Advice sought re getting 1x 25kg ebike onto the back of a 1998 Fiat Ducato Swift motorhome.
I have a 1998 Fiat Ducato Swift with a Fiamma Carry Bike 200 CL already fitted. It has two bike slots and is weight rated for 50kg however it is missing it's arms and straps so to use this bike rack I'd have to source those spare parts.
My problem is getting the 25kg ebike up from the ground to (any) bike rack.
I found two hand winch type bike racks but I don't seem to have the space at the back of the van (below rear window) to fit them. Current bike rack is 50cm apart top to bottom.
Both the Fiamma 77 and Thule v16 require 68 and 70cm top to bottom which I think will bring me too close to the kitchen window and/or bottom bumper unless I make four new holes.
I have a rear parking camera on the number plate so towing anything will require moving/duplication of my reversing camera.
What other possibilities are there?
Portable manual scissor lift to get the ebike up to current bike rack height?
Some sort of pulley system to raise the bike? (I use a pulley airer at home) and have roof bars and a rear ladder on the motorhome.
Something I haven't thought of?
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I have a 1998 Fiat Ducato Swift with a Fiamma Carry Bike 200 CL already fitted. It has two bike slots and is weight rated for 50kg however it is missing it's arms and straps so to use this bike rack I'd have to source those spare parts.
My problem is getting the 25kg ebike up from the ground to (any) bike rack.
I found two hand winch type bike racks but I don't seem to have the space at the back of the van (below rear window) to fit them. Current bike rack is 50cm apart top to bottom.
Both the Fiamma 77 and Thule v16 require 68 and 70cm top to bottom which I think will bring me too close to the kitchen window and/or bottom bumper unless I make four new holes.
I have a rear parking camera on the number plate so towing anything will require moving/duplication of my reversing camera.
What other possibilities are there?
Portable manual scissor lift to get the ebike up to current bike rack height?
Some sort of pulley system to raise the bike? (I use a pulley airer at home) and have roof bars and a rear ladder on the motorhome.
Something I haven't thought of?
![20240729.jpg 20240729.jpg](https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/808/808350-eee0367070799bf4eda021dddadae197.jpg)
![20240802.jpg 20240802.jpg](https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/808/808352-76a2ee230b06d73c8f0f4ac7c8d622b5.jpg)