Comments on: How to fit a bicycle in my Civic?

Question: How to fit a bicycle in my Civic?

ninotchka — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:09:39 -0800

Is it possible to fit an ordinary, adult-sized street bicycle into a 2007 Honda Civic? If so, how?

By: torquemaniac

torquemaniac — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:11:58 -0800

Take the wheels off. Stuff it in the back seat. Beware of grease stains.

By: box

box — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:17:58 -0800

Because of your last tag, I'm guessing it's a 4-door Civic sedan?

By: ninotchka

ninotchka — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:19:24 -0800

That it is!

By: notsnot

notsnot — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:28:17 -0800

Take wheels off, lower rear seats, place wheels in through trunk, place bike on top of wheels, chain side up. Nothing to it. My wife has had to pick me up from multiple-puncture rides in her Civic many a time.

By: box

box — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:29:20 -0800

If your rear seats fold down, you might even be able to get away with just taking the front wheel off.

By: ninotchka

ninotchka — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:30:44 -0800

Fantastic - thanks all!

By: MonsieurBon

MonsieurBon — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:36:25 -0800

Before I had a roof rack, I also kept an old beach towel in there for keeping grease stains off the car's interior. So get one of those in there as well, and follow everyone else's advice re:placement.

By: pemberkins

pemberkins — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:43:56 -0800

The rear seat should fold down in the 2007 Civic (there's a release in the trunk, and then you can just push it down) - you can push the bike straight through the trunk into the back seat then, which should help.

By: stennieville

stennieville — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:33:06 -0800

I have a 2006 Civic EX coupe, 2-door, and my bike fits in the trunk as long as the front wheel is removed. That trunk's a lot bigger than you think, it's like the TARDIS in there. I don't think I even had to fold down the seats.

By: ArgentCorvid

ArgentCorvid — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:03:47 -0800

I can get my 1997 vintage Huffy 'mountain' bike in the back of my 2008 civic by folding down the rear seats, loosening the handlebar-to-fork attachment (so that the handlebars can be made non-perpendicular to the rest of the bike), and putting it in there diagonally.

By: Antidisestablishmentarianist

Antidisestablishmentarianist — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:59:01 -0800

loosening the handlebar-to-fork attachment

Be very careful with the tightness of this. If that joint isn't tight enough you will most likely go flying over your handlebars when the wheel turns sideways. Due to the critical nature of this joint, i'd recommend against messing with it on a regular basis unless you really know what you are doing.

By: hatsforbats

hatsforbats — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:05:53 -0800

i've got a Civic hybrid, so the back seat doesn't fold down, meaning the trunk is not an option. I guess I could take off both wheels, but I worry about disconnecting the chain and such-like. If I jsut take the front wheel off though, I can fit it in my back seat. Just slide it in straight on and turn the handlebars sideways (easy to do by opening the window). If you do this, though, you should probably be smarter than me and put down some sort of a towel to keep the grease off the seats.

By: musicinmybrain

musicinmybrain — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:28:08 -0800

I guess I could take off both wheels, but I worry about disconnecting the chain and such-like.

It's actually pretty easy to take off the back wheel on most bikes; the rear cassette (with all the sprockets) is the only part attached to the wheel, and it just "drops out" of the chain. The chain is left hanging loose, and you just have to put the gear teeth back into it when you put the rear wheel back on.

That said, I've always gotten by with just taking off the front wheel as well.