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Anonymous09/30/26, 14:57No.2082677
I want to start riding together with my kid and to do that we need to drive out to trails. Do I need a bike rack or can I just take the front wheel off and fit an adult bike and a child bike in the back of a Subaru? What bike racks do you recommend? Ideally roof mounted so I don't have to shill out another $1000 for a hitch.
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Anon09/30/26, 15:30No.2082678
>can I just take the front wheel off and fit an adult bike and a child bike in the back of a Subaru
if it's a hatchback/crossover you should be fine.
you can fit it in a somewhat smaller space by also removing the back wheel, but whether that's enough to get it and the kid in a sedan depends, although at that point it might fit in the trunk
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Anon09/30/26, 15:58No.2082680
Also we are not serious cyclists so I'm hoping to invest as little money into this as possible.
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Anon09/30/26, 19:23No.2082687
I fit my XL 700c hybrid into the back of my old Accord by dropping the backseat and taking off the front wheel and seatpost. I once fit my xl frame 26" bike at the bottom of my trunk by taking off the wheels and seat post and then fitting the bags of 4 people for a weekend trip to a lake house and obviously having 3 passengers, so no seats down. The '07 accord does have a huge trunk though.
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Anon10/01/26, 20:08No.2082729
If you don't want to get a trailer hitch (which is nowhere near $1K if you get one installed at UHaul) you can get a one that hangs on the tailgate but they're still pretty priceyhttps://realtruck.com/p/thule-outway-hanging-trunk-bike-rack/thu-994005/?srsltid=AU7gw4VquB0EZBnPH1Glf71RiXoKrQfnLPNVvsZ5LRzNcZx7QoAq9J7N