Blue Ice Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 Hello Guys, I was wondering how you guys transport your buggy? I am wanting to buy a Flexifoil buggy and have been told a certain bike rack fixed to the back of my car will be fine! ! My car is a small Saxo vtr so gona be a squash putting it in :-) Thanks for reading and any suggestions would be helpfull! Quote
oc1rob Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 Any bike rack with the carrying arms sufficiently narrow to fit between the side rails will work. Try a search there have been a number of threads on this topic - youll find quite a lot more info Quote
desciple Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 I use a cheapie from halfords to transport the vmax. Unless you use a tow bar carrier you will always risk a little wear and tear on the rear of the car. You should see the divvots outta my spoiler and rear bumper Quote
Blue Ice Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Posted June 9, 2004 ok thanks lads, ill pop to halfords now Quote
MadAndy71 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 To be honest, its not great hardship breaking down a buggy. It will fit in a saxo as JOCK on here has a saxo and a PL XR buggy. Obviously a rack will save on the 4-6 minutes setting up time...And we all know how important that minutes are when its blowing some and your mates are already blatting about!!! Quote
EvilTwin Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 just about to buy the perfect thing.... its called a landroverhttp://www.flexifoil.co.uk/community/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://www.flexifoil.co.uk/community/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://www.flexifoil.co.uk/community/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Quote
Blue Ice Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Posted June 9, 2004 grrr just been to Halfords and not 1 of the staff there has seen or knows what a buggy looks like and i had a look at the racks they have there and none of them seem to look like they will work? Post a link if you know of any please! Quote
beardyjim Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 I got one of the cheapy halfords £30 ones to use with my flexi buggy and its an awkward sod to fit the buggy on. Infact so much so that I haven't driven any real distance with it on and am just taking the wheels off again when needed. The time taken to secure it to give no threat of trashing my car I may as well have just stuck it in the boot. However I am planning to go to Wallop 2 and I may have to get it right for then to make sure I've got enough space inside..... Grrrrrr Quote
superfly777 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 I still just throw all my kit including buggy inside my car, only reason not to is if you need to transport more people so can't fold your seats down or you have a nice car that you don't want to dirty - not so much of a problem in winter but gets real grubby through winter!! My std flexi will fit in the mundano in one piece with the seats down, have to take the wheels off if using wide axle though. You won't get the buggy in the Saxo in one piece but may only have to take the back wheels off to fit it in with the seats folded down?? If not can just take the back axle off. Remember that time spent may be a few minutes building it back up but how long does it take to fit a back rack to the car and then strap it all up? Probably about the same I'd guess. Plus the buggy is more secure inside. Quote
sucramuk Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 I had problems with bike rack, fits perfect with the flexi buggy and used to fit really good on my old company car, went all the way to Pendine with the buggy on the bikerack without any worries. But for some reason the rack fitted to my new car seems to want to fall off, don't like traveling 10mins up the road when its on, let alone 200 miles + on a motorway. So..... I got a bracket made up at a local fabricators that bolts to my roof rack, turn the buggy upside down, the centre strut of the flexi buggy sits in the fabricated 'cradle' with a hole in it and is bolted through the mount, lash the 2 side bars and i'm done, doesn't go anywhere now!! Want to see a pic? Quote
NEILH Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 I have a vw polo and bought a rack from halfords, it is the halfords own brand that fits 2 bikes, it fits nicely onto the back of the car then simply slot your buggy onto the support, lash it down, jobs a good un. Quote
Richy303 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 Blue - I have some pics of a configuration I use. Similar to you I have ZX and flexi buggy. Let me have you email addy and I'll send them across if you like? laters Richy. Quote
Blue Ice Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Posted June 9, 2004 Ok thanks m8, its Bigwi11y@hotmail.com Quote
EvilTwin Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 the staff in halfords, are like the staff in PCWorld.... trained chimps You cant expect some teen who dosen't even look old enough for a provisional licence to know anything about cars. All they know about is stereos and what Max Power mag tells them is a good one. If you want anything in halfords find it yourself..... Quote
Dr-Manic Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 pm TCPM he drives a Saxo and has a rack on the back for his buggy Quote
Jonny3.3blade Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 Buggy transport A saxo is very smilar to a peugeot 106 which i own and my buggy fits in fine in the back with the seats folded flat and the passenger seat slightly forward with the back wheels off (standard axle ) and my buggy isnt standard in length its 2 inchs longer due to being swan necked !! and is starting to look a hybrid now it has a rips system (arse guard) purhasesed of Rob hills and kennybuggy air at wallop works brilliant keeps things away from u Jonny Quote
Muttley Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/muttleyimages/images/5-picture2.jpg Quote
cboshier Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 i've had 3 on mine, standard halfords cheapy http://www.duck-designs.com/aerohydro/boards/doubledup.jpg Quote
RAID Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 I use a Thule Clip-on 9101 bike rack on my VW Golf Mk IV. Works very well with my Libre V-Max. Axle sits on the rack arms while the front wheel sits on the roof. The axle itself sits in rubber holders and straps fit around it to keep it secure. Good thing about it is that I can open my boot with the buggy still attached. It's super stable on long and fast motorway journeys as well. I'll post some images of this setup with my buggy attached in this thread in the next few days. I'm in the process of getting them developed at the moment. In the meantime here's an image of the actual rack... You can clearly see the rubber holders that would grip most rear axles. http://www.roofracks.co.uk/images/clip_on_large.jpg Quote
sucramuk Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Blue ice, here's the pictures of my roof rack flexi holder, apologies for the quality had to use my phone as I can't seem to find my camera. Regardshttp://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v215/sucramuk/Flexi_on_car_full.jpghttp://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v215/sucramuk/Flexi_close_up.jpghttp://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v215/sucramuk/bracket_close_up.jpghttp://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v215/sucramuk/Bolt_thru.jpg Quote
XR33GTS Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 I also use a Halfords 2 Bike Rack.....You can buy them in "high" or "low" flavours (I went for low) and adapted it for a sierra saphire by turning the whole thing upsidedown. With a couple of ratchet straps to hold the Flexi buggy on, then I'm AWAY!!!!!! Bit of a bugger getting the rack all set up on the back of the car though.... All those straps to tighten, bending down to anchor the lower ones somewhere under the car etc. Could actually be quicker to just put the back seats down and take the wheels off........! Quote
DIGGY Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Ifyou buy a cheap ratchet set, it will only take you literally 3-4 mins to break down and build up your buggy. saves the cost of a roof rack and takes about the same time as it would to put a buggy on a roof rack! Quote
sucramuk Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 All very well putting the buggy in the boot, but when you have to carry a 'mobile' office in boot including a photocopier its to much of a pain to clean it out and when your finished having to put it all back in again!! So thats why mines on the roof!! Quote
sigo Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 mate check out this link for the bike carrier i use for my cameleon, less than £30! and the chap that sells them is really helpful. sigo http://www.flexifoil.com/community/forums/showthread.php?t=36463&highlight=cameleon+carrier Quote
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