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John P
 


Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Lugano TealDiscovery 3
Tow bar mounted bicycle carriers

Who uses which type of carrier, to carrier their bikes. I'm looking to purchase a 2 mountain bike carrier, but I have a rear wheel carrier fitted. So what's the measurement from the rear door to the bike carrier, so I can see if it will miss my rear wheel carrier?

Thanks
John
  
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LaserTam
 


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England 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Nara BronzeDiscovery 4

I have a MaxTrax (I think) 4 bike job (although I defy anyone who can actually fit 4 bikes on).

Can't give you exact measurements because its not on the car, but to give some guidance from memory, the first bike loaded on i.e. closest to the car, the end of the handle bar is roughly 15cm from the tailgate window. Its a mans mountain bike with standard straight handle bars. Hope that makes sense and helps.
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Davethegeo
 


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I also use a MaxxRaxx carrier for 5 bikes. I can just get 5 bikes on but there is a lot of swivelling of handlebars and saddles to enable that. It's very solid and well built. It is meant to hinge downwards to let the upper tailgate open and it does if you are man enough to take the weight of 5 bikes while hinging it. I'm not. The pedal of the bike closest to the car clears the taligate with about 2 inches to spare if that gives you enough of an idea about clearance. failing that, the maxxraxx website and help line is pretty good.
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BigandScottish
 


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Scotland 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Stornoway GreyDiscovery 3

If you have a fixed towbar i have a 3 bike carrier for sale?
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joness7
 


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Pendle do tow ball mounted offset racks to get past a rear carried wheel.

See http://www.pendle-bike.co.uk/shopping/hang-on-tb-rack.php

I have a Pendle straight 4 bike rack and it works well.
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al cope
 


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I have the angled version of the Witter one shown above. The base is angled out (as you can see in the pic below), then the upright pole is angled to straighten back up. Its purposely designed for cars with wheels mounted on the back door. I first used it on my D2 and whilst dont need the same clearence on the D3 or D4 have kept it and still use it.

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I have a Thule. Great bit of kit. Takes 2 pedelec bikes. Up to 60kg if I remember ok. I believe they do a version that will accommodate a spare wheel on the back.
  
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Rack

Thule Hang On 972 with tilt

Great piece of kit and can be fitted & removed in minutes.
  
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Ocsid
 


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England 2016 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 Landmark LE Auto Indus SilverDiscovery 4

I also have the Thule Hang-on 972 and agree it is excellent but it does not stand far off the vehicle's rear, certainly not by a wheel's thickness. It rises vertically from the ball, but the loading bar comes a bit closer.
See photo of product:

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Thule-972-HangOn-3...Qod7pQD0Q#
  
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John P
 


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Thanks for all the replies, and suggestions. I finally found a spare wheel mounted carrier, which is great, as it does not impede the departure angle when off roading. So we can take the bikes with us when we go over landing. On the plus side, we have full access to the rear of the car when the spare wheel carrier is opened, unlike the tow bar mounted ones. Thumbs Up
  
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Ocsid
 


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The Thule Hang-on 972, whilst being towball mounted does fold down, bikes and all to rest on the ground. Obviously the weight is not taken as with a swing-away wheel carrier, but it can be done to access the top tailgate, I cant recall if the lower can be accessed and with the weight involved I was not into using the feature myself.
  
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John P
 


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Yes I looked at the fold down, but the rear of our D3 is our kitchen, so when stopping for lunch etc. the tailgate needs to fold down. The fold down rack would get in the way, and could be a trip hazard. Plus the lower towball impedes the departure angle, so I didn't really want a tow bar on the car.
  
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