Bike Rack for Disco II?

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Stuart Born - 29 Jun 2005 04:52 GMT

Can anyone recommend a bike rack that works well with a Disco II?

Any potential problems with using the rear tire for the bike rack to attach
onto?

Cheers,

Stuart

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beamendsltd - 29 Jun 2005 08:26 GMT

> Can anyone recommend a bike rack that works well with a Disco II?
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DA4119 Disco II 4-cycle Carrier - Black £88.12 inc VAT

Richard

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ntlworld - 29 Jun 2005 20:13 GMT

> Can anyone recommend a bike rack that works well with a Disco II?
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Stuart

The ones that us the spare wheel bracket do stress the door a lot. The
door design is meant to only take the tyre weight, so with up to four
bikes, it is to much. The temptation is also to open the door with the
bikes still loaded, cross your fingers that the hinges don't fail.

I had one of the Simbar door mounted racks. The weld failed after three
years and about 2000 miles of use. The Dutch mechanic that welded it
back together; said that the welded joint was not enough and should
have extra angled plate to take the downward load pulling the weld
apart. When I got home it went in the scrap heap.

The best thing is to go for one of the racks that use the tow bar
bracket as this places the load straight onto the chassis. I can
recommend Bik-Rak at www.bak-rak.com as these fit on the tow ball in a
few minutes and can be used to carry more than bikes.

Andy

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Austin Shackles - 29 Jun 2005 21:38 GMT

>The ones that us the spare wheel bracket do stress the door a lot. The
>door design is meant to only take the tyre weight, so with up to four
>bikes, it is to much. The temptation is also to open the door with the
>bikes still loaded, cross your fingers that the hinges don't fail.

The door hinges are only just adequate for the wheel, without anything else.
All the older ones have dropped due to hinge wear.

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