bike rack for ladies bikes

as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.

the present bike rack is cheap halfords jobby. does MTB's and skinny
wheeled bikes with ease. but the big hybrids are pushing it.

roger
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Roger Merriman wrote:
as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.

How about a roof-mounted one that clamps the down-tube? They seem to
work pretty well...

Pete.
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Peter Clinch wrote:

Roger Merriman wrote:
as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.

How about a roof-mounted one that clamps the down-tube? They seem to
work pretty well...

Thule do an adaptor to put a horizontal bar onto a ladies frame
http://www.car-roofracks.co.uk/pics/.../981-large.jpg
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Peter Clinch wrote:
Roger Merriman wrote:
as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.

How about a roof-mounted one that clamps the down-tube? They seem to
work pretty well...

They work excellently but their usefulness to 'the other half' depends
on various factors. My other half can't get the bikes on or off due to a
combination of height of car, her height and her strength at lifting
over her head. It is a factor worth considering!

Colin

(Roger Merriman) writes:

as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.

the present bike rack is cheap halfords jobby. does MTB's and skinny
wheeled bikes with ease. but the big hybrids are pushing it.

We have a towbar mounted bike rack which has arms with clamps that grabs
the tube a bit under the saddle. Should work with a ladies frame.
Along the lines of this one:
http://www.halfords.nl/NL/Auto/Catal...oductId=218831

Don't know if they are available in the UK - The Dutch Halfords has
nothing to do with the British ones.



Roos

In article ,
Colin Blackburn wrote:

Peter Clinch wrote:
Roger Merriman wrote:
as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.

How about a roof-mounted one that clamps the down-tube? They seem to
work pretty well...

They work excellently but their usefulness to 'the other half' depends
on various factors. My other half can't get the bikes on or off due to a
combination of height of car, her height and her strength at lifting
over her head. It is a factor worth considering!

As Roger's other half - good point. I'm rather short and not very strong!

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On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:28:33 +0100
Colin Blackburn wrote:

Peter Clinch wrote:

How about a roof-mounted one that clamps the down-tube? They seem
to work pretty well...

They work excellently but their usefulness to 'the other half'
depends on various factors. My other half can't get the bikes on or
off due to a combination of height of car, her height and her
strength at lifting over her head. It is a factor worth considering!

Carry some folding steps in the car?

Sara Kirk wrote:
In article ,
Colin Blackburn wrote:

Peter Clinch wrote:
Roger Merriman wrote:
as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.
How about a roof-mounted one that clamps the down-tube? They seem to
work pretty well...
They work excellently but their usefulness to 'the other half' depends
on various factors. My other half can't get the bikes on or off due to a
combination of height of car, her height and her strength at lifting
over her head. It is a factor worth considering!

As Roger's other half - good point. I'm rather short and not very strong!

If we use the rack it is normally because we are both going somewhere
with two bikes, so I do the lifting for both of us. Being over 6' helps.
If my partner goes somewhere on her own the bike goes in the back of the
car. It works for us but obviously depends on the size of the bike and car.

I think the towbar mounted carriers are definitely worth looking at if
your car has a towbar.

Colin

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Roger Merriman wrote:

as per subject really, my wife to be has a nice giant hybrid/shopping
etc bike, getting it on the boot bike rack is something of a fine art,
and i'd not want to take it too far or too fast.

the present bike rack is cheap halfords jobby. does MTB's and skinny
wheeled bikes with ease. but the big hybrids are pushing it.

That's no way to refer to your wife, sir!

tom

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