Anybody use bike rack on their car ?
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I had the Wilko towball one, which did the job. I now have an expensive Cykell one, which is much better. I guess aĺl of the expensive ones are similar.
Befoe towball ones, I tried a strap-on one, which was a complete waste of time. It held the bike too high in the wind. My car has a boot. Maybe the strap-on ones work better on a hatchback.
Befoe towball ones, I tried a strap-on one, which was a complete waste of time. It held the bike too high in the wind. My car has a boot. Maybe the strap-on ones work better on a hatchback.
A tow ball mounted rack is ideal. A strap on will be better on a hatch but it should be the 6 strap type. If you go for a strap on rack pick a two bike model if you are only going to carry one ebike. Pick a three bike model if carrying two. My former non electric commuter bike weighed just under 20kgs with all of its kit and the strap on rack worked fine. Since owning an ebike, I no longer have the car nor the rack 
thanks guys...20 years ago I was driving a Volvo with a towing hitch and roof rails and I used a Thule tow ball fixing bike rack, I only carried a light mountain bike and the rack worked great because I could run a strap from the rack through the roof rails to take the weight..
I still have the Thule rack and If I could figure out a way to take the weight
I would have a towbar fitted to this car.
I've just thought of this...what if I bought 2 straps with those dumbbell things on the end,... the dumbbells 'd go inside the tail gate and the straps 'd fix to the rack to take the weight.....do you think that would work ?
...that bit about the bike being too high is a valid point, I'd much rather use the towball rack...thinking about it further, I've got the straps, I could make the dumbbells I've even got some special buckles I'm sure I could fix to the rack.
......Do you see this working ?
I still have the Thule rack and If I could figure out a way to take the weight
I would have a towbar fitted to this car.
I've just thought of this...what if I bought 2 straps with those dumbbell things on the end,... the dumbbells 'd go inside the tail gate and the straps 'd fix to the rack to take the weight.....do you think that would work ?
...that bit about the bike being too high is a valid point, I'd much rather use the towball rack...thinking about it further, I've got the straps, I could make the dumbbells I've even got some special buckles I'm sure I could fix to the rack.
......Do you see this working ?
You may be over thinking this. I have used something like this:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=310481071094&alt=web
I have carried two bikes on it, hundreds of miles. I take the batteries off first though.
I'm sure the more expensive ones are better, but if you only want to move a single bike a short distance, these are hard to beat.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=310481071094&alt=web
I have carried two bikes on it, hundreds of miles. I take the batteries off first though.
I'm sure the more expensive ones are better, but if you only want to move a single bike a short distance, these are hard to beat.
Cheers Mike....I may be wrong but I don't see that rack holding a 20+ kilo ebike without top support and I'd still need the hitch fitting and I've already got my rack which locks onto the tow ball but it was never secure without top fixing........the short distance could be 100 miles on the motorway.
...thanks for the input though.
...thanks for the input though.