During the development of the vehicle I wanted Tesla to do a take your bike to work day to test each bike for fit in a Model 3. I was guessing that anIronHorse Sunday with a dual crown fork would not fit. I guessed wrong! It fits. There is a little negotiation with the cross beam above the threshold, as the bumper stops on a dual crown fork limit how flat the bar lays. Other than that, easy:
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I'm curious what size bike that is. I can't fit my bikes in a Model 3 without dropping the seat post, and that's not something you want to do with a carbon frame and post every time you put it in the car. Road bike is a 58 with a lot of seat post as I'm 6' 2". Eyeballing it, I need about an extra inch between the wheel wells, so it's probably fine for anyone under 6'. Alternative is removing both wheels, but that's not terribly convenient. My bikes fit in the back of a Prius without removing either wheel!
I'm not familiar with downhill bikes. Do they have low saddles so they're just out of the way since you're standing on the pedals most of the time?
I'm not familiar with downhill bikes. Do they have low saddles so they're just out of the way since you're standing on the pedals most of the time?
The issue was with the dimension between the bottom of the big chainring up to the saddle. I wasn't able to angle the frame enough to get that portion of the bike between the wheel wells. I think I'm going to go back to the Tesla store and spend more time with this to play with different orientations and angles, but I'm about 98% sure my bike isn't going to fit.
The bike won't fit between the wheel wells of my Prius either, but since that's a hatchback configuration, I can slide the bike in with the saddle above the wheel well and then lay it flat.
The trunk portion is very long... But the narrow spot is on the trunk side. Consider front wheel off, bars first?
Went back to the local store to try fitting my road bike into the Model 3. After trying a variety of angles and orientations, I managed to jamb it in there! And jamb is the correct word. It basically involved tilting the frame so the chainrings were high, the saddle low, right in the area where the wheel wells are. Then carefully pushing, which compressed the trunk liner just enough I was able to squeeze it through. It's not ideal, and I don't think there's any way I could do it with the front wheel on. But in a pinch, it can be done. I wonder if the liner could be modified to free up a little more space?
BTW: I was wrong earlier when I said the bike won't fit between the wheel wells of my Prius earlier. It actually does fit, I just don't slide it in lying flat because it's much easier to have the frame tilted up a bit so I can roll it in on the side of the back wheel.
BTW: I was wrong earlier when I said the bike won't fit between the wheel wells of my Prius earlier. It actually does fit, I just don't slide it in lying flat because it's much easier to have the frame tilted up a bit so I can roll it in on the side of the back wheel.
Like many others, when I arrive at a race I have a specific way I prepare. And I pull my bike out of the little wagon in a second or two as it is fully prepped the day before. Then I go about getting race numbers pinned, eating, warming etc. I'd rather have a rack than moving a seatpost.
When I was younger I used whatever car I had. And that involved wheel removal. I'd rather not go back to that.
Much easier to move a seatpost than to have your bike stolen off the rack.
That's why I don't have a rack.
It's funny, I think people who've never had a car that allows a fully assembled bike inside really can't appreciate just how nice that is. The bike is secure and ready to go. At the end of a ride, when you're nearly bonked, it just pops back in with no problem. Model S is perfect in this regard, but unfortunately, isn't good for me for several other reasons.
Yeah. Only car I had and it only got 23 mpg.
One way or another, you have to close the wake. Tesla closes to make the car low. Cars that close it by making it narrow don't sell. Hence bike hauler = 23 mpg.
