only the front wheel removed. I usually remove both wheels though as
it just gives more space to work with.

Travis

 

[G-S]

[email protected] wrote:
> I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
> What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
> take the front wheel off?
> yaris,
> jazz
> fiesta
> getz
> swift
> mazda2
>

I can't get my Giant Cypress City into the better halfs Fiesta even with
the seats down and the front wheel off so I'd cross that off your list.

It will go into a Ford Focus CL hatch (which retails at $19,990) but
that's more of a medium sized car.


G-S

 

[RobWoozle]

[email protected] wrote:
> I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
> What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
> take the front wheel off?
> yaris,
> jazz
> fiesta
> getz
> swift
> mazda2
>
My Yaris fits my 56cm bike in without taking the wheel off. That's the
road bike. For the mountain bike the front wheel does have to come off.

Rob

 

[[email protected]]

On Nov 8, 9:41 am, [email protected] wrote:
> I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
> What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
> take the front wheel off?
> yaris,
> jazz
> fiesta
> getz
> swift
> mazda2

I'd reckon the stealerships would let you try for fit if you showed up
with a bike.

 

[tim]

On Nov 8, 9:41 am, [email protected] wrote:
> I am looking to get a new small 5 door car under $20,000
> What small car fits a 55 cm bike in the back easily, only having to
> take the front wheel off?

I've heard of a couple of teams (in the US) who routinely carry a
TANDEM inside a Honda Jazz (or Fit in their market).

Split-fold the rear seat, tilt and push the front passenger seat as
far forward as it will go, and apparently a tandem can be fed in. Both
wheels off, I assume. The passenger has to sit behind the driver (of
course there are two people in the car... it wouldn't make much sense
to carry a tandem if there's only you).

I've never been or even looked inside one, but the Jazz has a
reputation for having extraordinary amounts of room in it for the size
of car it is. I'd be very surprised if it didn't have room for a
single roadie.

Years ago, Mazda used to market the 121 Metro as being able to stand
two fully assembled mountain bikes diagonally in the back (with the
seat down). I always assumed they were midget sized bikes, but there
was a picture on the brochure to verify it.

I used to fit my mountain bike with the rear wheel on in the back of
my '89 Daihatsu Charade. Or I could drop both wheels, and carry the
bike in the back seat.

Small cars are much bigger inside than you would think.

tim