Cost £35.99 from Halfords, 2 bike carrier. Ideal for those cyclists amongst us. Click on the link below for enlargeable pictures
m http://www.richie323.plus.com/mr2/carrier/ (http://www.richie323.plus.com/mr2/carrier/) m
Richie
(http://www.richie323.plus.com/mr2/carrier/thumbs/P5090003.JPG)
(http://www.richie323.plus.com/mr2/carrier/thumbs/P5090002.JPG)
(http://www.richie323.plus.com/mr2/carrier/thumbs/P5090001.JPG)
Nice bike...
I have one of those racks too. I use it on my Peugeot, which is consequently full of dents and scratches. There's no way on Earth I'd strap it to the back of my MR2... s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
Nice; I have a Gary Fisher downhiller s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Quote from: "GSB"Nice bike...
Cheers, just got it last week, trying to get into some downhill stuff.
QuoteI have one of those racks too. I use it on my Peugeot, which is consequently full of dents and scratches. There's no way on Earth I'd strap it to the back of my MR2... s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
I've got the rack absolutely solid to the car, with the front straps looped round the engines rear cross members for support and the bottom supports fixed to the 2 tow hook points on the back. This keeps the rack pretty damn solid / stable and even after a few test runs. Theres no way my bike could foul the car from the way I've mounted it, even if it were to come a bit loose.
QuoteNice; I have a Gary Fisher downhiller
Nice choice mate!
Richie.
I totally screwed the back end of my last 206 putting bike racks on it. Major scuffing to paintwork and I really gouged the roof with the handlebars. I know use a shed load of bungees and straps to make sure nothing can move.
If your getting into Downhilling you've got to get up to Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders. I was there a fortnight ago and couldn't do the downhill cos they were filming some professional thingy. I'm told it is extreme and gnarly and sick, or whatever terms the Wolrd of X-Sports is using to describe things atm. There is also Glen Cress which is just up the road and slightly more sedate.
Anyway if you do decide to go, gimme a shout and I'll come too.
Scottish Borders Mini-Meet/ D/H Competition anyone? s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:
Phil
hehe sounds good mate. I've been to glentress a couple of times and intend to go to innerleithen some time soon too. a few of my mates have been and stick by it.
I'm hoping to get a trip to glentress a week on sunday, if I can get some free time s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
Richie.
Glen tress, thats what I meant, not Cress. Funny accents up that way esp when beered up! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
I cycled passed there on the way to Edinburgh.
Phil
Quote from: "evileye_xc"Glen tress, thats what I meant, not Cress. Funny accents up that way esp when beered up! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
do remember that the back end of the cars only plastic and will crack really quickly if you keep putting that on the back, its a really really bad idea to do that. Listen to grants words on this or you could end up with a big bill s:? :? s:?
Quote from: "kanujunkie"do remember that the back end of the cars only plastic and will crack really quickly if you keep putting that on the back, its a really really bad idea to do that. Listen to grants words on this or you could end up with a big bill s:? :? s:?
yeah, I've also got a rear mount bumper supported carrier from halfords, not exactly the same as yours, but very similar, i've simply not had the guts to put all that weight on our back bumper...
let me know how you get on!? s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Glentress - highly recommended. Had a cracking evening out there last week, including finishing up in the dark with borrowed bike lamps that would seriously embarass a rally car!
And also Carron Valley (about an hour out of Edinburgh) - especially the Fun Park at the end of the loop near the car park. Seriously cheesed off the regular riders from work by showing them how to clear the doubles on only my second run through (on a borrowed bike too). They've been going up there for over a year now, and only managed to get it figured out on our ride on Tuesday evening.
The only worrying thing is that this is the only reason it's worthwhile going up to Scotland to work. Oh well, I suppose I have to get something out of it!
Quote from: "kanujunkie"do remember that the back end of the cars only plastic and will crack really quickly if you keep putting that on the back, its a really really bad idea to do that. Listen to grants words on this or you could end up with a big bill s:? :? s:?
I hadn't even considered that aspect...
Guess what super strong structural delights there are behind that part of the bumper.... Go on, guess... s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
None whatsoever.... In fact the plastic part isnt actually the bumper. It has absolutley no strength in it at all. Its held on with a handful of plastic fasteners (like the ones under the frunk), and 4 little bolts that secure it to the wheelarches and to the bodywork either side of the lights...
The real impact resisting strength of the rear of the car is tucked behind the bumper, and is in the form of a lump of steel box.
(http://www.spydermagazine.com/files/GSBhayward2.jpg)
shame spyderchat is still down, one of the guys over there took 2 tow hooks, extended them, and then attached them to one of those channel type bike carriers, the weight was then on the tow points and not the bodywork
s:oops: :oops: s:oops: OK Points taken.
I considered the system on spyderchat, I have it saved somewhere but unfortunately cant find it.
Quote from: "Richie"I considered the system on spyderchat, I have it saved somewhere but unfortunately cant find it.
yeah me too and the new SC system seem to be problematic s:? :? s:?
