Gary,

I've driven a few miles with a tandem suspended from an old Rhode Gear rack
on the back (live dangerously, I say!).  It worked, though the tandem stuck
our maybe 6 or 8 inches on either side - not enough to be a hazard.  If you
remove the front wheel, it doesn't stick out at all.

If I were doing it again, I'd get one of your racks, but I'd still keep it
on the back - I'm not planning on lifting that beast any higher than I have
to!

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: re. Paulchen rack, carrying a tandem bike
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > The wife and I have a tandem bike and the kids have their own mountain
> > bikes. Do you think a Paulchen Rack would accommodate three such bikes?
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> f
> > not what would be best? A roof rack perhaps?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> 
> You would not be able to carry a tandem on a paulchen, tandems are very
> long.  A tandem is longer than the width of the van
> and you don't want the bike sticking out beyond the sides.
> 
> Just fyi, I've built a few tandem bike carriers for vanagons. The bike is
> carried vertically on the rear door.
> My Tandem carriers have been used on passenger vans, westys and
> adventurewagens.
> 
> http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/4bike/tandem/tandem.htm
> 
> Gary Lee
> www.vwrack.com