does anyone know if this is legal and if so someone who could manufacture one!
daryl14,
Mar 19, 7:42pm
Don't see why not, there are bikes with tow balls - That would be the best place to attach a bike rack. There are bikes with surf board racks and gun racks and fishing rod racks.
A bicycle would blow you around a bit though wouldn't it! Maybe a purpose built side car with the cycle facing forwards would present less wind resistance!
marilyn19,
Mar 19, 7:52pm
well that's what i was thinking, there are racks that have the bike facing forward but their manufactured by a small company in the USA. so my issue really is finding one on the internet or taking the time to make one myself
daryl14,
Mar 20, 7:23am
Well if you can find something offshore that will always be cheaper I think. But you may run into trouble with LTSA or mr plod if they could possibly deem it unsafe (to you or other road users).
I think I'd be approaching a LVV engineer/certifier about now.
Perhaps a small two wheeled trailer will be the way to go!
trogedon,
Mar 21, 6:51am
I used to take one of my racing bikes on my motorbike. I took the wheels off and lay the bike down on my motorbike carrier. It worked well and not much overhang. It did mean I scratched the frame a bit - not good when it was a nice Pinarello.
daryl14,
Mar 21, 7:33am
Any kind of trailer/towed bike etc will have to be registered with a plate and working tail lights to be legal.
Not sure a bicycle wheel/hub would be up to doing 90km/h behind a road bike!
There's a bit of stuff on the LTSA site about loads on motorbikes and trailers.
noswalg,
Mar 21, 9:46am
probably wouldn't be hard to modify a pack rack to hold a frame and as trogedon said remove the wheels and bungy cord them to frame
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