eagle123
Look Ma, No Hands!
Borrowed this photo from elsewhere on this forum since it's relevant to this thread.
This vehicle is surely wider than the average minivan (looks like probably closer to 6' wide, as opposed to 4' wide like the average minivan). Wow, looks like about 11 bikes in a row.
Noting that there's some alternating of positions, some bikes pointing forwards, some backwards, it makes sense that this may help to get `em squeezed closer together. Though in a minivan, this might be tougher (or impossible) to do for certain reasons.
Also, the height advantage on this truck likely helps a good deal in terms of getting bikes squeezed very closely together since you have space to get your arms between the bikes from the top and get things dialed in just right. In a minivan, ya kinda need to just slide the bikes in from the rear and hope for the best. Though a minivan's side doors will allow access for further fine adjusting, but it's just more difficult.
Just eyeballing this photo though, it gives hope of getting at least six bikes, side by side, into a 4' wide minivan. If I wind up being able to cram 5 to 6 bikes in my Odyssey, I'll be extremely happy, that's plenty.
This vehicle is surely wider than the average minivan (looks like probably closer to 6' wide, as opposed to 4' wide like the average minivan). Wow, looks like about 11 bikes in a row.
Noting that there's some alternating of positions, some bikes pointing forwards, some backwards, it makes sense that this may help to get `em squeezed closer together. Though in a minivan, this might be tougher (or impossible) to do for certain reasons.
Also, the height advantage on this truck likely helps a good deal in terms of getting bikes squeezed very closely together since you have space to get your arms between the bikes from the top and get things dialed in just right. In a minivan, ya kinda need to just slide the bikes in from the rear and hope for the best. Though a minivan's side doors will allow access for further fine adjusting, but it's just more difficult.
Just eyeballing this photo though, it gives hope of getting at least six bikes, side by side, into a 4' wide minivan. If I wind up being able to cram 5 to 6 bikes in my Odyssey, I'll be extremely happy, that's plenty.