The Ideal Bike Trailers-Carriers

If you love riding, you will certainly want to take it with you to every place, such as to the beach, parks and the mountains. Instead of trying to fit your family and your bikes both inside your vehicle, you can easily transport them from one place to other using a bike carrier. This way you will be travel more comfortably and you will also avoid damage. Because placing your bike in the car carelessly will easily damage it. So, investing in bike carrier will not only protect your investment but it will also make it easy to travel.

People invest in carriers for number of reasons. Bike roof carrier can add extra height to your vehicle, so more amount of fuel is consumed due to the extra drag and weight. However, tow bar carriers do not increase the wind resistance. Therefore less amount of fuel is consumed. Damage to the bikes is also avoided as they are protected by the body of car. Tow bar carriers will make it much easier to load the bikes on your vehicle and it will also save you from the struggle of loading or getting off the bikes from roof carriers.

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You can install this carrier separately to body of your vehicle. So, you can get in or out through the back of your vehicle. Some carriers are fitted to the spare tire at back of the vehicles. So, you should be careful. If you carry more bikes over rough path then the rear door of the vehicle can be damaged due to the weight of the bikes. A hitch mount usually solve this problem, so you don't have worry about it. This carrier can be locked to car without any difficulty and also the bikes to it.

If you are a professional cyclist then may be you already know about the benefits of having a bike carrier. With the help of a tow bar bike carrier you can easily load multiple bikes on your vehicle. So, if something goes wrong with the bike you are riding during a race or competition, you can use easily get the other bike and the carrier will also allow you to unload your bikes easily and without putting much effort. Thus, both effort and time is saved.

The Ideal Bike Trailers-Carriers

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Ways to Increase Gas Mileage

I am going to share some tips (based on my research) on how to reduce the petrol bill, even before you fill your tank. These tips are specifically about car usage...

Tires: Pump up your tires regularly. The tires should neither be under-inflated or over-inflated. Your car manual will tell you what pressure your tires should be at - Check regularly and make sure you stick to it. The tires lose around one psi pressure per month and a tire deflated by two psi will lead to one percent increase in fuel consumption.

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Type Of Petrol: Only high performance cars require the higher grade petrol...If your car does not require high grade petrol then that petrol will usually not make any difference to the performance of the car. So check the car manual or with the manufacturer and use only the right petrol.

Service: Service your car regularly - This will identify any problems and fixing the problems will increase your fuel economy. Not all problems with a car will be obvious - servicing the cars will uncover them.

Idle Engine: Idling for more than a minute consumes much more fuel than restarting an engine. So when you are stationary or held up for long periods of time then switch off your engine.
Strong Acceleration: Drive smoothly and at a moderate speed - don't travel at high speeds. If you need to accelerate then accelerate gradually. When the accelerator is depressed, the engine goes into a "fuel-enrichment" mode. Any speed higher than 90 kmph can waste fuel...On highways, using cruise control can reduce fuel consumption.

Travel Light: Don't dump your car with things you don't need for your travel. On average, every 50kg added load in your car will increase fuel consumption by two per cent.
Right Time: If possible avoid peak times. Constant braking and constant acceleration can increase your fuel consumption.

Accessories Of A Car: Roof racks or additional parts on the exterior of a car can increase aerodynamic drag - which increases fuel consumption. Apparently even leaving the windows open can increase aerodynamic drag...(aerodynamic drag was quite complex for me to understand but after reading a few pages this is my conclusion about what it is - it is simply 'resistance to motion'.)

Air Conditioning: Use air con sparingly...If you are on highways using air con is better than leaving the windows open.

Manual Car: Make sure you are using the right gear...

Short Trips: Well I guess this is common sense - Use your feet for short trips and this will not only reduce your waist line but will also save you money.

Almost There: Don't wait till your tank is all empty - If you do this then you have to drive to the nearest petrol station and you might not be able to use your petrol vouchers at the nearest station ....Nor will you be able to compare prices.

Ways to Increase Gas Mileage

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