I'm going bananas getting 3 modern MTBs on my Thule Velospace XT3. It nearly finished me off on my last weekend away. The Epos seems to be the bee knees in this area but it seems that tailgate clearance (I have a Renault Trafic van) is not great.
I have measured and the centre of my towbar "ball" is 175mm behind the fully closed tailgate. The tailgate when opening is 110mm above the towbar when it passes the centreline but I can't see any info how high a tilted Epos 3 is through the tailgate "sweep". I had to put my Velospace XT3 into the "furthest tilt" position by moving the cables, but I gather that's not an adjustment that the Epos has.
Anyone have an Epos and a Trafic, or an Epos and can measure some stuff in relation to the towbar centre (specifically, how far behind and how high above is the closest point on the tilted rack - including bars, though I could work around that by turning them...). With that info I could mock something up and measure the clearance myself.
Any help or measurements much appreciated.
I can’t answer the question. But as I could do with knowing which tow bar mounted bike rack will tilt enough to work with a T6 here is a free bump
I'm sure I saw a YouTube video where an Epos owner drilled a hole in his rack to move the safety cable in order to give it enough clearance for a van tailgate. I'm not sure I fancy drilling a £1K rack.....
