[Closed] Roof Bars and Cycle Carriers - on a budget

I've got Halfords Advanced and they have done me pretty well over the last year or so. With a quick change of the brackets the bars fit both the wife's and my car.

The carriers come in a handy two pack so you have a rack for you and your mate! As far as I know it's all made by Mont Blanc just with a Halfords badge stamped on.

Cheers, Tom

Also got Halfrauds Advanced - think at the time i got the roof bars chucked in for free or something.

They have survived taking a wallop from the Wife driving under a hefty height restriction barrier with 2 bikes 😳

Halfords roof mounted advanced carriers are Thule not Mont Blanc. 😉

What car is it ?

I have some std Thule Bars that I had fitted to my B3 Audi 80 which will be cheap if they are the same size that you`ll need for yours ?

You`d need a foot pack possibly, and a fitting kit ?

All normally easily available on ebay 😉

I'll check out the Halfords ones- what are there roof bars like? Also made by Thule?

The car is a Vauxhall Astra- 2001 vintage ...

Ebay.

Get familiar with the configurator on Thule's website - they only do a couple of types of feet and a few lengths of bars - the bit unique to different models is the fitting kit which is only about £15. See what else takes the same major parts as your car and you have a much wider range to choose from.

Cheers Simon- some bits spotted, and added to the watch list...

I got my 591s and Thule roof bars used... Some off here, some on Ebay. Ended up spending more or less what I'd have spent on a load of Halfords specials, new.

Once you know what bits you need get on ebay, I got Thule aero bars for £36 then a foot pack for my car for £20 and managed to get 3x montblanc bracuda racks for £70. The only bit i bought new was the specific rubber adapters for my car for £15-20. £140 for the roof rack with 3 bike racks seemed like a decent price to me.

OP - I've got some Halfords roof bars sitting in my shed, they came off a 2005 Vectra, not sure if they are the same footpack etc as the Astra but check it out and if your interested you're welcome to make me a silly offer...

I'll just give a little bit of advice form my experiance. I had the Thule 591's for about three years covering litterally thousands of miles in all weathers. They were left on when not used and all I had to do to them was replace one wheel cradle (£15) and that was due to the elements.

If you're savvy you can get bargains from the roof box co and ebay. While I appreciate we're all on a budget (me especially at the moment) I wouldn't want to be skimping on something that is holding my bike onto the car at 70-80mph. I KNOW the Thule ones to be top quality stuff. Me peronally, I'd try to get those.

i've got some thule aero bars to get rid of as i just had to get wider ones for the new car. they're 120cm ones, if you're interested.

I have got some vw ones for sale if your interested mail me.

If anyones got any Thule 591's they want rid of, I'm interested in one or two.

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All sorted now- got a blinding deal from Steven (skid-1972) on eBay for some Thule roof bars and Halfords Advanced bike racks. I would thoroughly recommend him - prices were better than anywhere else I found- I managed to get the entire set for less than half price.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/skid-1972/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686