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[Closed] I hope it ruins your car too - bike rack disaster rant.

oliverd1981 · 2018-03-26T11:47:11Z

Tried to post this three times now without luck, so This is he story dissolved to bullet points Thule 9107 on a MK6 Golf - longer top straps to suit spoiler. Carrying two 160'ish bikes - nothing too outrageous Survived a 4 hour motorway journey to Wales faultlessly, as per it's previous 3 or 4 outings The last section of the journey was a mile of singletrack road and about 100m of average farm track Bikes were left on the rack overnight and we led a convoy of vehicles out of the accommodation in the morning Noticed that the bikes were moving excessively and stopped to investigate - one of the top-hooks had come undone. Attempted to reattach the rack without removing the bikes. Big mistake - a big bend in the front lip of the tailgate ensued. Bikes were loaded into the boot and one of the other vehicles, the rack was abandoned beside a tiny quiet singletrack road. Upon returning the rack had vanished - so I hope that whoever took it suffers the same fate. So after the car gets back from the panel beater - do I get a towbar - or give up and get a van?

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drlex

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https://www.seasucker.com/collections/bike/products/mini-bomber-

Frankly terrifying

Yes, but works nicely to keep two bikes on the roof of my Golf without damaging either mode of transport.

Posted : 27/03/2018 5:46 pm

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