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Drifter
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Erik, I, too, read the replies and Kevin's sounded like a good idea as well. I got to thinking and
then I realized that you can buy at auto stores a bracket for mounting bikes in the back of a
pickup. You remove the front wheel and it has sort of a quick release for the forks of your bike.
You could easily attach this to the back of your rear rack using a couple of metal plates etc. and
just use electricians tape or duct tape or something or attach the front wheel of your daughter's
bike to a packpack or whatever. Another possible option!
Erik Freitag wrote:
>
> In <[email protected]> drifter wrote:
> > Found an old rusty bike in a dumpster and tried to tow it home using duct tape to afix (tow it)
> > to my bike. A great failure.
> >
> > To my surprise, I was able to balance the bike from the cross-bar on ( my right) handlebar just
> > inside of the grip as I recall. I travelled a distance of about 5 miles fairly flat. I balanced
> > the bike at an angle so it was off and away from the operation of my bike. I had to make sure
> > the pedal on the inside was at a correct position so in the event of an occasional swaying
> > motion it would not intefere with my operation. I believe the pedal was kept high. Of course, it
> > is/was all about balance, but just a normal grip was all that was necessary. It was kind of fun
> > and not really a problem. Hope I have described it well enough.
>
> That's clear, thanks. I'll give it a try.
then I realized that you can buy at auto stores a bracket for mounting bikes in the back of a
pickup. You remove the front wheel and it has sort of a quick release for the forks of your bike.
You could easily attach this to the back of your rear rack using a couple of metal plates etc. and
just use electricians tape or duct tape or something or attach the front wheel of your daughter's
bike to a packpack or whatever. Another possible option!
Erik Freitag wrote:
>
> In <[email protected]> drifter wrote:
> > Found an old rusty bike in a dumpster and tried to tow it home using duct tape to afix (tow it)
> > to my bike. A great failure.
> >
> > To my surprise, I was able to balance the bike from the cross-bar on ( my right) handlebar just
> > inside of the grip as I recall. I travelled a distance of about 5 miles fairly flat. I balanced
> > the bike at an angle so it was off and away from the operation of my bike. I had to make sure
> > the pedal on the inside was at a correct position so in the event of an occasional swaying
> > motion it would not intefere with my operation. I believe the pedal was kept high. Of course, it
> > is/was all about balance, but just a normal grip was all that was necessary. It was kind of fun
> > and not really a problem. Hope I have described it well enough.
>
> That's clear, thanks. I'll give it a try.