Bike racks - towbar mounted

[YRRunner]

Can anyone recommend me a rear mounted bike rack, preferably one that just clamps on to the towbar ball? It's for a FF 2007 Vogue TDV8 One/two bike job. Thanks.

[Wacky Racer]

I have a Thule "Euro" on our Zafira tourer towball, not cheap at around £350, but one of our (2) bikes is an electric one so quite/very heavy.

Quality is superb, as is most stuff made by the company.

Bought from Halfords, who were competitive pricewise last summer when we bought it.

You may get away with a cheaper one for two "ordinary" bikes.

[CoolC]

By all accounts the Atera Strada is the benchmark of towbar mounted racks.

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel4_tab.php...

[RicksAlfas]

I've got the Strada and it works very well. There was a decent thread here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=132...

[mondeoman]

Strada is good (I've got one), but the straps are a bit fiddly at times.

[RedLeicester]

Use a Strada 4-bike here, and it's great. Even the wife can fit and remove it.

[EdJ]

Also use a Strada to carry four bikes on my Range Rover. Excellent piece of kit.

[allatsea]

Disco3. +1 with the Strada (4 bike model), plus I've got a LR two bike rack which connects either side of the tow ball which allows me to put our tandem on it and then 'hang' the 3 other bikes on to the Strada; perfect for the five of us. We've had the Strada about 3-4 yrs and its been superb. Strada has a great feature which allows you to tip the rack backwards on to the deck so you can open the rear window to take stuff out/put stuff in the book. Brilliant can't praise enough and really well made, simple to put on/take off.