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DELANY
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Hi guys,
I posted this in the FG section but didn't get much of a response so thought I'd try here. I own an FG XR6T and I'm a cyclist. I'm after advice and feedback of the brands of roof racks and bike accessories available. I want the roof racks to be the most practical but also look 'sporty'. I have seen many roof racks look like a grandpa car if that makes sense lol. If anyone has and advice or feedback, maybe if anyone could post some pictures of what they are using it would be really appreciated. Thanks
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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One word..........THULE for bike carriers.
As for roof racks, sorry, can't help you there. http://www.thule.com.au/bike-carriers |
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My suggestion would be getting a tow bar (that way it's sporty and practical) and a bike rack to fit your tow bar. That's what I do, except I made myself a custom bike rack for my MTB.
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I agree with reinman, I've got an FG Turbo and made a custom bikerack for my mtb, but it would carry any type of adult sized.
I have the heavy duty hayman reece towbar, so its easy to install/remove with the pin then just need 1 socket to tighten the bolt that pins it in place, takes about 1 minute to fit onto the car, and about 2 minutes to put my bike onto the rack. I looked around for roof racks a while ago (when i had a bf) but couldn't find anything that didn't ruin the look of the car. If you don't mind me asking, why are you looking for roof mount instead of towbar? Most people think its too hard to install/remove them but even with the light duty towbar it can be turned into a 1 man 1 spanner job that takes 2 minutes.
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Raw product after welding still needed to cut the upright supports down a little and drill some holes. ![]() Powder coated, lights, padding and strap all fitted. ![]() All loaded up with bike on the rack and rack on the car. ![]() I only designed it to carry two bikes, which it does perfectly. They haven't ever touched and haven't ever looked like coming off, best thing is it takes less than a minute to load up/ unload the bikes. ![]() Hope that gives you some ideas of what can be achieved. If you like my design, I'm more than happy to share it, just send me a PM and ill send you the design with angles, measurements and description of how it all works.
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What sort of bike?
I have road bikes and MTB, I have Genuine ford roof racks and fitted with http://www.thule.com.au/thule-proride-591 for my carbon roadbike, I feel it is better to mount the bike on this rather than hanging it from it's frame on a towbar style carrier
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A word of warning, make sure you know the height of your car with the bike rack on.....many accidents happen when people go through drive-though and underground car parks
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something that some might not be aware of is in vic it is illegal to have a bike carrier on the towbar if there is no bike on it
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DELANY
Join Date: Jul 2005
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thanks guys, I will look into the thule bike carriers, they look great
A lot of people seem to prefer the bike racks, theres a few reasons why they aren't for me the main one being I also want to carry kayaks and surfboards on the roof racks. I should have mentions that in the original post. The car also doesn't have a tow bar and is expensive to fit. So back to the roof racks, what do people think? I'd like some photos if anyone has some fitted, as I have seen some which look 'sporty' and and some which look 'grandpa' haha. I don't want to go to the shop and get them all fitted. And I might buy online so I need to see them on a car. I've never had any roof racks. Can people give me any feedback in general? Are they hard to fit, or potentially damage the car?
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I do not want my opinions to appear I'm knocking the tow bar style carriers as I have that style on my Super Pursuit but do not carry my race bike on that one.
Roof racks are very noisey and the height issue is something you will need to remember when parking or going into carparks etc. I'm about to do a 1200 klm trip and have removed the roof racks because of the noise but will refit when I get home so can give you pics then of them fitted to a G6ET
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DELANY
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thanks a lot ratter that would be great
someone asked about the type of bike - I have a road bike, not MTB, and I'll be carrying my bike and my mates bike most of the time thanks
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The FG uses an insulated bracket that grips the roof edge and the rack bases have rubber pads on them, I also applied some clear contact where the racks sit to help stop any marks etc
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DELANY
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thanks again guys,
anyone have photos of any roof racks on their car for me? I'm looking at the thule roof racks now. They seem pretty good. Anyone got any feedback?
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happy with my Thule bike racks attached to the genuine roof rack
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Reinman, that is an awesome bike rack
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Thanks Kevvy101, it was a project that I wanted to do and it worked out really well, I could have made a better design (but I rushed the manufacturing, to get it done in less than a week, for a biking weekend). I'm still extremely happy with it, it's held the bikes comfortably on the rack over some bumpy terrain at 110km/h with ease, I can vouch for how well it works, I've put full faith on it, I strap my $4000 Remedy 8 onto it each weekend alongside my mates $3500 Reign and we have never had a problem, it works perfectly.
IMO it's the best bike rack I've ever had, no chance of damaging the frames, but still very secure and so easy to use. I'm going to modify the hitch design to fit onto my new car (shouldn't be very hard) that way I can carry my bike securely with either car the XR6 Wagon or the XR6 Sedan, depending which is available at the time.
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