[img]Anyone have any idea how your suppose to tie bikes down on the proper Land Rover bike rack?

I brought second hand and it didn’t come with the tie downs but it has everything else including the rubber that the bike rests in. But I just fail to see how your suppose to secure it. It’s like the rubbers are the wrong way around lol[/img] Regards

Daz

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2011 (61plate) 4.4 tdv8
sumatra black

previous cars

e46 m3
e53 x5

I use surfboard straps. Just loop them around the frame(s) and tyres and then tighten.

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Hey mate.

Thanks for the reply.

I don’t suppose you have any other pics on how you fasten the straps?

I think Land Rover have made a really bad design here for the tie down anyway lol. I just can’t figure out how to get a decent secure strap down.


 Regards

Daz

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2011 (61plate) 4.4 tdv8
sumatra black

previous cars

e46 m3
e53 x5

NO photos available I'm afraid but I wrap the strap thru the bike frame, around the "cow" bars, through the wheels and then through the main vertical upright and secure. Never had an issue even with 3 bikes.

Strap down each tube of the bike against the rubber pad



For longer journeys, I also used to put some foam between wherever the bike forks touched the other frame & another strap there to keep it in place

I used to rest a number plate on top, strapped to a bike frame -

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What kind of straps did you use bud?

And did you just lash around the frame and then the tube of the rack or did you try and lash it to the rubber pad. The runner pads seem just good enough to hold the frame but I struggle to see how you could lash to them because everything is at the wrong angle lol. Regards

Daz

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2011 (61plate) 4.4 tdv8
sumatra black

previous cars

e46 m3
e53 x5

What I did was to get bungees (the LR accessory rack comes with one long strap only) of different lengths and hook them over the frame and into the holes in the base of the rack. Then to stop the wheels moving about and to hold the bicycles steady I would have shorter bungees around the bottom of the wheels and hooked on to that base or maybe the lashing eye on the right side. In some places I used bubble wrap to stop the bicycles rubbing together. After that the light board was attached to the outer bicycle with cable tie loops and rope. Quite a long process, not recommended in a cloud of midges at the end of a long day in the hills, but it did work and was secure and steady. Only Range Rovers since 1988

Thanks buddy. I shall experiment

I just ordred these which may work better?

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I used a number of different straps - initially some Thule ones, but the metal clips were a pain, then burgees but didn't really get on with them, then progressed onto velcro tape - basically double sided velcro - wrapped round a couple of times & job done.

The velcro seemed as tight as any other method, didn't work loose, no metal or hard clips etc & very quick & easy.

I think I used cable ties one time - they also work just fine, but I was worried about any rubbing

I use straps like this [https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/292755313482] to hold the frame against the rubber pad on the carrier, then a couple of bungees down near the pedals and around the carrier to stop the bike swaying forwards and backwards.

If carrying more than one bike, foam pipe insulation (the stuff that is slit along its length) is great for sliding onto bits of bike frame that are likely to rub together.

And a number plate and light board clips onto the end of my rack arms.