[MGORDON]

Interesting! Do you think you could post pictures of it in the upper and lower positions from the same angle for a close comparison?

 

[MGORDON]

That's awesome - thanks for the pictures. That looks like an extra few inches of room - which might be perfect for me... I'm removing the 60% backrest and installing a custom bike rack there. Maybe that will give enough height to not have to take the rear wheel off.

 

[MGORDON]

How much work did it take to get the spare tire in all the way? I can't for the life of me get it far down enough that the floor will sit flat.

 

[MGORDON]

Got it - I just wasn't sliding the floor back toward the rear of the car far enough - the spare tire actually didn't need any wrangling at all after that.

Unfortunately it's not going to be as great for transporting bikes as I wanted... I've removed the 40% rear backrest, and will be carrying one bike at a time (inside) it appears. I wasn't able to remove only the 60% backrest as the pivot for the 40% is built into the 60%.

 

[MGORDON]

Thanks for the work on figuring out about how best to carry bikes. It would be great to be able to carry my road race and TT bikes both inside.
Have you considered taking out both the 60% and 40% backrests? How hard was it to get the 40% out?

I realize that the rear bottom cushion will still be there.

thanks

-Peter

I did remove both and half of the seats - it's actually super easy. All you need is a T50 torx wrench and a flat-head screwdriver.

Since your only options are removing only the 40% or both 'halves' - you can't remove only the 60% - what I've done for now is remove only the 40%. I have a Saris Tracks rack which fits the hatch area PERFECTLY, and with both wheels off and a small foam block under the bottom bracket, the bike fits great - facing backwards. I figure when road season rolls around, since it's literally a <5min job to remove the 60% section as well, I'll remove that to fit two bikes in the back. I'll post some pictures ASAP.

FWIW I also have a Seasucker rack for when a third bike wants in on the action.