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Car bike rack?

califano · 2011-02-22 15:16:19

My sister bought a car bike rack similar to this. The problem is that her bike is heavy enough and shes not strong and really struggles with lifting the bike onto the rack. I was just wondering is there a more user friendly mountable bike rack out there or anything more convenient?.

22-02-2011 3:16pm

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califano

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My sister bought a car bike rack similar to this. The problem is that her bike is heavy enough and shes not strong and really struggles with lifting the bike onto the rack.
I was just wondering is there a more user friendly mountable bike rack out there or anything more convenient?.

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#2 22-02-2011 5:34pm

ednwireland

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surely buy a lighter bike is the obvious answer

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#3 22-02-2011 6:01pm

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you can get a thule towbar mounted rack similar to the 909 below where you can get a ramp attachment also to wheel the bike onto the rack so no lifting involved. Expensive piece of hit though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTVC1kNJB3c

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#4 22-02-2011 9:46pm

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If your sister has a tow bar these are a lot lower for lifting your bike onto, I have this one on adverts.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056176246

Reason for sale, 3 of us travel to sportives and we purchased a rack to carry 3 bikes.

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#5 23-02-2011 12:54pm

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Tar, she just got back to me on this, she doesnt have a tow bar!.
Also she said its a ladys bike and thinks theres a snag with these rather than the standard road bike.

Dr_Colossus i cant play the link as its blocked in work. I think i know what you mean as ive seen what you describe when i was googling a biger shot of macadams jpeg.

Thanks

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#6 27-02-2011 5:23pm

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ladies bike do not have cross bars like mens bikes, where the cross bar meets the saddle tube and the front head set , that is where the bike rests on the carrier in the picture.

must be a hybrid or something and not a racer roadbike, however there is anattachment available in bike shops that attaches to the saddle tube and the front head tube that gives the ladies bikes a crossbar therefore making them compatible with the carier in the picture

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