Transporting bikes
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Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
Forum relays can be a really good idea.
I see it used a lot on a Land Rover forum where members would buy and sell around the country and then a relay is set up for moving the heavy stuff, like axles and gearboxes, about. It can take several members and a few days or weeks to get something moved about but it does work.
I'm happy to move stuff about on the Burnley/Manchester route or the Manchester/West Yorkshire direction. Maybe even as far as York and I can then go and visit Arch and go to the railway museum.
I also tend to do the Manchester/Midlands/South East sort of thing but not too often and sometimes at short notice.
Maybe a sticky with 'things that need moving' and 'people available to move stuff' could be posted.
There would need to be an issue with forum, and relay, liability, or lack of though as it should be at your own risk.
I wouldn't want to be liable for any damage to a £10k carbon frame on my cycle rack bouncing about on the M6 for example. I guess old Land Rover axles bouncing about in a Defender are less of an issue in that respect.
I see it used a lot on a Land Rover forum where members would buy and sell around the country and then a relay is set up for moving the heavy stuff, like axles and gearboxes, about. It can take several members and a few days or weeks to get something moved about but it does work.
I'm happy to move stuff about on the Burnley/Manchester route or the Manchester/West Yorkshire direction. Maybe even as far as York and I can then go and visit Arch and go to the railway museum.
I also tend to do the Manchester/Midlands/South East sort of thing but not too often and sometimes at short notice.
Maybe a sticky with 'things that need moving' and 'people available to move stuff' could be posted.
There would need to be an issue with forum, and relay, liability, or lack of though as it should be at your own risk.
I wouldn't want to be liable for any damage to a £10k carbon frame on my cycle rack bouncing about on the M6 for example. I guess old Land Rover axles bouncing about in a Defender are less of an issue in that respect.
mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
York here. I go as far as Teeside on a fairly regular basis.
And I have a wagon.
And I have a wagon.
PpPete
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chandler's Ford
Hampshire here. Big citroen people mover, quite happy to help out in the local area, occasionally have to travel to the smoke
steve52
I'm back! Yippeee
- Location
- bottesford scunthorpe
i would like the tourers amongst us to the same sort of things with there spare rooms or gardens so we can do away with campsites and there stupid prices for one small tent for one night grr
Globalti
Legendary Member
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
do East London to North east Wales fairly regularly ( well SWMBO does) .
mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
Mickle's wagon:
I've put alloys on it since that was taken
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
Amheirchion
Active Member
- Location
- Northampton
There is already a WarmShowers network, and a CouchSurfers network, both are based on people offering places to stay for a night to other travellers. I think the Warm Showers one is cyclist based too rather than general backpackery.
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
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That's a start. York to Midlands anyone?
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I can do a York to Manchester if you like.
I might be over there weekend 12/13 March.
That's a start. York to Midlands anyone?
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I can do a York to Manchester if you like.
I might be over there weekend 12/13 March.
the snail
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham
judging by the progress of the CC jersey relay, I hope you're not in a hurry. I think someone had a website where you can hire space on lorries on empty return journies.
