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I am guessing whether one can get a utility bike on a train will be down to the mood of the guard....any experiences?


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 9:25 am
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If he has a GSOH, you're in!


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 9:53 am
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😡


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 10:08 am
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Unlikely to be space in the "bike zone". A standard 26" Inbred is too long for the parking bay on a Sprinter... Some trains have the bike hanger hooks in the roof, but I guess yours won't fit on them either.

If the train's quiet you might be OK - we had 5 bikes on a single Sprinter carriage up to Matlock recently, and that's only got space for 2 officially.


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 10:14 am
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Our trains (or the ones I've used recently) have a pretty long space for bikes, I think it would fit without actually impinging on any other space, but you know what guards are like!


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 10:27 am
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we had my cargo bike, my mates mtb with a tagalong thing, and 4x other bikes on one of those [s]bus[/s] train thingies from exmouth to exeter a month ago. Guard was a very nice man..


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 10:33 am
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Good luck.
The pacers up't north that i use sometimes echo those mentioned about with little room for two inbreds..


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 10:34 am
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ctc have some advice re: tandems...


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:12 am
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Book in advance as a tandem?


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:17 am
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Yup, some mini-hitlers may try to assert tandem-rules on you. Not all services allow tandems. Occassionally mentioned on their websites, phoning customer disservices is the other option, though bear in mind they're programmed to automatically say 'no'.


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:20 am
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Blanket ban on Tandems 🙄


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:31 am
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Yeah. I heard that was the case on scotrail. I was hoping they'd revised that policy.


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:39 am
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whats a utility bike? (I have googled)


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:42 am
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did you really?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1T4ADSA_enGB428GB428&q=utility%20bike&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

here's mine 😎

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[url= [/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/7693620@N05/ ]alan cole[/url], on Flickr


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:44 am
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err yes I did actaully and got a choice between this

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Not very conclusive really is it?


 
Posted : 15/08/2011 11:50 am

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