Luggage Rack

[Hazzer]

Yes I know this post will make a lot of you groan

 

But I do use my 7 to go on holiday in and have (unsurprisingly!!) a stowage issue!

 

I have placed a wanted ad in the appropriate section - however just wondered how large these Luggage Racks are and what you can actually get on them?

 

Go on - do your worst 😬

 

Haz

[Sheds Moderator]

Take the spare off and carry a repair foam can. Put a small plastic suitcase in the hole. The luggage rack will hold a smaller case about half the size of a wheel. Look at Angus and Tessa's site "My caterham" for clues on touring.

 

Some people have fitted bike panniers with interesting results.

[Stelios]

The Caterham luggage rack can take a bag that's about 20 inches wide and a foot tall comfortably. Your best off using a soft sided bag and watch the weight as the pounding that the car takes will make the rack dig into the paintwork of the spare wheel carrier if you're not careful.

 

Stelios the Bubble

 

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[Tony Martyr]

Wher are you Hazzer - I have a luggage rack spare since joining the Le Sept trailer trash

[Hazzer]

Hi all

 

Thanks for the replies.

 

Tony - somebody has just sorted me out with one - cheers for the offer thou`.

 

Rdgs

 

Haz

[stephen grant]

 

Are there any luggage rack options for those of us who don't have a spare wheel holder?

 

thanks,

 

stephen

 

[Wight Skipper]

Here?

 

http://www.softbitsforsevens.co.uk/page4.html

[Shaun_E]

We use the boot top bag from Soft Bits for Sevens (aka Jill Judd). Use some waterproof bags inside and it's great.

 

Yellow SL #32

[Bare]

You wanna carry Luggage?

Real Men vacation with a Visa Card.. all you will ever need.. fits a pocket nicely and a genuine perf upgrade for the car as well.. doesn't weigh much at all.

[Paulo]

I try and follow the "Bare" idea, but Mrs Paulo doesn't quite have the same idea.

I've got one of Jill Judds Boot Bags and thats enough, if you're really pushed for space you've got too much clobber, try edible underwear 😬 😬

 

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[stephen grant]

ok - I'll get one of those then. ta. it's for the Le Mans trip, so at the very minimum i need somewhere for a tent and two sleeping bags...

 

stephen

 

 

Edited by - stephen grant on 28 Jan 2005 15:59:01

[Mick Day]

I don't know what you wimps are worried about. My wife & I have done many Le-Septs without carrying extra bags; it all goes in the boot.

2 helmets, left & right extremities of the boot, stuffed with underwear. Between the 2 helmets fits a floppy bag with all our clothes. Behind this is the jack bag with a few addional tools. Travel light, Rohan or equivalent is good & make sure it can be washed & dried overnight. We all take too much on holiday so travelling in a 7 reduces it to essentials.

[Nigel Riches]

Stuart Golding, a fellow member of the the 7 club can can supply a bag which fits in the spare wheel

making an storage space, I have one and have found it most useful, 'specially as the original lugggage rack was loaded with a chilly bin full of beer ! ! ! !

 

My luggage rack has carried tents, sleeping bags, crates of brown ale, et al, even been known to carry some clothing bags, (shock, horror), if you anchor it really tight to the spare wheel, and the spare wheel tight to the car, then common sense (remember common sense, aaaahhhh those where the days), should see you OK, works for me, your mileage may vary, as they say, in text lingo. Regards Nigel.

 

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