Hi Volks,

At the last get together at Roxton Falls with the Quebec Westfalia Club I
saw the following types of carriers:

1. swing away bike carrier attached to the passenger side corner of the rear
bumper. This could easily be modified to carry the spare. The cost and who
sells it I can not remember. There is an ad for this carrier in the Clubs
magazine or membership booklet.

2.  bike rack attached to the front of the van. There are two receiver
hitches attached to the frame just behind the front bumper. The receiver
hitches accept 2 square bars about 3' in length. On top of the bars you can
attach 1 or 2 regular bike attachments. This arrangement is very stable.
This is a DIY project and I am making it this winter.

3. a regular single hitch attachment on the front. Somebody was selling this
for $100 CDN.

I am hoping to be at the next meeting near Quebec City and I will take some
pictures.

Hans Brouwer
Cumberland, Ontario

86 Westfalia (Slowpoke)
92 Cabriolet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S." <MrVolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: swing away tire carrier

> >    Have you ever tried making a front bike rack?
> > I've looked thru the archives for this, only thing I found that looked
at
> all
> > workable was the one bumper clamp one from JCWhitney.
>
> Harmon,
>
> I mountain bike regularly and thought about making a front bike carrier.
I
> would hate to have clean all those bugs off my bikes on a regular basis,
> however.
>
> Chris S.
>
> '85 Westy.