Demountable camper group

Sue Hi, glad you popped in, I think that advert features a one off myself

and yes I would agree that there's enough space across the seats for a bike or two.




How's sunny Wales?

cthodgson wrote:
My first daft question - can a bike rack be fitted when there is a rear door?

Hi from Somerset,

Our Apollo came with a rear bike rack which fits across the door. It has a pole which locates on one side of the camper by the cassette door and pivots to 2 locking points either side of the main door, so you can swing it open and get in and out of the camper without removing it fully. We don't have it on the camper at the moment as we've been doing a lot of repairs.

^ I don't suppose you bought that from a guy who was moving permanently to Greece (ran a dog rescue I think) did you? Might have had a red Navara.
I can't find my original pics from him when I was looking for my first demountable, but it had a 'swing away' type rear bike carrier, rather like those found on some 4x4's to carry the spare wheel.

It's this one from Ebay. Got it from a guy near Grenwich.
If the ad's still there there might be a pic of the bike rack attached.

zildjian wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/camper-vans-m ... 58b4340af8

Thanks for all the info chaps, it's really appreciated.

It did occur to me about putting the bike over the back seat, you just can't always get them dry.

We are heading back up north tomorrow and once I know what our plans are I will be in touch to arrange a look at a couple of your outfits.

Really appreciate the help

Chris

Nolan was advertising one not too long ago that was the same as the one in Yorkshire and described it as a special order by someone who wanted to tour Morocco. Don't know if it actually sold.






Wales at the moment is windy and wet, much the same as the rest of Britain, sadly no snow in Barry yet !

Interesting solutions for the bikes. I see Apollo sell a rack on their website but at £550 it's on the upper side of "how much" for a Yorkshireman

cthodgson wrote:Interesting solutions for the bikes. I see Apollo sell a rack on their website but at £550 it's on the upper side of "how much" for a Yorkshireman

You and me both TBH,
So the luggage rack on the roof, is that not viable, for awhile a carried a rooftop box for chairs and windbreak type accessories and that worked out OK,
I've certainly seen bikes pictured on the roof before now.
like the idea of a swing out bike rack (like a spare wheel carrier) but not at that price

People put bikes on teir car roof all the time, cant a rack be bolted on camper roof the same?

derestrictor wrote:People put bikes on teir car roof all the time, cant a rack be bolted on camper roof the same?

Yes they probably could, but it would make the rig a tad on the tall side........
.........Mind those low bridges