Alright, my support person and I are going to be road tripping it from Southern Ontario, Canada all the way across to Nova Scotia for RTL. We are taking a four door Ford Taurus, it has just enough room for my N36 in the trunk.
I wanted to hear all your suggestions about what we should bring from clothing and accessories, to emergency equipment and what we are going spend for cash.
Your input is very much appreciated.
How are you packing your nimbus? It shouldn’t take up the ENTIRE trunk.
You should take a picture from a couple angles to show how it fits in so people can help you better.
I’m going to remove the seat and seatpost from the frame, separate the frame from the wheel, and remove the pedals.
It’s not really that tight of a fit, it has enough room to put other stuff around it. We could put a few things under and above it to. That is, if it’s not going to put things out of true.
Going to put the wheel in the middle and rest the frame in a safe position and perhaps put the seat beside the frame. I also have a T7 to have there too.
I’m also thinking of packing my trials uni in the back seat, just for fun when we stop somewhere on the road.
Bring a tent, sleeping bag, pillow, some water, food, and you can pretty much just live out of your vehicle while doing the road trip.
My friend and I did that exact thing out of my toyota corolla. I had my 36 in the backseat, he had his bike on a bike rack, and we had the backseat/trunk filled with clothes and car camping/backpacking stuff. It was great!
Good input! I was thinking of bringing a tent because we are too cheap to rent rooms.
You can always get a roof rack. But if its just the two of you and you have a four door then it shouldn’t be any trouble whatsoever. Also if you are lazy like me, then I would recomend leaving the seat and frame and stuff all together and just popping frame off, also helps so you don’t lose your correct seat height which is pretty crucial with distance riding.
Car camping is very easy and you can use really cheap equipment since you don’t have to carry it more than 10 feet.
Another good idea is to get a 5 gallon water container and fill it up to have with you to use to drink and cook food with. We had a coleman propane stove, but if you have any other camper stove that would work as well and since you are car camping you can just use big bulky pots and pans and bring pasta and other cheap food with you.
We were on the road for over a month and a half and camped about 90 percent of the time. It really is a great way to save money and way more fun than a motel.