Need to pick a car up up and it's either run 14miles to get it or bike it? (I'd rather not run)
(I've no idea though if the bike will go the back, just a standard new shape mini 3 door)
Do the back seats fold down? If so you'll get it in, even if you have to take wheels/seatpost* off.
*Take some allen keys if it isn't quick release.
Do the back seats fold down?
No idea
Edit: Google has come up trumps
Just need to hope it's a similar Mini as there seem to be 10,000,0000 different types available
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Got my orange 5 in the boot of a Peugeot 205 once - did have to take the forks off mind as well as the wheels
The answer is yes the issue is how easily
What sort of Mini? A proper one or a plastic BMW one?
Mate had his new stumpy in the back of a proper mini when he got it new.
Wheels off, seatpost out and bars either removed or turned 90 deg and it should fit across the back seats.
if you can run 14miles why not run it? or get a taxi part of the way and run the rest. Be a bit annoying if you can't fit the bike in because you'll either have to ride back without the car or leave the bike to collect later.
I have had multiple 3dr hatchback Minis (BMW).Drop the back seats down and take the wheels of (the bike not the car!). No problems at all.
Sorry, just realised I read it backwards and thought you were picking up a bike with a car, not the other way round!
That photo above is promising.
if you can run 14miles why not run it
Because I'm lazy and running will take 2 hours and cycling will 45 mins 😀
Remove both wheels, fit hub spacer gizmos if disc brakes, drop/remove seatpost and spin/remove bars.
Must fit in, Shirley!
If not, re-assemble, cycle home and then run back to car. 😆
Yeah no problem...
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Take hacksaw just in case 😈
I can get a mountainbike in an MG midget*, so if you can't in a modern hatchback then you're not trying hard enough.
*wheels off, bars spun 90deg, roof down, frame behind the seats with one wheel and, other wheel on the passenger seat, roof back up again.
n0b0dy0ftheg0at - Memberfit hub spacer gizmos if disc brakes
Why on earth would you need to do that?
n0b0dy0ftheg0at - Member
fit hub spacer gizmos if disc brakesWhy on earth would you need to do that?
I'm talking about the gizmo that slots into the dropouts and places something in between the disc brake calipers. With no rotor there, accidental presses of the brake levers will mess up the self-adjusting piston positions, the gizmo keeps them ballpark honest.
Ran
Are you going to be driving two whales in said Mini?
n0b0dy0ftheg0at - Membern0b0dy0ftheg0at - Member
fit hub spacer gizmos if disc brakesWhy on earth would you need to do that?
I'm talking about the gizmo that slots into the dropouts and places something in between the disc brake calipers. With no rotor there, accidental presses of the brake levers will mess up the self-adjusting piston positions, the gizmo keeps them ballpark honest.
Aaah you mean PAD spacer, a DROPOUT spacer goes between the dropouts.
You can get an MTB, Road bike, Riding kit and camping gear for an Alpine trip in the BMW Mini. I've seen it done.
Should fit fine, as they're hardly 'Mini' anymore. (Or British)
Got my GT zaskar in the back seat of my 1981 mini, wheels and seat had to come off.
I've seen two mountain bikes in the back of a Daewoo matiz.
You'll be fine.
It turned out to be a quite odd run
I saw....
A dead parrot
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This...
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And not sure whats going on here...
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It turned out to be a quite odd runI saw....
A dead parrot
Beautiful plumage though
I remember turning up to one of my first time trials in about 1979 or 80 to see 3 chaps and their bikes arrive in a Mini. Proper Mini as well not one of these badge engineered things. Suspect yours will work as well.
A dead parrot
He's not dead, he's just resting.
Tired out after a long squawk at the inhabitants of the Uxbridge Plastic Heron Sanctuary?
Possibly but the dead Parakeet (Parrot) was dead right under the end of the runway at Heathrow
just get a angle grinder and chop the bike up into small parts and it will fit easy