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Joolz
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Joined: January 5th, 2009, 5:48 am
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 Re: Towing with a 2cv? Thanks Jonathan, I can get seafrance down to £92 by travelling at silly o'clock, but it's still twice the price of no trailer.
I've put other bikes in cars in the past by taking the forks off, but they were scruffy little offroaders. The trouble with a bike this size is that once the wheels are off it's bloody hard to move without damaging it, so it either has to be done whole or in component form. There's also a part of this plan that involves unloading it in dover, so component form is a little inconvenient .
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Russell
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? Would a second pair of hands in Dover help?
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toomany2cvs
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? twofifty AZU wrote: Just take the bike apart and put it in the car piece by piece. The problem hasn't been invented yet that can't be solved with a decent socket set.....
Edit: I have to admit I've found the occasional female exception to that theory, but I postulate I haven't bought quite the right tool off the Snap On man yet, so I persevere with visiting his van... Unless the Snap-On man is starting to double-up with an Ann Summers franchise too...
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Jonathan
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Joined: January 1st, 2009, 7:37 pm
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? Joolz wrote: Thanks Jonathan, I can get seafrance down to £92 by travelling at silly o'clock, but it's still twice the price of no trailer.  Oh? I booked the 8:15am crossing to Calais, and the 9pm crossing back, and as I mentioned, I only booked it about 4 or 5 days before going. I can never understand the pricing policy of these sort of companies.  Hope you get something sorted 
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Paul Narramore
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Joined: November 16th, 2009, 10:14 am
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? Yes, the pricing policy is very frustrating. We intend to take the 2CV to Brittany and Normandy in a few weeks and would prefer not to be tied down on our return date. I did think about getting a single from Dover to Calais and then return whenever we wanted and buy another single ticket but I guess that may well work out expensive.
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Matt S
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? toomany2cvs wrote: twofifty AZU wrote: Just take the bike apart and put it in the car piece by piece. The problem hasn't been invented yet that can't be solved with a decent socket set.....
Edit: I have to admit I've found the occasional female exception to that theory, but I postulate I haven't bought quite the right tool off the Snap On man yet, so I persevere with visiting his van... Unless the Snap-On man is starting to double-up with an Ann Summers franchise too... I'll mention it to the powers that be here, you never know, step through this curtian to the back of my van sir, i think you'll find we have everything you may be looking for 
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Joolz
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Joined: January 5th, 2009, 5:48 am
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? Much appreciated Russ, but I would still need to work it out so it could be done single handed. I had the tape measure out earlier, it's much closer than you'd think, . I need to decide if I can cope with only having one seat the whole time I'm in the UK, if the seats were standard I could drop another straight in, but they're not.
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| July 13th, 2010, 10:38 pm |
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? Can you not just unbolt the seat and place it behind the drivers seat while transporting your bike and, hey presto-there you go?
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Joolz
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? Probably, although it would be more of a squeeze than you'd imagine. Trouble is that for logistical reasons I think there'll be times when I'll need to have the bike with me and carry a passenger. I think this is going to sway it one way or the other. I'll just have to wait for plans to unfold.
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Rhythm Thief
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Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Re: Towing with a 2cv? Joolz wrote: Probably, although it would be more of a squeeze than you'd imagine. Trouble is that for logistical reasons I think there'll be times when I'll need to have the bike with me and carry a passenger. I think this is going to sway it one way or the other. I'll just have to wait for plans to unfold. If you've got a passenger, couldn't they just ride the bike? 
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