What do folks use to keep a bike in place on a car rack?

[J i m s t e r]

I mean, beyond cheap bungee cords, I was wondering if there is a product out there that works better. Got meself one of these, I don't have a LR but the arms do screw on very securely to my swing-out spare wheel carrier:

Ebay item is 150497703030 btw.

I've got some foam pipe lagging to cover the arms but I was wondering what recommendations or existing straps that folks have found best to secure the bike from moving around on such arrangements.

 

[cannondale king]

you'll probably be best off with some ratchet strops of the small variety to hold it down firmly and stay put mate halfrauds or somewhere similar will have them

 

[J i m s t e r]

All done:

Pipe lagging: £3.99 for 14 metres (a job lot) off ebay
Kwik Twists: 99p a pack from JTF
Add a U-Lock.

Last pic angle is misleading, the front only sticks out about 1" on the drivers side.

Carrier arms were £21 new off ebay. Bargain.

 

[Neil]

All done:

Pipe lagging: £3.99 for 14 metres (a job lot) off ebay
Kwik Twists: 99p a pack from JTF
Add a U-Lock.

Last pic angle is misleading, the front only sticks out about 1" on the drivers side.

Carrier arms were £21 new off ebay. Bargain.

Aren't you potentially obscuring your number plate, there - and could face possible wrist slapping?

 

[J i m s t e r]

Yes.

Yes.

I'll move the plate to a more visible location next time I am carrying bikes, Officer. Honest I will.

 

[dyna-ti]

Webbing straps where they go through a buckle of sorts.Really dont want things undoing themselves when youre horsing it down a bumpy lane

 

[highlandsflyer]

I would be a wee bit concerned about those twisty things. I use them for ad hoc guitar anti slip devices from the handles on my amps, etc. and the wires are fairly short lived once they have been waggled a bit. I would imagine a bike bouncing around would accelerate this issue.

I have to work this one out myself as I am intending to do it, I am reckoning on fitting up some ratcheting belts at the least.

 

[highlandsflyer]

You have tow electrics, so a quick visit to wherever (eBay) to pick up a trailer board and you are all sorted for visibility.