How to transport a Mountain Bike?

[FlooKy]

Morning fellas,

I've recently bought a MTB and have been transporting it around by folding the 2 rear seats and taking off the front wheel... absolutely no problems fitting in but it's only a matter of time before the roof / insides get scratched (inside edge of the boot has already taken a bit of a beating from the bike pedals).

I've done some research into the options and have found:

Rear mounted bike rack (e.g. halfords): Told that the rear spoiler is plastic and not actually attached, rear boot rack may pull this off
Tow Bar Rack: tow bars don't exist on rocco's
Roof rack: really struggling to find a generic option, called 3-4 companies and no one could suggest anything

Right now my best option is looking like roof bars from VW.. £360! plus a bike rack from VW, £85!!

£445 seems a little daft! if anyone has any other suggestions it would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

[cjl_rocco88]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news.
I forked out the VW genuine money to avoid any hassle/damage to my car. After 6-8months my car started to leak and it was because the roof bar had caused the passenger door seal to fail.
It's still an ongoing issue with myself and local VW garage who fitted the bars. Either way the roof bars are a poor design and not fit for purpose or they made a poor job of fitting the bars.
Long story short I wouldn't for roof bars to a scirocco ever again! The rimless doors effectively mean the clamps for the bars are lifting the seal away from the body of the car and inevitably weaken the seal esp with the amount of rain we get up here in Scotland.
I sold my carriers and my roof bars are still at VW were I'm chasing a refund.
I am back to putting two bikes in the boot every time I go out and my car is gonna be a state at the end of the year but

[Plyphon]

Here's what I've done:


1: Bought the biggest tarpaulin I could find on Ebay for pennies. Got an absolutely massive one for £2 or something silly.I line the boot and cover the back of seats with this. It's so big I can fold it over 4 times or so - it's quite thick and protective by this point. I also bring it out and hang it over the boot lip to protect paint there.

2: Bought a builders 1 ton bag.



One of these. These are really thick. I have quite a long modern MTB with wide bars. With both wheels out the frame just slots into this bag and I pull the sides over the bars.

3: Found some industrial bubble wrap. The kind with bubbles the size of ping pong balls. I throw this over any bits pointing out the top of the bag whilst loading, and use it to protect the bike from the wheels once in the boot.

The wheels then fit inside the 1 ton bag also, but I put those in after the frame has gone in.

This is a pretty good method to getting a MTB in a Scirocco, but it's always going to be a bit of a faff with such a small boot opening. But at least the backs of my seats are unmarked, my roof is clean and all the mud stays inside the bag or on the tarp!

Hope that helps.

[lloydie63]

I regularly carry my mtb on the back of the scirocco. I use a Saris bones 2 bike rack. I have never had any problems whilst carrying the bike 31 lb+ Next time i load it up I'll take some shots and post.

[logit]

I've got the VW roof bars (picked them up new from a member here for £185 and fitted them myself) and Thule pro ride 598 cycle carrier (£85). So not cheap, but I find it the best compromise. I can't fit two bikes in the back and it's a faff removing wheels and protecting the inside from scratching. I looked at the Saris bones rear carrier but I know two people who have got stopped and fined by the rozzers as their rear plate was obscured - you ideally need to get a light board.

Pic attached

[Chrisc_91]

My sciroccos previous owner had a tow bar put on the back of mine for a bike rack, reading through the paperwork it did cause a leak of some sort in the boot which required from what I read, a ball ache of a fix.

[Phil]

My sciroccos previous owner had a tow bar put on the back of mine for a bike rack, reading through the paperwork it did cause a leak of some sort in the boot which required from what I read, a ball ache of a fix.

Not massively in the know about this stuff, but I thought sciroccos weren't designed to accommodate tow bars?

Or is it just theyre not designed to tow anything

[teckle]

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[Ibifaho]

I have a Seasucker for my bike. You can use it on any car (with a roof) are bassicly just suctioncups.

[Plyphon]

I;ve heard good things about those, next car i'll be using one no doubt.

Wonder if anyone has ever come off!