2manyoranges
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Well, I always liked my C16Rs and P7s. In 2018 I bought the car I had wanted for ages - a 4X4 Skoda Yeti - I did all the right research, and the Oranges fitted brilliantly, rear wheel on, front wheel off. All rear seats out...clickety click, heave with the seats ... a simple lift of bikes, and the huge box like void could take five...yes five...Oranges. Brilliant.
And then bikes started to grow. And grow.
The Stanton Switch9er will go in nicely, thanks to the compact rear triangle. But the two FS Transitions are just a tiny bit too long. A tiny bit too long is not OK... ‘a miss is as big as a mile’. And now the BfEMax has the same growth spurt issues...looong chainstays which push the rear wheel into the back of the seats.
Yes, we have the brilliant Thule bike racks for the roof, but they are not very carbon-frame friendly and of course the bikes sit in 70mph wetness when it’s raining....grrrrr
(Footnote - with most of the world on fire, flooded or in the grip of pandemic I recognise that this is a minor irritation and observation rather than anything of real substance....but an irritation nontheless...I like my Yeti...)
And then bikes started to grow. And grow.
The Stanton Switch9er will go in nicely, thanks to the compact rear triangle. But the two FS Transitions are just a tiny bit too long. A tiny bit too long is not OK... ‘a miss is as big as a mile’. And now the BfEMax has the same growth spurt issues...looong chainstays which push the rear wheel into the back of the seats.
Yes, we have the brilliant Thule bike racks for the roof, but they are not very carbon-frame friendly and of course the bikes sit in 70mph wetness when it’s raining....grrrrr
(Footnote - with most of the world on fire, flooded or in the grip of pandemic I recognise that this is a minor irritation and observation rather than anything of real substance....but an irritation nontheless...I like my Yeti...)
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