When the children are small you can manoeuvre their bikes into the boot of an estate car. Throw in a tarpaulin so the muddy bikes don’t wreck the boot.
Bike Racks
Bicycle shops can advise on the best type of cycle rack for your bicycles and car either on the back or a roof mount. Remember the roof is at least a metre higher which seems even higher after a long ride.
Or attached to a tow bar mounted at the back?
Or mounted to the boot?
Storing your bike. A few what-ifs?
If your garage is full, think about where you can store the carrier and the bikes. They take up a surprisingly amount of space.
Hooked onto the wall or on the ceiling away from the car or garage door? It has to be easily accessible. It is too easy to say to think it’s much of a effort to get it down.
I was surprised how simple it is to attach our bike rack to the car, it is securing the bicycles to the rack which takes time, (for me).
Once the bike rack is attached can you see the car number plate number?
Trailer Board
If not, as in our case, you will need to buy a trailer board. A bicycling or hardware shop can order one with your license plate number.
If your brake and indicator lights can not be seen, you will have to buy a lighting board. And a lighting board wiring kit either to make up yourself or have it already wired up by the garage. (As ever youtube mechanics offer instruction.)
So, the trailor/lightboard is attached to the rack where it can be clearly seen.
Once all the bicycles are secured can you see around them?
Do the handle bars or wheels stick out causing a driving hazard?
Are the bikes securing attached (locked?) to the carrier.
Final check on the bikes, and the light board and we’re off.
The first time you may feel like a tank but you soon get used to it.