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Your favourite car/van organiser accessories for long journeys with a bike

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I have an expandable box thing for separating a few things. Before that, everything just rolled on the floor. 

A 12v fridge. 

A cheap ebay pressure washer

What do you have that makes travelling with a bike easier and more efficient?


 
Posted : 17/01/2026 8:34 pm
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Plasters tub. Everything drops into it.


 
Posted : 17/01/2026 8:39 pm
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A couple of big bags for life - riding kit all goes in those and they go in footwell.


 
Posted : 17/01/2026 9:27 pm
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I used IKEA bags for ages.

A house mate left behind a large Adidas gym bag when he emigrated.

Shoe pocket, massive middle bit, pocket that expands at the other end for dirty kit. One clear plastic bag for junk and one cloth bag for clean clothes.

One handed lift of all the crap need for a day's ride. All the kit I need for a weekend of riding will go in if packed neatly  

 


 
Posted : 17/01/2026 11:06 pm
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https://mtbvans.co.uk/products/the-stash-box


 
Posted : 18/01/2026 9:19 am
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One of the big pvc paperboy’s delivery bags, chuck shoes, dirty kit and helmets in them. Stand on it in the mud when getting changed- does seem to degrade. Had it for years and have no idea where we got it from.


 
Posted : 18/01/2026 9:46 am
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Those interlocking foam floor tiles (multi coloured in our case from when children were small) to pad out bikes/wheels etc stacked in the car.  Tarpaulin obviously if the bikes are in the car. 

A couple of spare old rubber rear footwell mats to stand on to get changed, which were for my last car. Although I've a nasty suspicion they might have been left in it when traded in as they're not in the current one.  🤔

Big plastic multi use bags with the webbing handles (like the Decathlon ones) or even Ikea ones. Wet kit, loose kit etc. 

In deepest winter clag maybe one of those big round plastic trug things. 

A couple of straps and bungees to stop any sliding around.  

Beyond that anything else seems a bit over engineered and likely to not fit round a bunch of piled up bikes in the boot.  


 
Posted : 18/01/2026 6:49 pm
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A cheap wine bottle carrier bag thing that I stash water bottles in (and hook it onto the curry clip on my glove box), also have a couple of mattress toppers (one goes under the bike to help slide it in over the tarpaulin and avoid scratches, the other over the bike that the front wheel goes on top of). I also have a spare SRAM battery and front wheel thru axle in my glove box...


 
Posted : 20/01/2026 8:53 am
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I've a couple of Kit Brix. They're semi rigid, square shaped, can be zipped together and have a waterproof interior. Downsides, they're not that big (hence I had to buy another) and the carry handle is on the lid, so unzipped, you can't pick it up and kit just spills out. Because I'm lazy that's happened more times than I care to admit. Lasted well though.  Plus a Ikea bag-for-life and an old blanket, never really had any damage in the car - and I've a Mini, so not masses of space available 


 
Posted : 20/01/2026 9:44 am
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I had a big Ikea type bag for years, was great for finishing a ride or race, everything straight into that and sort it out later. 

A friend worked out that a semi-rigid plastic laundry tub (the type with small holes in) fitted perfectly in his van footwell so he used that - he'd lift it out at home onto the driveway and jetwash kit as it was and let all the dirt and water run out. Then carry the basket into the house and load it all into the washing machine. 


 
Posted : 20/01/2026 9:59 am
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I hav a mix of plastic moving cartons and an Ikea mini shelf unit (in the back facing the back doors) and low profile Ikea trays under the main area of the bed. Generally cooking equipment, food and water goes in the rear of the van, with clothes and bigger stuff (spare bed, awning, etc) going under the main part of the bed and accessible from the side.

The rest of my shit goes, usually, in Ikea blue bags on the bed, or in the front passenger footwell, although I do plan on trying to get a 12v fridge fitted in there with a shelf thing on top so I can keep food in the van.


 
Posted : 20/01/2026 10:16 am
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IKEA bags, zipped and open, interlocking floor tiles, 2 fit perfectly in the bottom of an IKEA bag. Stand in one to dump dirty kit/get changed with a dry robe over the top. Pull your clean clothes out of the *other* bag. Also use the smaller bags to split race kit, training kit and civvies.


 
Posted : 20/01/2026 11:30 am
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Posted by: DickBarton

A couple of big bags for life - riding kit all goes in those and they go in footwell.

yep, same here, they do the job well


 
Posted : 20/01/2026 2:08 pm