Spare wheel and bicycle on the back?

Post by **Donald360** » 16 Jun 2008, 09:12

I have an lpg conversion which uses a doughnut shaped tank under the front where the spare wheel used to go. The spare is currently mounted on the ladder fixed to the tailgate. I want to find a way of transporting a bicycle on the back as well as the spare wheel, but still allow access to the top box on the roof.

Has anyone found a neat solution to this problem? I was wondering if there is a rack available which can hold the bike above the spare wheel.

Thanks,
Donald.

Post by **Ray** » 16 Jun 2008, 10:00

I have a spare wheel carrier on the back so I had to remove my fiamma rack and have now got a maxxrax tow bar rack. the 4x4 one clears the spare wheel, is strong but you need a tow bar. Pictures on their web site.
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Post by **garyd** » 16 Jun 2008, 17:49

I achieved this combination some years ago but I was building my own equipment. I had a wheel carrier which mounted to the tow hitch and folded down to give access to the dipstick and rear hatch. Bluebird do something similar (see http://www.bluebird-type2.co.uk/Split%2 ... rparts.htm).

I then had a bike rack based on the Paulchen design (Are Paulchen racks still available? They are/were similar to the Fiamma but in smaller steel tubing (25mm conduit in the case of my copy) rather than large aluminium tubes.) On this, the vertical tubes were far enough apart to allow the top of the spare wheel to sit between them. I am not sure that Fiamma racks are either wide enough or high enough (that is, mount the bikes high enough) to achieve the same thing.

I have got to sort this out again for my current vehicle so will be looking into this myself when time allows.

Garyd

Post by **hammy44** » 17 Jun 2008, 11:59

hi donald i have been looking for a box to fit my rack since i got it but no joy i see you have a fiamia box and the rear bar is cut could you post some close ups of how it fits and how it is secured thanx jim

Post by **Donald360** » 18 Jun 2008, 20:33

The van is away at the garage getting new front discs and bearings fitted and also some brake pipes sorted before its mot. When i get it back i will take a couple of pics and have a go at posting them up for you. The van came with the box already fitted, so I have not had a close look at how it is fitted myself - I think its secure...

Cheers,
Donald

Post by **Donald360** » 25 Jun 2008, 11:18

Hammy, here is a couple if pictures of the roofbox showing a bit more detail. Basically, it is clamped onto the roofrack at the back of the box using small brackets and the base of the box appears to be bolted through into the bottom of the hightop. Hope that makes sense.

[IMG:1024:768]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk90 ... oofox1.jpg[/img]

[IMG:768:1024]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk90 ... ofbox2.jpg[/img]

All the best,
Donald.