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Bike rack for Evoque? Help!

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  • May 17, 2019 at 6:04 am #29655
    simonmb

    I recently married, and along with my new wife came her Range Rover Evoque. I’m trying to find a suitable bike rack for hanging two bikes off the rear. I wouldn’t have thought it would be so difficult. The plastic aero-trim at the back won’t support any weight, and attaching rails to the roof is also going to be problematic.

    Any Evoque drivers know of a solution?

    Will I live to regret not choosing a different wife with a different car?

    (She reliably advises me that her car will comfortably take child seats. And many of them).

     

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  • May 18, 2019 at 6:30 am #942305
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    Dr_Lex

    Another vote for Seasucker &

    Another vote for Seasucker & my experiences with the two bike “mini-bomber” echo those of nniff, above. Interchangeability is also useful – I have an XC40 on trial this weekend, so can still carry our bikes with no extra effort.

    May 17, 2019 at 12:03 pm #942303
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    Hirsute

    https://www.thule.com/en-gb
    https://www.thule.com/en-gb/gb/roof-rack/roof-racks

    Vehicle
    LAND ROVER 2018 Range Rover Evoque 5-dr SUV 2011-2018 Normal roof

    Options there?

    May 17, 2019 at 11:45 am #942301
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    LastBoyScout

    I thought you could get

    I thought you could get internal racks for the Evoque?

    Until you get the kids in the way, just put the bikes inside, surely?

    May 17, 2019 at 11:35 am #942299
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    nniff

    You can put a padlock through

    You can put a padlock through the QR which locks the bike to the rack.  I have a cable lock (years old, originally for locking boot racks to the car).  It has a padlock at one end, a cable and a steel plate at the other.  The plate goes inside the car and you shut the door on the cable.  I have also run a proper thick bike cable down to one of the car wheels and either parked on it or locked it to the wheel with a D shackle (when parking up for a sleep for a few hours on a French autoroute). 

    On the plus side, they’re not that common so most villains won’t be familiar with them.   On the other hand two blokes with a van can drive up behind a boot rack of bikes and chuck them into the back of the van in 5 seconds armed with nothing more than a pair of scissors

    May 17, 2019 at 10:56 am #942297
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    2Loose

    Can you leave the bikes

    Can you leave the bikes securely locked on the Seasuckers when you stop driving for a foodloo break?  The site doesn’t seem to give that info either.

    May 17, 2019 at 10:36 am #942295
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    nniff

    What rjfrussell said –

    What rjfrussell said – Seasucker

    I’ve given up with endless roofbars, boot racks that won’t fit for one reason or another.  Bought a seasucker. Fitting instructions – slap a bit of water or screen wash on the suckers, slap the big set on where you want the front wheel – pump the suckers (10 secs x3).  Put the rear sucker in the right place and pump that (10 secs) .  Tie one crank to a chain stay with a length of old innner tube .  Take off front wheel,  put bike on roof.  QR clamp for front wheel (disc or rim brake), (or bolt through with adaptor) and industrial-grade velcro for the rear.  Done.  From start to finsh, including fitting rack, about 5 minutes.  To take it off – seconds.  Possibly tested beyond the UK speed limit.  Tested by Seasucker to 140mph.  Fits on my wife’s BMW Z4 (tin roof, front on roof, rear on boot) and my car (glass roof).  I could probably hang it off the rear window of my car, but have not bothered to try.  All you need is a patch of smooth panel a bit more than a foot square for the front wheel and a patch six inches square for the rear, sensibly in line with the direction of travel.  Won’t work on a canvas roof.  If you wanted to attract the rozzers, you could put the front wheel on the bonnet and the rear wheel on the windscreen, or fit it to the doors sticking out sideways….

    May 17, 2019 at 9:55 am #942293
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    kil0ran
    rjfrussell wrote:
    seasucker-  fast, easy, brilliant

     

    Bike Racks

     

     

     

    Man, their website is shite. Not enough pictures of the racks in use, no real guide to fitting. Not even many words explaining how they work. Oh and full of typos.

    May 17, 2019 at 9:47 am #942291
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    kil0ran

    This

    This

    https://etowbars.com/uk/Towbars/Range-Rover/Range-Rover-Evoque-towbars/Range-Rover-Evoque-Detachable-Invisible-Towbar

    Plus a towbar rack from Atera, Thule, or similar

    All in that’s going to cost you around a grand, alimony might be cheaper…

    I’ve got an Atera Strada DL3 which is absolutely brilliant – tilt and slide to give access to the boot, takes three bikes plus a fourth on an adapter so plenty of room for, erm, expansion.

    In my case I’ve extended Rule 25 by making sure that the rack cost more than the car 

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/R6rjjKMMpN6xweRH6

     

    May 17, 2019 at 9:39 am #942289
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    rjfrussell

    seasucker-  fast, easy,

    seasucker-  fast, easy, brilliant

     

    Bike Racks

     

     

    May 17, 2019 at 8:58 am #942287
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    Anonymous

    towbar and towbar mounted

    towbar and towbar mounted rack – presumably shell be concerned about the way it looks so youd need to go for a towbar with a removable swan neck.
    or get a partner with less expensive taste

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