Bike carrier, advice

karel

Hi,

I do around 10 rides a year travelling over 40 miles to the spot where I meet up with a friend, it is cycling country with brilliant views and hardly any traffic. To get there I put my bike in my camper van, but I am selling that this year and have just my car left, it's a BMW saloon and pretty new so I don't want to stick a bike rack on it.

Is there any bike carrier for just 10 rides a year where I can put it on and take it off easily without having it on all year round or scratching/marking the car. Only other option is to get a second run around car but its all cost.

Thanks for any advice

arlowood

The Sea Sucker is well regarded and doesn't need roof bars or similar to fix. Will mean transporting the front wheel inside or on another mount tho'

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sea-sucker-talo ... 60719459uk

Saris Bones is a cheaper option for a rear mounted carrier

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-ra ... Aocq8P8HAQ

webboo

Put a blanket or tarpaulin in the boot, take the wheels off the bike and stick it in there. Or cover the back seat and do the same.

fatdaz

Webboo wrote:

Put a blanket or tarpaulin in the boot, take the wheels off the bike and stick it in there. Or cover the back seat and do the same.

This

If the back seats fold you may get away with just taking the front wheel off. I take my bike to work this way every week in the back of a Volvo S60 so I can ride when I get chance after work

karel

Like the look of that sea sucker, looks just the job, prefer that than taking wheels off and messing around with seats, blankets etc, as there is not a lot of room but an option, thanks for the advice

navrig2

The Sea Sucker is the way to go if you don't use roof bars.

If you have roof bars then this works well and you can leave them on the bars:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/elit ... -prod57881

sloppyschleckonds

Did 2092 miles from East to West coast of America using a SeaSucker Talon.

Would recommend.