Quote from: "kanujunkie"shame spyderchat is still down, one of the guys over there took 2 tow hooks, extended them, and then attached them to one of those channel type bike carriers, the weight was then on the tow points and not the bodywork
Wow! that's a really good idea! If you ever stumble across this thread/article again feel free to post the link? s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Quote from: "jamesr1"Quote from: "kanujunkie"shame spyderchat is still down, one of the guys over there took 2 tow hooks, extended them, and then attached them to one of those channel type bike carriers, the weight was then on the tow points and not the bodywork
Wow! that's a really good idea! If you ever stumble across this thread/article again feel free to post the link? s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
sorry i've retried but they've mucked up the search engine on SC big time IMHO s:evil: :evil: s:evil:
Did anything come of this? I'm needing to move my bike around soon and was looking for a bike rack, did the one at the start of this topic do any damage to the car?
I used it a few times when stuck and it hasn't done any damage to the car (granted I only lugged the one bike around and took the front wheel in the passenger seat.
Thats not to say that with time it wouldn't cause damage; Stu and Grant have illustrated that this rack uses the weak point of the bumper for support, which in time would cause damage.
At the moment I'm thinking of buying a cheap diesel runabout for circa £150 purely to lug the bikes around with and to do the occasional B&Q run or airport run.
The other 2 solutions for the mr2 are:
1)The bike rack that attaches to the classic carrier (Very expensive)
2) The custom-build thing from spyderchat that I can no-longer find.
Hope this helps,
Richie.
Ta,
Quote from: "Richie"2) The custom-build thing from spyderchat that I can no-longer find.
Anyone any info on this?
Will be doing 130 odd miles a week with bike in tow so need something thats not going to drop off or damage the car.
Quote from: "peppyuk"Ta,
Quote from: "Richie"2) The custom-build thing from spyderchat that I can no-longer find.
Anyone any info on this?
Will be doing 130 odd miles a week with bike in tow so need something thats not going to drop off or damage the car.
Found it!!
m http://www.spyderchat.com/phpBB2/viewto ... =bike+rack (http://www.spyderchat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11297&highlight=bike+rack) m
Thats great cheers.
Quote from: "peppyuk"Will be doing 130 odd miles a week with bike in tow so need something thats not going to drop off or damage the car.
Just ride the 130-odd miles on your bike. Should be good enough to maintain a base level of fitness s:-P :-P s:-P And think of all the petrol money you will save :-) :-) :-)
On yer bike! s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Quote from: "Silverman"On your bike!
s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
rest day today - not allowed to go training s:-( :-( s:-(
nice try! been wondering how to get the bikes on the 2 however prob will just take the rep mobile instead
P.S. its glentress not glen cress evileye_xc I go every couple of weeks the trails are awseome and spending a weekend at innerleithing in October
the way the bike sits behind the rear wheels wont improve the handling the 2 is supposed to be a balanced fine handling light weight car not a load carrier. a nice wet shiny road and you will aquaplane/under steer into the ditch, well at least you will have the bike to get home on!!!!!!!!
Quote from: "mick"the way the bike sits behind the rear wheels wont improve the handling the 2 is supposed to be a balanced fine handling light weight car not a load carrier. a nice wet shiny road and you will aquaplane/under steer into the ditch, well at least you will have the bike to get home on!!!!!!!!
Well, I don't exactly put the bike onto the back of the car to improve the handling, do I?
I used the rack for the few times when I had to lug the bike around, not to go whoring it on a wet road.
I think you're being a bit severe in your scenario above anyway, I sincerely doubt the extra weight of 1 bicycle on the back of a car is going to cause it to swerve off the road.
Granted its not going to do your handling any favours, but when going along a bypass at 60mph with the bike on the back, I doubt I have much to worry about in that respect.
Rant over.
i fitted a H&S exhaust which weighs about 8lb less than stock and it made the front end a lot more stable, you dont always need to be going fast to end up in a ditch, read some of last weeks posts
Quote from: "mick"the way the bike sits behind the rear wheels wont improve the handling the 2 is supposed to be a balanced fine handling light weight car not a load carrier. a nice wet shiny road and you will aquaplane/under steer into the ditch, well at least you will have the bike to get home on!!!!!!!!
Which is (nearly) the same a slapping a roof rack or boot lid carrier on your grocery-getter and lugging bikes around that way. Anything that is added will change the centre of gravity and amount of drag, therefore will affect the handling.
Strictly speaking if you're adding weight to a car, it should be as low down and as near to the centre of the car as possible. Hmmmmm ... MR2 cubby holes ... s:D :D s:D Need a hacksaw to get my bike in though s:( :( s:( s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
hehe put the bike on the front then
I know this was talked about in an earlier post, and apologies for the short notice, but I'm going to glentress with a few mates on sunday so if anybody else is around that area, I'll be there with my new Rig to do some trails.
If any ROC mountain bikers fancy it, will be meeting at the hub at 10-10:30ish am.
Richie
My solution>>>>>>>
I had 2 bars machined for me with the same thread as the towing eye, bough 2 standard thule bike acks which rit striaght on the bar. I always tie the bikes to the brackets where my hard top fits into, It gives a much stonger set up and takes alot of weight off the bars. (if the rack should ever fail, the bikes will just drag behind the car
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aylward84/4972452318/
I shall get a close up picture shortly.....
[mod]All in one thread here:
l viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10701&start=0 (http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10701&start=0) l [/mod]