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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: SP_3.2 on 12 September 2010, 15:24:49
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looking for one to fit 2 bikes on ,one of which is a kids one as SP-jr is getting better at riding his bike now This is to use with a saloon without a tow bar.
Was thinking of this one
http://www.roof-rack-supplies.co.uk/cycle-carrier-dartmoor.htm
Anyone used/have one. Price seems ok :y.
Thanks
Steve.
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Me n mrs G have a bike each and looked into a carrier similar to that, in the end we opted not to bother and make do with either strapping the bikes to roof bars in a roof rack sytle. Or removing the front wheels, drop the seats and place both bikes in the boot/through space to the back seats, not an option for you I guess with the child seat in the back? Maybe put the child seat in the front?
No matter what you do it's going to be aggro. The rack in the link covers the number plate meaning a pull from the plod, the weight will mean the boot won't stay up and damage to the boot will inevitably result anyway.
The ones that carry the bikes clear of the number plate sit too high from memory, meaning opening the boot means possible collission with the rear window and aerial, more damage. I used roof bars purely because I already had them, and drove off to the woods with a mate similarly loaded only to watch him drive through a car park entrance in the new forest with a hight restriction and almost wipe the lot off the roof onto the floor.
If the bikes are outside the car they can be stolen more easily and mud falling on the roof will scratch the paint.
So in the end decided no matter what you do it's a pita, so why spend money on top of it all, so we stick two bikes in the boot....just. :-/
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Ps. Those clips that attach to the edge of the boot lid and pull tight with a strap WILL bend the boot lid.
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Good points Chris :y :y. Thinking of it, as you said wheels off and in the boot as the best way :y.
If the weather is ok next week will give it a go and run up to Abbey Park :y.
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Thats why I changed the saloon for an estate, seats down bike in without taking it apart, or wheels off and it will go in the boot space with seats up. And the roof bars will take a bike rack for when the cars full up..
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Thats why I changed the saloon for an estate, seats down bike in without taking it apart, or wheels off and it will go in the boot space with seats up. And the roof bars will take a bike rack for when the cars full up..
Very nearly went for an Estate.
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If you've got a towbar Steve, try one of these :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1283432264
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If you've got a towbar Steve, try one of these :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1283432264
Interesting...
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looking for one to fit 2 bikes on ,one of which is a kids one as SP-jr is getting better at riding his bike now This is to use with a saloon without a tow bar.
Was thinking of this one
http://www.roof-rack-supplies.co.uk/cycle-carrier-dartmoor.htm
Anyone used/have one. Price seems ok :y.
Thanks
Steve.
I have driven hundreds of miles with a rack like that, though the one I have does not have the side straps to the boot that this one shows. 2 straps to the back of the boot and 2 under the back bumper, where need a good solid area to fix on to. Used on a Rover 827 and a pug 405 and a Mitsubishi Galant, not sure the bumper on an Omega will be strong enough though never looked.. ::)
I should add that I was never 100% certain of it's security, worried about a strap snapping. I still have it but was thinking of fitting a tow bar so I could use a bolt on type... :y