Suitable bike carriers
The following carriers are extremely suitable for transporting electric bikes on your towbar: Spinder Compact, Pro User Diamant, Thule Europower 916, Thule Easyfold 931 and the Uebler X21 Nano. As electric bikes are generally very heavy, making it harder to lift them onto the bike carrier, some bike carriers are equipped with special ramps that make it easier to load them. When it comes to design, these bike carriers are increasingly shaped like an extension of your car. And the most important: the manufacturers have taken the maximum nose weight into consideration and managed to significantly lower the weight of the carrier.
Laws and regulations
Even if you have found the right combination of E-bikes and bike carriers to match the maximum nose weight of your towbar, there’s still more to be done. You will also have to meet several requirements set forth in laws and regulations before you can hit the road with your bikes.
- According to Dutch law, it is not allowed for bikes to extend more than 20 centimetres beyond each side of the car.
- No sharp edges should stick out.
- The bike carrier on the towbar should be equipped with working rear lights and brake lights
- A white licence plate should be attached to the bike carrier.