What do you use for local travel once camped up?

[LittleEnglander]

I'm thinking of buying a couple of folding bikes to use for local transport once I'm on site.

What's other using? Walmart have some 219 dollar folders, or should I buy a scooter?

[LittleEnglander]

Thank you Lynmor and others,

I'll take a look at the Camping World folders. We are regular cyclists doing about 15-20 miles three or four times a week anyway. So despite being 71 I'm not too worried about saddle soreness.

It's a good way to keep the llbs off I try to stay under 160. 🙂

[HereWeGoJoe]

Do our grocery shopping enroute as we travel from one locale to another. Usually parked remotely by a lake, river or stream for a few days and then move on. Don't toad in over 18 years. Use Uber very rarely (Las Vegas was easier than driving ourselves anyway), and rental car twice, other times walk mainly or public transportation. If something too far away we explore enroute or when leaving our current area.

Not towing hasn't restricted us in the slightest that we can recall. Used to love biking but SI joint issues and saddle hurts with less padding LOL.

[Lynnmor]

I have used folding bikes for years, I purposely seek out campgrounds that are next to a rail trail. Currently I have full size bikes that fit inside the truck topper and kept in place with my custom built rack. The folding bikes perform well on good trails, I just need more gears as I age. Not a fan, but the Camping World folders work reasonably well, my only complaint is the tire size is impossible to find should you need replacement.

[Veebyes]

There are an awful lot of pedal bikes that never come off of the carrier rack. We bought two foldups with good intentions. They are well beaten up. Not from use but from being hauled around & getting scratched getting moved from inside the trailer to against a tree.

Anything is better than a pedal bike but for getting around the local area look at a 150-250cc scooter such as this.

[DougE]

A Honda Ruckus weighs about 200# and you can put it on a hitch carrier. I think the HP is low enough you don't need a special license.

[spoon059]

We like bikes. Plenty of very nice options for electric bikes now too. A scooter is fun, but you may need to register them and likely have to insure them. An electric bike won't give you the range that a scooter will, but will allow you to use sidewalks, park for free in towns, etc.

[bukhrn]

Towed, Always, you'd be really hard pressed to find an Uber driver in most areas we camp in, or even a cell signal to call Uber.
And bicycling 12 miles (one way), to a grocery store is not my idea of a fun time.

[DrewE]

For me, it varies depending on where I am going. Most of the time, it's some combination of public transit and walking. Sometimes I bring my bicycle (on a hitch-mount bike rack). Sometimes it's driving about in the motorhome itself.

[lhenry8113]

We have used Uber for local shopping. Have the Uber App on cell-call them, they pick us up at campground office. Uber drivers make great tour guides, for best restaurants, places to visit, best marketing, etc. Rented a car once for a week stay.

[LittleEnglander]

Thanks all, I'm renting the RV from El Monte and don't have a tow car capability. So I guess it's either Lime or similar scooter app or a couple of WalMart bikes.

Thank You

[wildtoad]

We tried bikes for a number of years and found as Old-Biscuit noted more times than not, where we are camped and what we want to see, grocery shopping, et al prohibit casual bike usage. We then tried rental cars at the destination and it worked for a time and can be a pain. One place we went did not have rental cars, but they did have a cab, as in one. We broke down in a campground just 20 miles from home. Luckily the DW had driven her car. So as the tow truck went right we went left. Soon after we started taking a towed car.

[Old-Biscuit]

WE use our truck cause most of our camping is NOT close to any towns


What RV do you have?
Do you use or take a vehicle with you?

[Matt_Colie]

Well Chester,

It all depends on what your situation actually is.....
We have a small almost antique coach that is barely larger that car size, and shorter than some pick-ups.
We do carry a pair of folding (I often call inflatable) bicycles and they serve us well. We do not tow the towed anymore, it was just too much worry and hassle. As it takes mere moments to clear away the utilities if we have bothered to hook up.
I go someplace that we know we will want convenient local travel, we just rent a car on the way into town.

Matt

[Lwiddis]

Folding bikes are heavy. The more you pay, the lighter they get and heavy bikes don’t get ridden much. Anything over 30 pounds total will be disappointing IMO. “Spinning” weight...as in wheels, tires, tubes...counts double. If you have a choice, go for light wheels.