I have been carrying my bike halfway to work by car (inside a ford galaxy) and I wish to economise on motoring costs by selling one of my cars. Question is would I be able to get a car rack that i would be able to use to securly carry my hybrid on the back of my merc 230slk for about 15 miles down the m1 or am i being a little hopefull for such a small car?? if possible, which rack would you recomend?? thanks mike
Saris Bones for the back of a car like that - available in halfords - about £100, pricy but just about the best boot mount rack available and will fit most small sports cars / roadsters. To go better than that get a towbar fitted and get a pendle or similar tobbar mounted rack. HTH Russ "news.freeserve.net" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > I have been carrying my bike halfway to work by car (inside a ford galaxy) and I wish to economise > on motoring costs by selling one of my cars. Question is would I be able to get a car rack that i > would be able to use to > securly carry my hybrid on the back of my merc 230slk for about 15 miles down the m1 or am i being > a little hopefull for such a small car?? if possible, which rack would you recomend?? > > thanks > > mike
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:46:00 -0000, "news.freeserve.net" <[email protected]> wrote: >would I be able to get a car rack that i would be able to use to securly carry my hybrid on the >back of my merc 230slk for about 15 miles down the m1 or am i being a little hopefull for such a >small car?? Not at all - but I would seriously recommend having a towbar fitted and using a towbar-mounted rack, rather than the Merc roof mount system or a hang-on rack. Although watching the bike moving around ona boot-mounted rack when you press the Big Red Switch would be rather amusing >if possible, which rack would you recomend?? I would start at http://www.roofbox.co.uk - the Men who Know Guy === ** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. http://www.chapmancentral.com (BT ADSL and dynamic DNS permitting) NOTE: BT Openworld have now blocked port 25 (without notice), so old mail addresses may no longer work. Apologies.
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:40:56 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:46:00 -0000, "news.freeserve.net" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>would I be able to get a car rack that i would be able to use to securly carry my hybrid on the >>back of my merc 230slk for about 15 miles down the m1 or am i being a little hopefull for such a >>small car?? > >Not at all - but I would seriously recommend having a towbar fitted and using a towbar-mounted >rack, rather than the Merc roof mount system or a hang-on rack. Although watching the bike moving >around ona boot-mounted rack when you press the Big Red Switch would be rather amusing Towbar mounted is a good way to go. I use one in conjunction with a removable tow hitch so that the car looks ok when not using the carrier. A lot of miles covered and so far nothing has fallen off. Dave