Thank you for this video, just bought same carrier and watching this was so much easier than the instructions that came with it! 3 bikes mounted easily. Cheers!
Top video mate, very clear and concise. 10 hour trip tomorrow morning and feel a lot more comfortable about the bike being safely mounted after watching this.
Thanks Keith, top video. Best I've seen for anything on RU-vid for all sorts. Got my rack on order for tomorrow Am, so glad to see to this video. So we will be ripping up the routes through epping forest Pm 🤟🤙🤛💪👍
Thank you so much for this pal. Just picked up my new bike and a friend lent me his bike rack to collect it thinking I could get halfords to fit it. (Wrong) without your video I would have been a 2 hour drive from home and properly stuck. Thank you.
Thank you for posting this, I have been given a 2nd hand carrier and it didn't have any instructions. This is really helpful thank you (and Thomas). Happy cycling!
Great no-nonsense video Keith, in answer to the question of rear automatic wipers I remove the appropriate fuse when I fit the bike rack. I found out the hard way when I burnt out my rear wiper motor - hope this helps Cheers bikers.
Thanks Keith I've just bought one of these and you made it look really straightforward to fit. Instructions aren't always simple to follow at the best of times. Big thumbs up from me thanks.
@@0191DURHAMThanks Keith your video was really informative and will make things a lot simpler for people when fitting this bike rack. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Excellent video mate and thank you. Now I know how to attach the same one I bought last week for this years holiday. Kids going to be happy they are now taking their bikes with them :)
I am so glad to see this video! Thank you so much. I changed my car to a Peugeot 308 (2012) so need to buy the Halfords "Glass Hatch Anchor kit" The current top strap-hooks on the rack were a very tight/?damaging fit. Now I am happier about being able to fit my 3 bike rack which I've been avoiding since I bought the car six years ago! Hurrah, now I can take my bike further afield! One small point, for deaf/hard if hearing, the sub titles are rubbish, bit I've managed to get the gist of it. Thank you so much from this cycling Golden Oldie!
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Thanks, good video. There's currently a shedload of these carriers (and others) on eBay for a fiver. The fact that there is nowhere to easly attach straps underneath my car was putting me off purchasing one. Your obvious choice of attaching those straps to the lower edge of the boot lid has suddenly made this carrier a viable option. For those wondering if this fits to saloon cars - it looks as though the it will, plus one of the illustrations on the box show the t fitted to a saloon.
@@eddiecz I don't recall my exact search, but I did get mine for a fiver though I had to drive halfway around the M25 to collect it from a hospice in Watford. Take into account the Dartford Crossing fee X2 and then the straps I replaced, I may as well have bought a new one lol.
If there's no direct point to connect to under the bumper I suspect anybody who's been in the scouts could lash up some sort of strap for the clips to hook onto.
Great video you helped me decide between this version and the Clip on Thule version sold by Halfords. I was not keen on the metal clamps on my boot could possibly lead to it scratching my car.
That makes more sence than their instructions for sure. The bit that had me puzzled was when it said 5cm space between the bottom. I see you sat it on the bumper and it looks way more secure.
Thanks Keith, but you have it resting on the plastic bumper! With better adjustment of the frame at the start, you'd have it 5cm up and away from the bumper as advides. Nothing then leans on plastic. Aslo the rubber straps holding the crossbar on need to be threaded through a slot before clipping them home.
Very useful video, but you should also check out the Halfords instructions on their website which is the only legal information should you have a problem. Their instructions does vary from this video particularly on the use of the red straps.
Mike Bullard thanks, yes everyone should always be advised by the manufacturer instructions. The Halfords video is great. I beleive they made it after I made this one.
Good instructional video. However, that is not how you use the red straps. There are two red straps, of which connect to the frame both sides. You thread the red straps through the wheels and frame of the bikes and secure. This is to stop the bikes falling off the carrier. I have one of these racks and Halfords insisted that is how the red straps are fitted.
barryallcock1976 that’s great thanks, it was the instructions that said not to attach to the frame and to fasten to the two black straps on the carrier. I don’t guess it matters but that’s what it said. Thank you for your comment though.
