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Subject:Re: Removable Bike Rack?
From:Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
Date:Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:55:37 -0400

>Date:    Thu, 3 Jun 1999 20:53:09 -0400
>From:    "Anthony L. Mourkas" <frankenstein@TELPLUS.NET>
>Subject: Re: Removable Bike Rack?
>
>We borrowed a Thule #978 Easy Rider and used it on the family's trip to
>Cape Cod in April.  It fit very securly with six straps to the rear hatch
>and we carried two bikes with no problem and no damage to bikes or van
>whatsoever.  This rack is equipped to carry three bikes and I have thrown
>four on one in a pinch during a bike tour last Summer.  I have also
>carried a tandem bike on one for many hundreds of miles with no
>difficulty.  A very well made rig.
>
>
>Tony
>
>Anthony L. Mourkas
>Hampden, Maine, USA
>1984 Vanagon Westfalia
>1987 Vanagon GL Syncro
>1991 Jetta Eco Diesel
Just a question, since a tandem is slightly larger than a Vanagon, what
you've done, remove both wheels? Put some reflective material on
wheels?

Normand Gagnon
NormandSylvie@ibm.net
Westy GL 85
Jetta 91