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EYorkshire

Member Since: 18 Nov 2010
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Steve D wrote:
And if I've got a towbar I can........ Oh, !

Go on, you know you want too

11th Aug 2013 1:39 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4092

This any better?

True, not a very good view in the rear mirror but then you wouldn't have any view with a caravan or trailer on the back. Good view in both door mirrors though. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

11th Aug 2013 6:22 pm

pab

Member Since: 28 Aug 2012
Location: Now in Mid-Wales
Posts: 2005

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Lago Grey

I should think you'd get away with that, so long as it doesn't shift too much while you're driving.

11th Aug 2013 6:32 pm

decho

Member Since: 10 Mar 2011
Location: Fife
Posts: 113

2015 Freelander 2 SD4 Metropolis LE Auto Firenze Red

What carrier is this if you don't mind me asking?

11th Aug 2013 6:33 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4092

decho wrote:
What carrier is this if you don't mind me asking?

Go back a few posts I have a link there - cant copy it for some reason Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

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11th Aug 2013 6:35 pm

decho

Member Since: 10 Mar 2011
Location: Fife
Posts: 113

decho wrote:
What carrier is this if you don't mind me asking?

Sorry looks like the same one mounted differently?

11th Aug 2013 6:35 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4092

Yep, I just raised the mounting arm and hung the bikes differently. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

11th Aug 2013 6:42 pm

taztastic

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: North West
Posts: 8652

I wouldn't be happy with the bikes up there, it's going to affect the handling on corners and your going to have to watch for car park entrance heights

11th Aug 2013 6:49 pm

EYorkshire

Member Since: 18 Nov 2010
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Posts: 4392

As long as they're stable and secure it should be alright, roof rack mounted bikes would be higher still. It's the width that would worry me unless the camera makes it look that way, I'd worry about taking out a pedestrian

11th Aug 2013 7:11 pm

bambi68

Member Since: 01 Jul 2012
Location: Rotherham
Posts: 261

2011 Freelander 2 TD4_e XS Manual Zermatt Silver

My 4 bike maxxraxx very stable,secure, tilts to allow access to the boot.

Yes I know there's no lighting board but I'm about to stick a caravan on the back.( but I do have one for when I don't have the caravan)

So 4 bikes, and a caravan sorted. No problem with tight turns, mind you it is a hymer so has a 1.4mtr draw draw bar. The bikes stick out about 800mm from the tow ball centre.

And when on you can only just see the edge of the tyre on one side looks worse here from the angle My11 freelander 2, xs, Manual, 18" hse sparkles, sidesteps, privacy, zermatt silver metallic, almond nutmeg alacantra, twin electric towbar

Gone my09 xs D3

11th Aug 2013 9:29 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4092

EYorkshire wrote:
As long as they're stable and secure it should be alright, roof rack mounted bikes would be higher still. It's the width that would worry me unless the camera makes it look that way, I'd worry about taking out a pedestrian

As bambi68 above says, its just an optical illusion and what little of the wheel you see in the mirrors doesn't really obscure your vision. How wide can a bike be compared to a FL - certainly not as wide as a caravan. I'd be surprised if we use it more than a dozen summer time trips a year of up to a maximum of 5 miles. Normally you'd pedal that distance but the reason I've got the rack is so that now and then me and the wife can get to local country parks/walks/tracks with our dog and our full-size bikes so that the dog can run alongside us as we cycle. Got a couple of fold up bikes with 20" wheels that fit inside the FL that we normally use but they are not really up to some of the tracks we go down. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

11th Aug 2013 10:57 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4092

Just an update on this having used it twice so far. Bloody brilliant! Quick and very easy to fit, stores inside with one side of the rear seats down when we go off cycling and a rock solid fit. Only slight drawback is that the rubber feet that press against the rear screen are very close to encroaching into the swept area of the rear wiper so I remove the blade to be on the safe side. I would definitely recommend this carrier for the FL. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

4th Sep 2013 5:34 pm

ad210358

Member Since: 12 Oct 2008
Location: Here and There
Posts: 7464

EYorkshire wrote:
, I'd worry about taking out a pedestrian

That only happens if you go down Hessle Road or Myton Street

p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

4th Sep 2013 6:49 pm

EYorkshire

Member Since: 18 Nov 2010
Location: (!)
Posts: 4392

that's not all you can take out if you go down there after 9.00pm

4th Sep 2013 6:53 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4092

And how would you know that? Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

4th Sep 2013 9:25 pm

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