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Towbar advice please

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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by MarkG_M3CP » Thu Mar 16, 2017 5:49 pm

Yes please - send me details...
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by mogsyman » Thu Mar 16, 2017 5:57 pm

[quote="pvr"]
Can you get a bike rack for 7 kids then?  :))
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Where's that w@nker emoji when you need it  :P
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by pvr » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:02 pm

[quote="mogsyman"]
[quote="pvr"]
Can you get a bike rack for 7 kids then?  :))
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Where's that w@nker emoji when you need it  :P
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More of that and there would not have been 7 kids  :))
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by mogsyman » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:25 pm

[quote="pvr"]
[quote="mogsyman"]
[quote="pvr"]
Can you get a bike rack for 7 kids then?  :))
[/quote]

Where's that w@nker emoji when you need it  :P
[/quote]

More of that and there would not have been 7 kids  :))
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Have to fill my spare time with a hobby  :))
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by mogsyman » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:26 pm

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Yes please - send me details...
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Hi Mark

Pm sent.
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by mogsyman » Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:00 pm

[quote="mogsyman"]
[quote="MarkG_M50d"]
Yes please - send me details...
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Hi Mark

Pm sent.
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And another  ;)
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by pvr » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:09 pm

Try completing a sentence before you send it  :))
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by mogsyman » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:15 pm

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Try completing a sentence before you send it  :))
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Eh.....  :'(
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by X5Sport » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:51 pm

Absolutely.....you don't want that many inside the car!
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Re: Towbar advice please

Post by kenniff » Tue May 30, 2017 10:35 am

As an update, I ordered the Atera Strada DL3 3-4 bike rack at £400 including the 4th bike rail.

It was a bit fiddly to add on the 4th rail - the instructions were rubbish and despite there being loads of videos on You tube for the carrier, none that I found actually covered the adding the 4th rail bit.

Once done, it was a doddle to fit onto the car - 5 second job. Putting the bikes on took half an hour in the end as I had to fiddle about with the first one after I had all four on, to get the handles that hold the bike frame all connected properly. That said, thereafter taking the bikes off and putting them on again after our cycle was easy and took 10 minutes tops. Taking the rack itself off is as easy as putting it on.

I'd definitely recommend the Atera Strada DL3 if you want to carry 4 bikes on a towbar.
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