What towbar rack?

[modland]

Hey all, if I don’t lose my licience tomorrow, I’m buying a towbar bike rack, but which one to go for? Some go on the ball and some have a mount plate which goes between the ball and towbar itself, what do you all reccomend?

[chrisv8]

What type of bar do you have?

I’ve got a detachable Westfalia swanneck towbar, I use this with a pendle ball mounted (3 bike) rack, you can buy it plate mounted but I didnt want a towbar permanently attached.

No issues at all with this setup, car seems to drive as normal, had no issue the other week cruising at 90+ mph on the motorway with a couple of bikes attached.

[modland]

Fixed towbar, not detachable, my concern is that it may get used with 2 downhill bikes going long distance and my Bighit isn’t exactly light and niether is my mates Norco, do they all have straps to support the top end of the rack?

[chrisv8]

Bighit, I thought you said heavy!

When I bought the rack I added up the weight of bikes I would be lugging around, SX Trail, Orange Patriot and a Demo 9, as i’m sure you will agree none are particularly light, the Demo weighing the most. All of them came in under the maximum weight specified by the manufacturer.

[Filthy]

I will be selling a pendle, 3 bike flange mount rack shortly. Think its had a couple of big hits and a turner 6pack on it. Did 100+ mph with no bother. Will be available as soon as I get my new van. I’ll give you a shout when I get sorted.