Three full size bikes inside an Odyssey with room for a passenger may be ... challenging. Doing so will probably require some minor disassembly to get done.
DarinM suggests removing the front wheel. Maybe use something like this: https://deltacycle.com/bike-hitch-pro to keep the bikes upright. Either create a "custom" interior rack to line up the bikes or just put the hitch on a piece of plywood to help keep the bike upright. Another suggestion is to turn the stem so the handlebars are parallel to the frame, which may buy you some left-right room in the cargo area. With the Boscos, it might be a good idea to tilt the bars down as well, I've done similar things with handlebars when stuffing a bunch of bikes in a patio shed for storage. I'd go remove the pedals while I'm at it. It takes a minute a side to remove or install, but makes playing bike tetris a lot easier. Last suggestion: use furniture blankets between the bikes to prevent dings and scratches as you're racking them together. Harbor Freight sells the big ones for less than $9 each. Good luck, Ed C. On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 7:23:13 AM UTC-8, Lynne wrote: > > I'm hoping the Riv group brain-trust can help me out with ideas. We're > planning to take 3 bikes on a road trip in our Honda Odyssey - with 3 > people and luggage for a week-long vacation. No bike rack and we want the > bikes inside the vehicle. Anyone have a suggestion for compactly, yet > safely, packing the 3 bikes into the minivan while leaving space for other > items, including at least one (better yet, both) second row seats? FWIW, > one is a Sam Hillborne, currently with fenders and wide Bosco handlebars, > one bike is an XO-3 with pretty wide handlebars, and the third is a Salsa > with drop bars. Thanks for any and all suggestions! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
