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  • Pitch forks at the ready!!!!
  • Tiger6791
    Full Member

    I think I may have been the victim of a bit of false description bad seller.

    I’m not going to say who or where but I’ve bought a bike carrier 2nd hand and it seems the description may have been wrong.

    I’ve paid PP gift so not much come back, I know, I know!

    The ad said the bike carrier would hold 4 bikes but I can only get 2 on maximum and I’ve tried every which way.

    It’s also not very stable on the back of our Honda.

    Seller says I can post it back at my cost for a refund but it weighs so much that the postage is more than it’s worth.

    Not sure what to do. Name, names?? or suck it up and put it down to experience.

    Sui
    Free Member

    what model is it? does the model fit the description?

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    If it’s sold as a 4 bike rack then it’s not the sellers fault?

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    Dobbo
    Full Member

    I’m alrady starting to hate the seller. 😡

    Tiger6791
    Full Member

    Have popped out to the work car park and taken a photo.

    I’m furious if I’m honest and wish I hadn’t bought it

    bencooper
    Free Member

    😀

    Can I interest you in my neighbour’s new design of bike rack?


    Zimmer Bike Rack by Ben Cooper, on Flickr

    simonbowns
    Free Member

    is this a wind up?!

    Shibboleth
    Free Member

    Dude, you reversed into a deckchair…

    righog
    Free Member

    Rear bike carriers are a bit of a minefield especially this type, they are almost all a bit crap, and you need to do your homework on which one fits your car best. I guess you have tried a few combinations to get on the back of your CRV, but that pic looks way wrong.

    EDIT: that Zimmer frame is ace 😀

    EDIT 2 : Well Done OP 😳

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Is that attached to your rear wiper?

    marcus7
    Free Member

    🙂 fantastic, nearly fell for that….

    kcal
    Full Member

    If it’s anything like my Rhode Gear rack, usual capacity is more like 3 bikes for starters;

    ah… I see.

    alfabus
    Free Member

    haha, brilliant 🙂

    Clobber
    Free Member

    Pretty good OP

    toppers3933
    Free Member

    You need to start a website about the seller. Maybe document your court case against them on there. Then come back on here and attempt to get stw behind you. Seems to be a proven plan of attack. 😀

    Tiger6791
    Full Member

    Not a wind up, I’m £20 + £10 postage out of pocket!!

    £30 lost might be funny to you chaps but that’s a weeks shopping.

    Laugh at others misfortune is that what this place has come to?

    bearnecessities
    Full Member

    that’s a weeks shopping

    Where??!

    Tiger6791
    Full Member

    Supermarket

    alfabus
    Free Member

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    Perhaps you could try it on the car next to yours and see what happens – I assume you have 4 bikes at work though as i imagine its a very bike friendly place you work what with all the 4×4’s.

    Tiger6791
    Full Member

    Not sure I get your point!

    The Honda is part time 4wd so mainly 2wd
    Next to it is Steve’s S-Max and he has 6 kids so needs it
    The MDs Audi is the white one and nothing to do with me

    Tiger6791
    Full Member

    They all work in a tea room as well

    stumpyjon
    Full Member

    Pretty certain that’s not meant to go on the spare wheel, it’s supposed to be on the rear windscreen of a hatchback. Spare tyre racks are different.

    mattbee
    Full Member

    Try turning the car on to it’s roof, may work better….

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    I could not tell if it was an Audi or a Skoda I apologise for that and I assume all big cars are 4 x 4 ‘s and for show as a real person would have a landy clearly.

    I was wondering if the absence of a spare wheel altered the angle of the v so the bar was sort of perpendicular to the road- though it would then be quite low I assumed so wheels may catch and bigger ones [ 29 er]more likely. Perhaps a fat bike could absorb the shock of skimming – do you have one?
    Ie try it on another car and see if it works as dont you need spare wheel specific ones – perhaps lend it him as surely his 6 kids – do kids still ride bikes these days? – have some bikes between them?
    The bar looks long enough for four but clearly at that angle it is all wrong.

    Tiger6791
    Full Member

    Decided gonna sell the Honda and see if it fits another car.

    What car is it designed for, if I can work that out and swap the Honda then maybe it will work better.

    boxelder
    Full Member

    Sure it’s the right way up.
    Serious.

    vinnyeh
    Full Member

    Shame about that last post tiger. Gilding (the undoubtedly absolutely excellent) lily. 🙂

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    There may be an easier fix could you not swap cars with steve and he sell some kids/you adopt? It’s about as easy as your solution.
    Perhaps the MD but that depends on whether white is your colour

    cloudnine
    Free Member

    Looks like its on the wrong way round.. did it come with any destructions?

    Tiger6791
    Full Member

    I’ve emailed the seller this thread.

    They have told me it’s fitted wrong and should be the other way round,

    I’ve been outside and tried it the other way round and it fits much better and I can now get 4 bikes on it.

    The problem now is because it’ s on the bonnet I can ‘t see too well out of the front

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    periscope out the sunroof?
    i have one I attach to my stem so I can see the road and be just like Froome.

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    Put it on the bonnet and see if it fits?
    (Or turn it the right way up)

    eskay
    Full Member

    I have a 4 bike rack (hanging type) and I have to be quite creative when getting 4 bikes on it.

    I ended up getting a 4 bike towbar track (which is still a squeeze)

    stills8tannorm
    Free Member

    Not a wind up, I’m £20 + £10 postage out of pocket!!

    You could have bought 3 tents for that!

    walleater
    Full Member

    Have you tried fitting it to the back of the drivers seat?

    CountZero
    Full Member

    Just looking at the photo I can see its in the wrong place, and upside-down.
    The foam padding should be at the top of the rear window, and at the bottom; it’s quite clearly never, ever intended to fit over a spare wheel. Even I can work that out, and oim fick, oi is!

    nwgiles
    Full Member

    This is beautiful

    marcus7
    Free Member

    on so many levels……

    takisawa2
    Full Member

    Best thread in ages.
    Its like the good old days of STW. 😀

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