Can I fit a bicycle in a Kia Forte 2019?

Can you transport your bicycle in a compact sedan like a 2019 model Kia Forte?

Is your bicycle 700C in wheel size?

Or a leisure bike with a large basket installed?

Most bicycles can easily be fitted into a car. Kia promoted its Kia Forte as a compact car with roomy trunk. So, you should not have a problem transporting your bicycle in it.  For a 20″ wheel size bike, you can place it on the floor of the backseat. 

If there are children in the car, they can sit comfortably, with their legs crossed on the seat.

If you are transporting larger wheel size bicycle in the boot, you may have to remove one of the wheels or both if you have some stuff in your car.  Watch this video to learn how to remove the front wheel.

Most of our customers tend to have difficulty removing the rear wheel of their geared bikes.  If you have to remove it too, watch this video.

If your bicycles do not have QR mechanism installed, we can replace the axles to a pair of hollow shaft set which are supplied with the QR skewers.

The part you see circled in red on the bicycle is the rear derailleur.  

When transporting your geared bike, do not lie it on floor facing it.   It is a sensitive gear component.  Most of the time, we to have set the gears on our customers' bicycles because they have been transporting their bicycles in the boot the wrong way. They are not aware that when they placed their bicycles in their boots with the rear derailleurs pressing against the floor, it can affect the efficiency of the component.

Watch this video if you want more tips about fitting your bicycle in your car.

Should the rusty chain on my bicycle be replaced?

If your chain is all rusted, should you replace it? That depends on whether you can remove the rust off your chain. Once that is done and there are no kinks or stiff link pins in any of the links, you do not have to replace it.

It is easier to clean it by taking the chain off your bicycle and soak it in a rust removing solution like Q12. Lubricate the chain after you have re-installed it on the bicycle.


Note that as dirt and grime can easily stick onto the lubricating film, let it “dry out” (absorbed) on the chain overnight, if possible, before you start cycling on it.

Check out your bicycle owner's manual and learn how to take care of your chain to prevent it from getting rusty any sooner. It usually include a schedule to advise you when you should be lubricating the moving parts on your bicycle.

Punctured your tube?

Watch this video and learn

1) how to remove and re-install your rear wheels off your bicycle
2) about the convenience of getting rear wheel quick release for your bicycle
3) how to remove tyre and inner tube off the rim
4) about the convenience of using the right tyre levers
5) how to fix a punctured bicycle tube with a cold patch

 

You can get this

at 

Jom Johan Trading and Services

No 43A, Jalan Prima Saujana 1/1A

Taman Prima Saujana Sek 1

43000 KajangSelangor

Malaysia

Roof mounted bike carrier, OK?

A customer was here. He sold his car and wanted to know how to remove the Thule OutRide 561 installed so that he can keep it for his next.

I found this video on YouTube on how to install one, thinking that we can work in reverse to have it removed.

   

In the end? The customer decided to leave it for the new owner.

Following are the disadvantages another customer, who had a roof mounted bike carrier installed, shared with me. He said:

1) roof mounted ones are more expensive, especially if, your car don't have a crossbar already mounted. Not having a crossbar means that you need to buy one with mounts and clips that attach to either the door frame or roof gutters on the car which can end up scratching the roof.

2) some models (like this Thule OutRide 561), need the wheels removed in order to be stored.

3) it is not so easy to manage if your bicycles are heavy and you are not tall or strong enough to lift bikes up the carrier.

His last warning to me was that, if I don't want my customers to hate me, don't sell them roof mounted bike carrier!

Why did he say that?  As the tallest and strongest in the family, he is the only one who is able to lift and store all the bikes after a tiring ride with the family.