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What's the combined weight of the ebikes?
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What's the combined weight of the ebikes?
I have 3 specialized Levo, about 50lbs each. If I ever took my Epic also, I'd probably pull the batteries.What's the combined weight of the ebikes?
same. its way higher than i thought. The aero behind the car is very important and putting a bike back there really impacts it. Cant imagine how bad sticking it on the roof would be though. As always, the aero stuff gets far worse over about 40 mph so it would depend on your speeds. That was for my pivot 429 on 1UP. The dirtbike on the super heavy mx dual rack was about the same though, didnt seem to matter weight just aeroNext question: what's your average Wh/mile hit from carrying a bike or two on the hitch rack behind the Y? On my X, it's about 50-70Wh/mile at highway speed.
The comment about the load being reacted by the mounting bolts would tell me that this is the weak link in the system. Would it be possible to increase the diameter of the bolts, utilize a stronger bolt effectively, thus helping with the vertical load limit?I dont get that but Im not expert on trailering. All I tow is mainly a 4x8 harbor freight with bikes and/or kayaks.
This is from etrailer : The vertical load limit is the amount of weight pushing down on the ball. On a regular hitch it's called tongue weight.
All this means is when towing a trailer you want 10-15% of the load on the ball, to stabilize the trailer. Any less and the trailer will start doing the sine wave down the freeway. This 10-15% load is reacted by the mounting bolts which hold the hitch onto the frame of the vehicle.
No differently than a bike rack weight also pulling down on those same mounting bolts. Maybe for the case of bike rack install they are adding in the distance from the receiver hitch, and assuming you could load up a triple bike rack or something 10' off the back of the car ?
I don't know if it would be worse on the roof, since bikes would be in an "aero" position. Hitch racks mounted bikes are like a parachute.same. its way higher than i thought. The aero behind the car is very important and putting a bike back there really impacts it. Cant imagine how bad sticking it on the roof would be though. As always, the aero stuff gets far worse over about 40 mph so it would depend on your speeds. That was for my pivot 429 on 1UP. The dirtbike on the super heavy mx dual rack was about the same though, didnt seem to matter weight just aero
How's your wh/mi with the bike on it? I did a 27 mile test 90% highway and got 350 wh/mi (MYP + 2 bikes on 1up super duty)Love my Kuat NV Base 2.0.
I wanna test out shoving my 1 bike in the roof box and see what I can get.I don't know if it would be worse on the roof, since bikes would be in an "aero" position. Hitch racks mounted bikes are like a parachute.
Yes. I put mine in my model 3 a few times before I installed a hitch and 1Up rack.I haven't tried yet, but can one put a 29er with the front wheel off in the back of the car?
+1 - even swallows my fat bike.I haven't tried yet, but can one put a 29er with the front wheel off in the back of the car?