It's a great time to buy Rad bikes right now.  I have a RadRover.  I might be able to get it in the Pod by taking both wheels and the handlebars off.  Not happening.  The RadCities would be easier, I'm sure, but even if it works (with 2 of them!) then you have a Pod full of bikes which might interfere with pit stops on the road..

I saw a rack on an RPod at the Hatteras Light last yeah that held the bike vertically (front wheel up, back wheel down) on the front of the Pod.  The rack used suction cups to stick itself to the Pod.  I don't know that I'd trust that at all, but certainly not with a 60-70 lb electric bike!

TT

Not sure if thats a question, or a suggestion. Of course you can put them inside the pod to travel. I just ordered 2 new Radcity Electric bikes, and that's probably how I'll transport them. Just have to be sure they don't go flying. 

All those bicycle metal parts sticking into be breeze are certainly going to mess up the nice aerodynamics the manufacturers design into their vehicles. The question is, will you notice it. The lower your fuel economy is to start with the less noticeable impact adding a bike and rack (or other non-aerodynamic feature) will have. 

Prius owners report getting about 50 mpg at 60 mph without a rack and bike, and about 45 with it. Very noticeable. So, they go through about 4 gallons of fuel in 200 miles without the bike and about 4.4 with it. That means that dragging the bike through the air at 60 mph uses .4/200 or about 0.002 additional gallons per mile. 

Let's assume for a moment that a rack with a bike on it creates the same additional drag on a tow rig as it does on a Prius. Then if you use 1 gallon to go 13 miles without the bike you would use 1+ 13*.002= 1.026 gallons to go 13 miles with it. That works out to about 12.7 mpg. Probably not noticeable at all. Interesting though how a 5 mpg difference on a 50 mpg vehicle becomes a .3 mpg difference on a 13 mpg rig. 

We are looking at the tongue mount racks but probably not till we move to lithium batteries.

Theirs was on a full size P/U and I drew it to fit my Tacoma and see what was possible. They also had a tonneau cover (trip-fold much like mine) And it opened with all in place. I drew mine slanted and believe I may just have to go straight up (like they did). It just looks better slanted... Oh well..

Just another idea.

We put our bikes in the back of the truck and close/lock the tonneau cover. There is a ton of space back there.

I use a rack on my front receiver.  It's great except sometimes in the dark.  Between lights reflecting back at me off the bikes and the same light not illuminating the road for me it's barely doable at night.  It's not as much of an issue in the summer but I avoid bikes on the front as much as I can on winter nights.  I have a big fat tire e-bike that weighs 70 pounds.  For a "normal" bike it wouldn't be as bad.

TT

Thanks,