Roof racks for all occasions

Adding a roof rack to your car can give great versatility, whether it’s for extra luggage for the holiday or skis to be used on that long weekend break in Davos.

Small commercial vans will also benefit from a roof rack. Typically, the racks will be sold with all the mounting hardware needed. The rack would have heavy duty steel cross bars, necessary to support its load capacity of up to 75 kg. It will usually attach directly to the van’s roof mounted fixture points.  It also may have side rails to help secure the load. It is a good idea to make sure that the company selling such storage racks has a nationally recognised certification to demonstrate its products’ quality and dependability to the customer.

For the bike riders, there are two basic solutions to carrying the cycles over a distance. One of these solutions is the rear door mounted bicycle rack, this would be ideal for fixing to the car’s rear door or its tailgate. Typically, the rack will have bike frame grips and security attachment straps and a load capacity of as much as 45 kg. It will usually be able to carry as many as three bikes. However if your car has a spoiler or plastic trim attached to the top of the tailgate, these racks are unsuitable.

The other solution would be the roof mounted bike carrier. Usually, the carrier will have aluminium arms fixed on a steel base. The carrier would attach to a car’s roof bars. Whilst looking at roof racks, garage shelving is also a good idea.