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How to transport a step-through e-bike?

November 28, 2020, 12:18:36 am

I'd like to get an e-bike like the Espin Nero (Espin Nero). With front and rear racks it weighs about 70 lbs (without battery).

The only place to transport a bike with my Lazy Daze is on a trailer hitch rack. I have such a rack for my “normal” bike, and since the rack is rated for up to 110 lbs I could theoretically use it with different wheel trays for a heavy fat tire e-bike - but not the Espin Nero because that one does not have a crossbar for the hook that usually holds a bike in place. There are crossbar “adaptors” available; however, they are all only rated for bikes up to 35 lbs.

Are there people here who transport heavy e-bikes with a step-through frame on a trailer hitch rack? I would like to know about such a solution (if there is one).

Please let me know!

Thanks, Klaus.

Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #1 – November 28, 2020, 12:28:55 am

Quote from: Klaus - November 28, 2020, 12:18:36 am

I'd like to get an e-bike like the Espin Nero (Espin Nero). With front and rear racks it weighs about 70 lbs (without battery).

The only place to transport a bike with my Lazy Daze is on a trailer hitch rack. I have such a rack for my “normal” bike, and since the rack is rated for up to 110 lbs I could theoretically use it with different wheel trays for a heavy fat tire e-bike - but not the Espin Nero because that one does not have a crossbar for the hook that usually holds a bike in place. There are crossbar “adaptors” available; however, they are all only rated for bikes up to 35 lbs.

Are there people here who transport heavy e-bikes with a step-through frame on a trailer hitch rack? I would like to know about such a solution (if there is one).

Please let me know!

Thanks, Klaus.

Klaus, check this thread out. Might be something in it that will help. Electric bikes (Ebikes) And maybe here: https://www.lazydazeowners.com/index.php?action=search;sa=results;params=eJwtzcEKwjAQBNBfES9eRnDb2vZvSrJZaG1sJEkVIR_vRgp7mHkwrHFvs7G4cilUzsXGmhq06NBjxB0E0ruBGlAHakEjSLkHDRh0kubwmTg8X16y6LjSbh_CeQqb_x4SYtYUxcv_30GTW6Kyk8RVxESetcvVLqucouE1_QAM0Dbp;start=0

Chris

Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #2 – November 28, 2020, 11:11:21 am

You might also check this site (and others) for commercial e-bike racks.

https://www.etrailer.com/faq-top-bike-racks-ebikes.aspx

Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #3 – November 28, 2020, 11:30:19 am

E-trailer sells e-bike rated racks.
Consider how you will load and unload a 70 lb bike, they are heavy.
More money buys a lighter bike.

Our latest rack used ABS drain pipe, cut lengthwise as trays
https://flic.kr/p/2iYF95z

Larry

Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #4 – November 29, 2020, 11:01:59 pm

Klaus,
I've used this device for holding mountain bikes with a slanted top tube on a car rack. They are pretty secure.

Amazon.com : Sparehand Universal Adjustable Bike Frame Adapter for Rack...

Perhaps you can attach one between the steering stem and the seat stem and then crank the j hook down onto the top tube adapter?

Harold

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Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #5 – December 31, 2020, 03:16:49 pm

I Probably should start a new discussion but we would like to transport our 750 motorcycle on a hitch rack (a rack you insert into the hitch) on our LD. The problem is the bumper of our LD is so low we can’t even get it out of the driveway onto the street with the hitch rack attached, let alone going over ditches and valleys in the roads. We had to install wheels on the back bumper to keep it from hitting the asphalt as we back out of our driveway. Has anyone else had this problem and overcome it? If so, how?

Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #6 – December 31, 2020, 05:17:43 pm

Quote from: Caligirl Tracy - December 31, 2020, 03:16:49 pm

We would like to transport our 750 motorcycle on a hitch trailer on our LD. The problem is the bumper of our LD is so low we can’t even get it out of the driveway onto the street with the hitch trailer attached, let alone going over ditches and valleys in the roads. We had to install wheels on the back bumper to keep it from hitting the asphalt as we back out of our driveway. Has anyone else had this problem and overcome it? If so, how?

Tracy, just for clarification, by "hitch trailer" do you mean a (two?) wheeled trailer which will be hitched to the LD or something which will be inserted into the existing hitch and will hold the cycle. I'm guessing it's a wheeled trailer.

Chris

Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #7 – December 31, 2020, 05:43:36 pm

Quote from: Chris Horst - December 31, 2020, 05:17:43 pm

Tracy, just for clarification, by "hitch trailer" do you mean a (two?) wheeled trailer which will be hitched to the LD or something which will be inserted into the existing hitch and will hold the cycle. I'm guessing it's a wheeled trailer.

Chris

Chris, thanks for helping me clarify. We have a rack that inserts into the hitch. My spouse thought he could modify it to hold the motorcycle but we can’t even use it the way it is to hold anything because the rear bumper already bottoms out just coming out of the driveway and the rack only makes it much worse.

Re: How to transport a step-through e-bike?

Reply #8 – December 31, 2020, 05:57:23 pm

"...because the rear bumper already bottoms out just coming out of the driveway..."

Trying to visualize your situation leads me to believe you have an extremely steep driveway. Yes/no?

I park my 30' LD in my side yard but I still have to overcome a 4" drop at the curb. There is an 11' overhang on the 30', much more than yours, yet I do not have an issue with dragging the rear end. I have a set of ramps that cover the full width of the curb/driveway that is easy to drive the rig over, in or out, backwards or forwards!

Me thinks you need a house with an easier driveway.

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