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Old 02-13-2012, 10:34 PM   #1
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Question Is there a way to fit a Mountain bike into a Yaris Sedan?

There is a beautiful park 4 miles and 10 minutes away from my house. Is there a way to fit a regular size Mountain bike into a Yaris Sedan without bike racks?
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Old 02-13-2012, 11:16 PM   #2
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without cutting it to bits? probably not. If it's only 4 miles, why not just ride there?
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Old 02-13-2012, 11:36 PM   #3
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There is a stretch without bike path and a few traffic lights, I actually drove 5 mins once with half of the bike hanging out from the trunk lol. I regretted doing that because it scratched the plastic bumper.
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Old 02-13-2012, 11:38 PM   #4
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Can't you remove the front wheel? Get quick releases for the fork.
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Old 02-13-2012, 11:40 PM   #5
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I had 2 mountain bikes in my sedan once, no problem.

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Old 02-13-2012, 11:40 PM   #6
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Yeah. I'm pretty sure if you took front and back wheels of it should fit in the back seat. My buddy stuck a 29er in a Nissan Sentra recently.
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Old 02-13-2012, 11:47 PM   #7
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I had 2 mountain bikes in my sedan once, no problem.

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Can you please tell me how?
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Old 02-13-2012, 11:54 PM   #8
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Can you please tell me how?
Take off wheels and seats.

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Old 02-14-2012, 12:01 AM   #9
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Take off wheels and seats.

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Damn that might take a long time for me, since i have never taken wheels off a bike or seats out from a car... What tools are needed?
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:26 AM   #10
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Damn that might take a long time for me, since i have never taken wheels off a bike or seats out from a car... What tools are needed?
My Bike don't require tools to remove the seat or wheels, and takes 5 minutes.

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Old 02-14-2012, 12:26 AM   #11
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What kind of bike is it? Most "legit" brands have quick releases on both wheels and the seat post. No tools are needed if they have quick releases. Just pull back the lever, loosen it, and remove the seat post. For the wheels, you would have to release the brakes (different brake types have different ways of doing this).
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Old 02-14-2012, 01:37 AM   #14
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i have a hatchback, i once put 3 bikes at the back with the rear seats folded down! but i have a bike rack now, is much better cuz it doesn't scratch the paint. buy a bike rack OP
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Damn that might take a long time for me, since i have never taken wheels off a bike or seats out from a car... What tools are needed?
I'm pretty sure he meant the bike seats, not the car seats...
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Old 02-14-2012, 10:16 AM   #16
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You shouldn't have to take the rear wheel off of the bike. I could fit my mountain bike in my sedan by removing the front wheel and putting the seats down in the car. I didn't have to remove my bike seat or even lower it. A bike rack is a very good investment, though.
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You shouldn't have to take the rear wheel off of the bike. I could fit my mountain bike in my sedan by removing the front wheel and putting the seats down in the car. I didn't have to remove my bike seat or even lower it. A bike rack is a very good investment, though.
If you have a sub in the trunk like I do you would have to. HAHAHA.
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If you have a sub in the trunk like I do you would have to. HAHAHA.
True true. I don't have a sub, but I did have to move the bodies around a little bit to get it all in there.
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