Extending Fiamma Bike rack

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Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 05.04.2017 · #1

Hi all, I have a fiamma factory fitted bike rack with three holders. Has anyone tried extending the rack to take 4?

Weight is not an issue as two of the bikes are less than 8Kg each (road bikes).

Looks like the frame should extend but I was wondering has anyone ACTUALLY tried this and has first hand experience ?

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Re: Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 05.04.2017 · #2

When we were buying our MH, it had a bike rack for 2 bikes but we wanted to carry 4 bikes. The dealer priced the parts to extend the racks but he also priced a new fiamma 4 bike rack. The new rack was only 25 euro dearer than the few spare parts to upgrade the original. I checked the prices on fiamma.com and the prices were similar to the quote. In the end we went new because some for the original plastic parts were perished and looked sorry.
In fairness the dealer gave us a reasonable trade in value for the old rack.

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Re: Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 05.04.2017 · #3

4 bikes puts a lot of stress on your back wall, especially on our country roads.

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Re: Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 05.04.2017 · #4

I bought a new camper a few years ago and it was recomended that you only fit a two bike rack,for warranty reasons i got the two bike rack fitted and bought the remaining parts to convert it to a three bike version.
As previously posted a four bike version would put a lot of preasure on the back wall that it is mounted to.

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Re: Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 05.04.2017 · #5

Tow ball mounted carrier??... I have a three bike one and it's excellent.

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· Posted: 05.04.2017 · #6

We were lucky that we were able to fit a 4 bike rack because we have rear fixed bunks, so the top anchoring points correspond with the support beam of the top bunk. When the rack is loaded you would notice a change in the van handling especially on back roads. It probably explain why the front wishbone bushels have been done recenty, on a MH with just 22000 kms.

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Re: Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 06.04.2017 · #7

After the problem I had with the back wall on my van, I would not dream of putting a bike rack with 4 bikes on it.

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· Posted: 06.04.2017 · #8

the bikes are all very light thoroughbred carbon racing bikes. weight is not a problem. Even with all four they would come well inside the weight limit of the three bike fiamma spec. i'll try donagheys for extension parts.

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Re: Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 06.04.2017 · #9

Quote by Hymer544

Bikes bouncing on the back of a Motorhome while driving over rough roads will put a bigger load on the rack than the actual weight of the bikes. It helps if you put the heavier bikes on the inside near the back wall. Personally I would only use a chassis mounted rack, that is what was on our Knaus when we bought it and I made a Chassis mounted bracket for the last van and dropped the Fiamma rack on it.

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Re: Extending Fiamma Bike rack

· Posted: 09.04.2017 · #10

i have a spare bike rail , came off a fiamma 3 bike carrier that we made into a 2 bike one , its your for a few nice Belgian beers.

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