Your car as transport

[Andrew_P]

Thule towbar mount for me, 3 bikes and if all kids coming then one can go in the estate.

Done 500 miles to SW France with 3 adult bikes on it and a rammed estate 5 people with a kid's bike dismantled in the back. No downside to it all.

Not entirely sure it wasn't a wind up thread though..

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

As per the other thread, I either dismantle it into the Boxster (wheels in frunk, frame in trunfk) or whole bike in wife’s car., but always entirely within a vehicle.

The only time my bike is outdoors is when I’m sitting on it, unless I have absolutely no option. Rear tailgate or roof rack would be like being water boarded for me.

Lindsay, a (running club) friend of mine had a SLK, that had a 'body' mounted carrier
Not sure where it fitted to (USA product??)


Now she has a Boxster (or did last time I saw her), & that also had a rack that picked up under the bodyshell

 

[Venod]

I have used roofracks and tow bar carriers, the tow bar carrier was my favourite, it was a Thule a nice piece of kit.
I now prefer to carry them inside, back seats down with a tarp to keep the inside clean, I can just get the Cannondale 29er in without removing the wheels, it's a Quashqai.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I like the rear rack type but my little van is best by miles.
I wouldn't have a roof mounted ever.

 

[Tin Pot]

Lindsay, a (running club) friend of mine had a SLK, that had a 'body' mounted carrier
Not sure where it fitted to (USA product??)


Now she has a Boxster (or did last time I saw her), & that also had a rack that picked up under the bodyshell


View attachment 421657

Apart from Gah!-my-eyes! you have the people ram raiding you because their too busy txting, the thieves robbing you while you’re parked, the opportunists who nick the bikes while you’re at a red light, and the total nullification of your rear crush zone when a truck driver, engrossed in a movie, ploughs straight into you.

Apart from those, what’s not to like?!?!?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

[QUOTE 5331200, member: 9609"]is that the front or the back ?[/QUOTE]
I think the red light lenses may be a clue?

 

[Globalti]

Car carriers seem to be a popular subject at the moment!

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/securing-the-bike-to-a-bike-carrier-advice-and-tips-please.237613/

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/car-borne-cycling-trips.237217/

 

[Tin Pot]

Car carriers seem to be a popular subject at the moment!

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/securing-the-bike-to-a-bike-carrier-advice-and-tips-please.237613/

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/car-borne-cycling-trips.237217/

And they’re all over the M25, M3 and A303.

 

[Sixmile]

If I'm just doing the drive/ride commute, then like this morning, I'll split the rear seats and put the bike in the back of the car.

If it's a ride involving the family, or if the car has the child seats fitted, I'll suck the seasucker to whatever car I'm using and clip two bikes onto the roof. I can then remove one pedal and the front wheel from my daughters 20" bike and place the bike on the rear floor of the car. The double trailer folds into the boot with the 3 front wheels, then 4 of us into the car and off we go!

 

[keithmac]

I was stuggling with out Kuga due to the rear "spoiler".

Ended up with a Mottez 3 bike rack. Once you've set it up for the ball first time round it's easy on and off after that.

It can be locked as well.

I got a load of straps from work, (used to strap motorcycles in crates) and have these on as well.

 

[Tailendman]

This is what I'm hoping to emulate this week, screws on to the 2 x rear towing points. View attachment 421577

We like the front wheel grip system too. Very versatile, quick and easy.

 

[fossyant]

One bike, then in boot. 2-4 bikes then on roof. Not keen on rear racks as your bikes also get smashed if rear ended.

 

[Bromptonaut]

When we had a conventional estate car (Citroen Xantia) they went on the roof using Halfords Essentials carriers bolted to transverse bars that engaged with car's inbuilt concealed roof rails. With care and thought about respective sizes of bikes could get four on.

Now we have a Berlingo and never more than three they go inside in place of one or two rear seats parked fore/aft in the 'English Fashion' and secured to tie downs with ratchet straps.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Over the years I have used roof mounted bike carriers, hung off the hatchback type carriers, and a towbar mounted carrier.
I have never lost a bike from any of them (touch wood!) but the towbar mounted carrier has always seemed to me to be the most secure.
https://goo.gl/images/7U89KU

This is not my actual carrier, but it is very similar. I think it is the same manufacturer, but mine is now about 10 years old.

 

[mgs315]

My most preferred method would be in the car, followed by on the roof. Alas I’ve got a small 3-door hatchback (Alfa 147) so when going away with the other half neither option is possible (no roof rack available and the other half has a mountain of stuff) so Hollywood Express 3 boot rack it is. Only a very slight overhang with the TCR so does the job for me. Also means I don’t have to remember about it when entering car parks etc.