Can you sleep with your bike on a ferry?

[Andrew_Culture]

Well at least from a purely mechanical perspective I'm ready for this trip.

I'll take the Gamins off the handlebars before I leave the bike on the car deck

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Well that was all fine

 

[jefmcg]

Except some ba*tard has stuck some revolting bar tape on as a cruel joke....

My variant was "If you'd mentioned the bar tape in the first post, we would have told you not to worry"

 

[TheDoctor]

Other than the horrid bar tape, that's a feckin' lovely looking bike.
I'd have wanted to sleep with it too

 

[StuAff]

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Well that was all fine

Nice. What model is that?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

The Ti bike is a lynskey frame and a bunch of other stuff. Its on its maiden voyage. It's not mine.

Mine is the shagged bike behind it. I just had to get the crank tightened. The Dutch fella in the bike shop couldn't believe my bike had made it so far.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

We made it. Oh my Holland was windy. I've just done the slowest average ever for a 90 miles ride

 

[Salty seadog]

View attachment 366095 We made it. Oh my Holland was windy. I've just done the slowest average ever for a 90 miles ride

yes, Holland has wind,

 

[mjr]

We made it. Oh my Holland was windy. I've just done the slowest average ever for a 90 miles ride

Well done but I've a 90 mile ride across the fens where the winds kept spinning to face us and I crocked myself with 25 miles to go which would probably "beat" it. Flatland cycling can be hard when the weather's against you!

 

[shirokazan]

Oh my Holland was windy.

I guess that's rhyming slang: Holland & Glass

If I were teaching English punctuation, I'd use this a superb example of when to use the comma. Ta.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

If anyone needs closure on this I've written it up here - http://veloballs.com/cycling-holland-punk-rock-festival-belgium/

 

[PaulSB]

Just returning partly to the original point. I've never seen the rather posh racks posted on here. The ferries I've used just stacked bikes in a corner leant against each other.

My worry is damage, scratches etc. Before boarding I find a local B&Q or similar, buy some pipe insulation, cut to fit and push it on to the frame. Ditch the stuff on the other side.

 

[snorri]

The ferries I've used just stacked bikes in a corner leant against each other.

Name names!
I've only experienced poor bike stowage on the short lived Rosyth- Zeebrugge service which went on my black list immediately following my first use of the service.

 

[Ticktockmy]

Now I am worried about myself, cos I never worry much about the bike paint work, I worry about silly things like other people bike pedals getting caught in the wheels etc, mind when you have done long haul tours where the bike has been carried on top of buses, hauled aboard local passenger ferries and trains and all the other handling it get. a few scratches are least of the problem.

 

[classic33]

Name names!
I've only experienced poor bike stowage on the short lived Rosyth- Zeebrugge service which went on my black list immediately following my first use of the service.

Stena, Irish Ferries & some DFDS vessels.