Bike Carriers

[cmulhere]

Hi all,

 

My new company car will be a MKiii Galaxy, and i am looking at options for carrying bikes.

 

I can't seem to find any decent make of rear door carriers around. Thule or Atera don't make them for the new Galaxy, and I don't want anything that is cheap and nasty.

 

I have considered a tow bar carrier, but this will work out expensive as I don't need a tow bar for any other purpose.

 

I already have a roof box, so will only be able to fit a couple of roof carriers on.

 

Don't want to go down the roue of fitting them inside the car on the internal rack either.

 

In essence I am after a rear carrier that is capable of carrying 3 bikes (4 would be better but not essential)

 

Do Ford have anything suitable - I have loooked online but can't see anything....

 

Anyone know of anything that might work?

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

[big_kev]

I would think the generic Thule Clip-on's would fit.

 

http://www.thule.com/Thule/ProductListPage____45895.aspx

 

I dont think that the MK3 Galaxy hasn't been out long enough to have specific carriers made for it.

[AndyBee]

I queried exactly the same question with Ford and Thule and the only option seems to be a tow bar mounted carrier. The rear door on the MK 3 is a different construction to previous versions (probably lighter weight and bonded edge to edge glass) and is not up to carrying a door mounted bike carrier.

 

We used to have a Thule 973 which is great for a Mk 1 or 2, but we have now sold it as no good on the Mk3 (Thule will not recommend it). We are doing without at the moment as the cost of a tow bar + carrier is going to be a few hundered quid.

 

Please let me know if you find a good solution !

[mumof4]

The only MK3 Galaxy i have seen with a bike carrier was at Dalby forest, and it had a tow bar mounted one...Was strange as it looked very low.

[cmulhere]

With the lack of an obvious solution to this, I have ordered 2 roof mounted cycle carriers which will get me out of trouble for now.

 

If Thule, Atera, Ford etc don't come up with a solution in the longer term I will have to go for a tow bar mounted carrier.

 

Here's hoping!!

 

Thanks for all your comments.

 

Chris

[silversurfer]

I spent many hour researching this & was also on owner of a MkII with a Thule 973. That was great but you cannot attach it to a Mk III in anyway at all. The base of the door is a very wide flimsy piece of plastic not suited to carrying any load at all. My prefered solution was towbar mounted (cos I couldn't possibly reach the roof when I come back from a dirty bike ride across the moors) & I am a convert - hugely stable load carrying even with 4 bikes on a thule 903. Give it a go.

[supermike]

I too have spent quite a while researching this. Ford don't do a rear-door carrier for the mk3. I have a cheap (20 quid at Tesco) 3 bike strap on carrier that's I've been using for years on a mk2 Galaxy and Mondeo estate. It does fit the mk3, but it sits very low (bike wheels only about 6 inches off the road!). I normally fit the roofbars and tie a webbing strap between them and the bikes to take most of the weight.

 

I noticed that pendle recommend their strap-on 2-bike and 3-bike carriers for the mk3 Galaxy:

 

http://www.pendle-bike.co.uk/nullres.asp?V...ar=2006-PRESENT

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http://www.pendle-bike.co.uk/nullres.asp?V...ar=2006-PRESENT

 

These seem quite reasonable at roofbox.co.uk, so I might take a flyer on one and let you all know how I get on...

 

Mike.