After some advice, at the moment I have a roof mounted bike rack that I can comfortably fit 2 bikes on, but my two younger sons are now keen to join me and my eldest son on some more adventurous trips.  What the maximum number that people have experience of carrying?

 

Many thanks

Will they fit in the boot?

The kids or the bikes, your choice.

Is your car a hatch or estate?

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I've had four comfortably top to tail on a mk2 estate without issue

you're limited to 75kg total weight on the roof

You can always fit two bikes at the back if you don't think they will fit on the roof.

I never had a problem with my last car with the carrier that clips into the boot gap & rests against the boot/bumper.

 

Its a bit fiddly sometimes to get the bikes in the correct order/place to avoid handlebar & pedals touching things but once they are in its fairly stable.

I saw an estate today with a 4 bike setup. Brand was 'mont blanc' if that helps.

you're limited to 75kg total weight on the roof

So the weight of four bikes should be fine (unless they're tandems or something).

Rodge, on 06 Jul 2016 - 20:02, said:

So the weight of four bikes should be fine (unless they're tandems or something).

 

pretty much

I get 4 on my hatchback. Using Thule wingbars and Thule cycle carriers with t-track.

Cheers people.

It's the hatchback I've got and looking at the response's 4 will fit I just need to weigh them.

Skoda is the sponsor to the Tour de France and I've seen them carry up to seven bikes on the roof.

Myself I have a very simple & cheap (meaning: heavy steel/aluminum) roof rack with 4 rails so four bikes tops. Not an issue at all.

I saw someone with a MkII Octavia with 3 bikes on the roof doing the best part of a ton on the M62.

Nice looking bikes, impressed they were still attached mind you

Depends how wide the roof rails are more than anything. I have Thule wingbar edge which dont extend past the roof rails and Thule 598 bike carriers and could just fit 3 bikes on ( if the middle one was mounted back to front ). The plus side is I leave the rails on all the time as they are silent and don't cause drag like the full size ones do

Edited 12 July, 20169 yr by carrock