Slick
Guru
It's not something I do often but had a brilliant journey from Glasgow to Newcastle on the train with both bikes going into their own car on racks that wouldn't have looked out of place at my primary school in the 70's. The journey back wasn't quite as good as we got on the train on the bike carriage, only to find the bike space full of bags of rubbish and it was the space for hanging the bikes, which I didn't fancy much. To cut a long story short, I threw the bags out and slid both bikes in the space but they were both sticking out quite a bit restricting door access. Eventually, everyone got on and I lifted the cases on to the platform for anyone getting off, which worked fine until we got to Edinburgh when a young girl working on the platform came on and told me to hang the bikes. I explained they were this way from Newcastle and I couldn't hang the ebike from the wheel due to the weight. She said we wouldn't be able to travel further and she would need to get the train manager to confirm. I stripped both bikes of their panniers and pulled both out to allow me to hang mine but just slid Mrs Slicks ebike back in where it came from. I was even more exasperated when the girl came back to tell me the manager was already aware of the bikes and was happy with the way they were.
Long story to ask, would you hang your ebike on a train by the wheel?
Long story to ask, would you hang your ebike on a train by the wheel?