anyone use one of the small work vans for mountain biking? (transit/promaster)

[R-Audi]

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http://www.kulumotorcar.com/car-detail.asp?id=1605

[danno]

Nice that’s what I was thinking. A camping bike hauler, not to that extreme but basically what I would do if I had a big budget.

[muse017]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO-gG4GnRfs

go big or go home~

[snowcat]

Hahaha, I almost pulled the trigger and got a low roof, short 4x4 sprinter as my daily. The new ones that are out as of last summer can have the MBUX car interiors. Would love bombing around that and parking beside “normal cars”. Vans are awesome.

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http://www.kulumotorcar.com/car-detail.asp?id=1605

Built in Red Deer, that shop makes the best of the best for sprinters!

[Darell_n]

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Hahaha, I almost pulled the trigger and got a low roof, short 4x4 sprinter as my daily. The new ones that are out as of last summer can have the MBUX car interiors. Would love bombing around that and parking beside “normal cars”. Vans are awesome.

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Built in Red Deer, that shop makes the best of the best for sprinters!

Cost to build was more than I bought my house for. Hard pass on that.

[ShermanEF9]

neat, but not 200k neat.

[ExtraSlow]

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Vans are awesome

Holy shit I agree with @snowcat about something.

[schurchill39]

@birdman86 is a pretty big mountain biker from what I remember and he "built" a van.

[ShermanEF9]

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Promaster City and Transit both do, if you choose that option. They flip forward to create a pretty big space. If I had to take the kids somewhere, I'd probably use my northshore rack, and then put dismantle my bike for the back. But for normal stuff, I would leave it max cargo, and fit 2-3 bikes back there.

You'll barely fit 3 bikes in one of these even without seats, then you're taking two vehicles somewhere anyways because you can only fit 2 people in the van.

[zipdoa]

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http://www.kulumotorcar.com/car-detail.asp?id=1605

I think the Winnebago Revel does it a lot better for that price:
https://m.winnebagoind.com/products/...revel/overview

[Kjonus]

Check this sweet set up out https://www.instagram.com/p/BuZqVJyg..._web_copy_link

[birdman86]

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@birdman86 is a pretty big mountain biker from what I remember and he "built" a van.

Sadly ended up selling it about a year ago (new job took over my life), but it was wicked while I had it. Didn't have to plan out camp sites etc so I'd just hit the road straight from work on Fridays, I think those summers I was in a different town every weekend in Jun-Aug.

First summer had this setup, no insulation or anything but as long as you put reflectix in the windows and tried parking in the shade it never got uncomfortable on >30 days (although I wasn't in the van during the day). Just slept at truck stops/rest stops:

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Second summer it turned into this, no pics of it in use but was a total game changer having actual organization for everything and a 12v fridge, and the twin mattress was way better than the air mattress I used in year 1:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BS-GE9Rg...281fG63b1nl80/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIUBtZXjXEI/