Spinder TX2 ebike rack - anyone got one?

[rthomas17]

Hi,
I looking for a tilting bike rack for 2 ebikes - the most popular is the Atera Genio Pro - but a review said that the rails are too close together to allow easy fitting of big ebikes - wide hubs, disc brakes etc etc get in the way.
So I looking at the Spinder TX2 which seems ideal - it won a group test here....

Spinder TX2 Plus – Our group test of 7 rear-mounted bike racks

The Spinder TX2 Plus takes on the competition with two stand out features: it’s tiltable and has height-adjustable gripper arms.

downtown-mag.com

There's no mention of it on the forums and it's not available on the companies website (sold out), and looks like I'll need to go to a German Facebook company to get it (eye roll).

Pardon our interruption...

So my questions are
1) It looks perfect - is it?
2) Facebook - dodgy or not????

Thanks!

 

[Mehdime]

Hi,
I looking for a tilting bike rack for 2 ebikes - the most popular is the Atera Genio Pro - but a review said that the rails are too close together to allow easy fitting of big ebikes - wide hubs, disc brakes etc etc get in the way.
So I looking at the Spinder TX2 which seems ideal - it won a group test here....

Spinder TX2 Plus – Our group test of 7 rear-mounted bike racks

The Spinder TX2 Plus takes on the competition with two stand out features: it’s tiltable and has height-adjustable gripper arms.

downtown-mag.com

There's no mention of it on the forums and it's not available on the companies website (sold out), and looks like I'll need to go to a German Facebook company to get it (eye roll).

Pardon our interruption...

So my questions are
1) It looks perfect - is it?
2) Facebook - dodgy or not????

Thanks!

With tilting towbar-mounted bike racks, the issue is always whether it will tilt enough to allow the tailgate to open. Most don’t tilt enough.

I spent some time searching through all the various discussion threads on the topic and it seems that these two bike racks are the ones that tilt enough for sure:

- Atera Strada DL2/DL3
- Thule Velospace XT2/XT3

Even then, you’re talking 1 or 2 millimetre to spare depending on how your towbar is mounted.

So that one might work as well. But it’s hard / impossible to tell. You’d really want to buy it from a place that will let you return it if it doesn’t fit.

 

[rthomas17]

With tilting towbar-mounted bike racks, the issue is always whether it will tilt enough to allow the tailgate to open. Most don’t tilt enough.

I spent some time searching through all the various discussion threads on the topic and it seems that these two bike racks are the ones that tilt enough for sure:

- Atera Strada DL2/DL3
- Thule Velospace XT2/XT3

Even then, you’re talking 1 or 2 millimetre to spare depending on how your towbar is mounted.

So that one might work as well. But it’s hard / impossible to tell. You’d really want to buy it from a place that will let you return it if it doesn’t fit.

Thanks - did you end up buying one?

The Atera Strada is not great for ebikes - which I have - so need to go for something more robust.

I've sent the ebay guy and message (in German!) and will see if he responds - that should be a good indicator of how good customer service would be in the event of a return.

 

[Mehdime]

Thanks - did you end up buying one?

The Atera Strada is not great for ebikes - which I have - so need to go for something more robust.

I've sent the ebay guy and message (in German!) and will see if he responds - that should be a good indicator of how good customer service would be in the event of a return.

I got the Atera Strada DL3. But I don’t have ebikes so no idea about that.

With no bikes, the Strada doesn’t actually tilt far enough to open the tailgate unaided - but it can be pushed out of the way to make enough room.

With the bikes loaded, the weight of the bikes pulls the bike rack down a bit, which means that I can open the tailgate without having to shove the bike rack out of the way. Clearance is 1-2 millimetres with the removable towbar that the Volkswagen dealer here in Ireland fitted (not the factory-fitted one).