Bikeman

You guys are great! Necessity is the Mother of invention.if that's your only ride, that's the way it is. If l had to break my bike down every time I rode my buds would soon grow tired of waiting given how late I usually roll in cause when they say pedals down they mean it. With my luck one of those trips would entail closing the rear hatch with a protruding pedal, ouch! Just keep riding and find a way to make the vette work too.����

obe1

I looked up the suction rack and it sounds interesting. May check it out. Would seem to be less likely to damage the car since the suction cups to on the front windshield and roof (which likely will be raw carbon fiber). If anyone has used this I would be interested in their experiences.

roadbike56

It will be tight, but I think if you experiment, you'll be able to fit it in with the rear wheel on. FYI, please put some protection on the back of the right seat as your bars will certainly be rubbing against it. Hope this helps.

7LitreC5

I'll have to try it. I ride from work on weekdays. If I can fit the bike in my C7 or in the C5 that would allow me to drive the Vettes more often.

GS1960

There was this post: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...em-solved.html

Maybe you can have something similar done.

mustclime

I don't own a road bike but my Fat bikes fits if I pull off both wheels

BenCasey

I was competitive before my midlife crisis, riding almost 200 miles a week with a solid FTP of 340 watts. A little braggy, but just to give a sense of who I was..

My favorite thing about riding are the events which would require a nice long drive to places like Death Valley, east sierras, SoCal back country (google street view montazuma road to Anza boreggo or Palomar mountain).

My point: your vette is your best friend enjoy the drive home with sore legs and the seat ventilation on! Enjoy passing the RVs and priuses. Listen to tunes and kick back with 30 mpg if your chilled out.

I take off my back wheels all the time and never need to adjust my brakes. Never. I use a chain stay condom and take baby wipes for wiping stuff off, and they're really nice on your ***** and *** after hammering a 100 miles

Take the vette! Learn to adjust or upgrade brakes, cover everything, and if your a dad, this is your time for a little peace with your two favorite toys.

obe1

Good reply Ben. I lived in Westminster for 70 years and rode most of the places you mentioned. Long time member of the Bicyclr Club of Irvine. Did the Death Ride, Solvang, etc. In Tenessee now, where the riding is much better but the weather much worse! Oh, well! Sounds like the 'Vette will work just fine.

Richard Ames

Wife's Durango works if we take road bikes as only one fits in the Corvette as it will only hold one in the coupe.

BenCasey

Death ride is my favorite one!

What pulled you out to Tennessee if you don't mind me asking. Lately I'm seeing more and more people leaving; home prices in the Bay Area have gone ludicrous, only softening up lately due to China's problems.

(Rich Chinese immigrants drove up real estate substantially through speculation for the Bay Area, Vancouver and I believe it was Sydney Australia. Since the Chinese market problems, prices have come down, but we're still in the insane category. I keep thinking about leaving myself)

obe1

What brought me to Tennessee was California! 18 million living on SoCal, 35 million+ statewide. The traffic requires more patience than I currently have! Politics is a joke. 57% is being supported by 43%. Should I go on??? Love the state, it is by far the most beautiful and varied in the nation. Many irreplacable friends and weather to die for!

kmelber2

SeaSucker Talon and Flight Deck

AdventurePoser

I saw a quality rack that is specifically designed to fit on a hatchback...Yakima is the mfg's name and they make some excellent stuff. Perhaps this rack might work for you.

http://www.yakima.com.au/2/Accessori.../Kingjoe-Pro-3

vettman96

I am probably in the minority here, but there is NO WAY I am going to tote a bike around with my corvette. I would rather buy a beater pickup than do that.

Footmike

Driving a C7. Bought a cheap bag, not a travel bag but just a zippered bike bag. Ride a 58cm road bike and remove both wheels and handle bar, zip tie chain onto crank, and can still get a weeks worth of luggage and still see out rear window easily. Bike reassembly takes about 5 minutes at most. I took bike frame into dealer showroom before buying car to make sure it fit. They thought I was nuts.

roadbike56

I own the predecessor to that Yakima, a two bike Rhode Gear rack. I can guarantee it will leave scratches on your Vette. I use both the Rhode Gear and Saris Bones on my SUVs and both leave scratch marks.

I don't use the Vette a lot for bike hauling, but there's nothing like driving up to a meet with your Vette, pop the hatch and pull out a bike. Everyone is watching to see if you can actually get a bike out of that car.

AdventurePoser

I've never actually used this rack. Just trying to help out the OP with some ideas. My bikes fit nicely inside my 2013 Subaru Outback...

yosshimura

Bringing up an old thread...

Any other solutions have risen other than putting bike inside the hatch? If I tow I tow two bikes. I am entertaining SeaSuckers.... but don't see enough people using them and they are not cheap. On a C6 you can put a hitch and just use a hitch bike rack... on the C7, no hitch can be installed so you are SOL.

Currently on my Challenger SRT I installed a hitch and works fine for the bike rack.

felkebg

Wow! Who said you can't do a thread without getting slammed and criticized? So far in this thread: A BUNCH of HELP and no CRITICISMS> wonderful!

raylo

I ride a 60cm bike and here is one of then in my C7... both wheels off but it fits.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ycle-fits.html