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I Need to transport 4 pairs of skis but my car isnt big enough to put them through the Ski flap ( and it aint got one) Has anyone made an Adaptor that you can carry skis on that attaches to a Tow bar?
thanks
Tim
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Im a chippy....and was thinking of a Wooden structure that I could put on a bicycle carrier etc etc
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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So you want to build something like this?http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/191406145737-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
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Yeah something like that but cant i fix the skis horizontally?
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All the add on parts that I could find were like that.
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@glisser, friends took a hired VW nine seater skiing from UK and did just as you suggest with a bicycle rack and skis across the car, was about six pairs all up in their bags. No problems encountered.
All the old type buses running around ski areas in the past had similar to what you are saying regarding the towbar, just a frame with box at the bottom to drop the skis into and a hoop at the top to stop them falling about. You'd poke the skis up through the hoop and drop the bottom back down into the box and just leave them like that. Sometimes they'd put a bungee cord around the top to add security.
Guess you could also make some skiboot sole shaped plates (decent hardwood perhaps) and fit them to a frame then clip your skis to it with the bindings.
Sitting in Cervinia once, there were quite a few cars arrived is the village with what appeared like just wide bicycle racks across the back of the car to carry skis. Looked a bit like those "Saris Bones" bike racks but with a longer centre tube.
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A bike is 170 cm longish, my skis are 173ish.
3 pairs of skis ratchet strapped on.
Cant see a problem can you?
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Give them a go over here and see if you encounter any problems.
Think the longest pair my friends loaded were 175 cm so similar to yours and the VW bus was quite wide so nothing sticking out.
I was looking at my 190cm and they did overhang from the rack a bit too much so that it tried to twist the rack if not perfectly centred and seemed more precarious with what I had, but they're obviously a fair bit longer than your 173cm.
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My audis width is 1906mm inc wing mirrors so if i can strap the skis on securely, and spend a tenner on a secndhand bike rack then so be it.
Ill keep you informed with some photos.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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My audis width is 1906mm inc wing mirrors so if i can strap the skis on securely, and spend a tenner on a secndhand bike rack then so be it.
Ill keep you informed with some photos.
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