GETTING HITCHED

JW’S DISCO GETS YAKIMA’S SPARERIDE CARRIER, FOR WHEN HE WANTS TO DITCH FOUR WHEELS FOR TWO.

WORDS AND PHOTOS JUSTIN WALKER

SINCE I bought the Land Rover Discovery TD5 I have been slowly planning what I want to do with it. Its main task is as the family’s camping vehicle, but it will also be my bike transporter. This led me to look for a suitable bike carrier for the Disco; the vehicle’s tall roofline makes a roof-mount carrier possible, but it would need a bit of a physical stretch to lift the bike up there. So, I turned my sights toward a spare wheel-mounted bike carrier, with Yakima’s new two-bike SpareRide (an evolution of the company’s highly regarded SpareTime carrier) my new tester. Fitting the SpareRide to the spare wheel was easy, all you need comes in the box, with Yakima offering three different-length support tongues to ensure it can be…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2018

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