Haven't had a chance to post in a while, just got back from a big trip to the Northeast US/Canada. We started in Chicago and headed to the tip of Nova Scotia (Cape Breton) and had an awesome trip! I am going to get into the rest of the interior build, but I wanted to post some pictures from the trip and a few of the small projects I have done along the way, prior to finishing up the interior.
Here are some pictures of the van from the trip.
Killington, VT
Highland MTB Park, NH
Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec
Little harder to find parking in Toronto, but I bartered with the guy to give us this spot. If anyone else is looking for a place to park in Toronto I found a way better place while I was biking around the city, just ask.
Van used just under 1kw for a 20 day trip from the battery (shunt from house battery).
I would highly recommend Cape Breton for the scenery, but if you are a mountain biker you have to stop at Highland MTB park in New Hampshire, what a cool place. The vibe there is all about mountain biking. However for some of the coolest mountain biking I have done you have to do the Nielson trail in Vallee Bras-du-Nord, super technical, but such an amazingly designed trail. Would do again for sure.
The bike rack I have on the back I bought just for the trip and loved it. Its a
Yakima Hangover 6, which is one of a few companies doing vertical bike racks. It was pricey, but I realized that the most aggravating thing about my van trips were loading and unloading bikes and this definitely fixed it, but it did have some quirks. I did a review of it here:
Yakima Hangover 6 Bike Rack Review