Miff Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 As well as liking 7's i also like mountain biking but the two don't combine very well. Shortly i will have a 7 as my only car - does anyone have any experience of fitting cycle-carriers to a seven? i was thinking about just using a luggage carrier and bungee straps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Jones Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Yesterday I used my Westfeild's RAC bar as a carrier for a cycle frame and it just tied on with old toe clip straps looking at it it would not need to much pading to put a complete bike on the roll bar with the wheels out and strap these on or put them in the passenger side. The bit that looks like it would cause the biggest problem is the chain set but this is easy to remove and refit its the none drive side that works loose so no great worries about doing it for each ride if nessasary. Another option would be to make up a bracket that bolts around the roll bar and holds the bike frame by the wheel drop outs and then has a stay from the top tube to the top roll bar tube to stop it falling off and strap the wheels to the roll bar or bike. Paul. ex cyclist paul See My Car Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipper man Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Don't worry about racks. As long as you are happy to drive with the hood off, then you can just strap the bike to the roll bar - done it many times myself! I use the spare wheel to hook one pedal over, hook the bar over the roll bar (with pipe insulating foam for protection) and strap or duct tape (depending on how far I am going) the bike in place. No need to disassemble anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricol Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Great minds must think alike! Bought a Halfords Deluxe roof rack bike carrier on Saturday - a few subtle mods with a drill, saw, welder and big hammer, and it will be a spare wheel rack mounted bike carrier. Not done yet as ran out of time Sat eve before a mad dash down the M6 @ 5500rpm / 80mph! Will carry on the mods and let you know! Bri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Carrying bikes is a doddle...passenger's not so keen though. See here and here - who said these are not practical carsteeth.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Paul, I followed the links and had a look at the pictures. Really good that your build is complete. It looks great. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 I've got to figure out how to carry the Go-Ped on the back/rack/roll bar & still include a passenger (Suzi Seven) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Hi, I sell Thule cycle carriers and they make one that normaly goes on the roof of a car mounted on a roof rack but this could quite happily sit on the roll bar looking like a pair of skies, the bike would mount with the wheel down by the back of the car by the side of the spare wheel pionting upwards, the fork is clamped into the rack giving it stability and then the front wheel would have to go somewhere else like the boot space. part no is 511 on www.thule.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miff Posted April 22, 2002 Author Share Posted April 22, 2002 Cheers, will cogitate a while and let you know what i come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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