Bike rack strap clips

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Chuggy
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Bike rack strap clips

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Doe anyone know a source of clips for attaching a rear bike rack carrier strap to a hatchback??
Jdsk
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I recommend going to Halfords with the car and working through the boxes on the shelves. Halfords and Thule fittings are reliable.

NB Cycling UK discount.

Jonathan

PS: But I actually use Pendle vertical bars into a towbar fitting.
Chuggy
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Thanks, coincidentally I'm using a pndle rack to carry my Jorvik leccy trike but I think it aoud be safer if some of the weight of the carrier was held by straps attached to the top of the hatchback.
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Redvee
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Is the hatchback metal or glass? Have you had a look at 25mm ratchet straps, similar to what HGVs use? My OH's leccy Jorvik Trike hides in the back of her 60 plate Kia Picanto when we go out for rides together, I ride to where we're going to start our ride from and she drives, she hasn't got road confidence to cope with central Bristol roads.
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