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Title: Cyclists!! Bike rack's for your car
Post by: griff439 on August 05, 2013, 03:05:00 pm
Guys,

Can you recommend any good bike racks? Don't particularly like the idea of scratching my boot to bits!

Thanks,
Griff
Title: Re: Cyclists!! Bike rack's for your car
Post by: Christian1402 on August 05, 2013, 03:50:23 pm
Use proper VW roof bars along with some Thule 591 bike carriers  :happy2:
Title: Re: Cyclists!! Bike rack's for your car
Post by: Marc-5-GTI on August 05, 2013, 04:13:33 pm
Has anyone got pics of roofbars and how they fit etc... I've just bought a kayak so am in a similar predicament
Title: Re: Cyclists!! Bike rack's for your car
Post by: sootpig on August 05, 2013, 05:36:25 pm
if you want a hatch rack look at the Saris range  Very good quality  :happy2: :happy2:
Title: Re: Cyclists!! Bike rack's for your car
Post by: griff439 on August 05, 2013, 05:55:21 pm
Quote from: sootpig on August 05, 2013, 05:36:25 pm
if you want a hatch rack look at the Saris range  Very good quality  :happy2: :happy2:

Cheers - i'm looking more for a rack. Do you have one of these? Is it kind to your boot? lol :)
Title: Re: Cyclists!! Bike rack's for your car
Post by: Christian1402 on August 06, 2013, 12:33:15 pm
Quote from: Marc-5-GTI on August 05, 2013, 04:13:33 pm
Has anyone got pics of roofbars and how they fit etc... I've just bought a kayak so am in a similar predicament

The vw roof bars fit very well, I had a set on my old mk4 R32 and caused no problems. Will be buying another set when I get around to it for the ed30. Thule bars are good too. Both are lockable
Title: Re: Cyclists!! Bike rack's for your car
Post by: GTImike on August 06, 2013, 01:26:15 pm
I've got a set of Thule bars in my garage, still yet to actually use them in anger but I will be doing in the next week or so when we head off on holiday (with a roof box attached rather than cycle racks). The Mk5 has locating pins for the bars under the front door gutters - covered by a rubber gromet.

I have trial fitted them but not loaded them up, the car specific feet and hooks ensure they lock in nice and tight. Mine were £60 off everybodies favourite auction site. Still holding out for some cheap 591 racks but they fetch £50 each second hand.