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Code: AR2221
RRP
£90.00
Our Price
£58.95 ![]() Overview: The Atera GIRO Speed is a smart and innovative carrier, originally designed for BMW but now available to the aftermarket. The real innovation is in the tightening system where, first time out, you pull out the tensioning knob and turn it until it's just the way you want it, not too tight, not too loose. Thereafter it uses a quick release system. Other manufacturers use a trial and error system, i.e. guess the tension required, and then find out whether it's right; there's a real danger of overtightening and then breaking the mechanism. The GIRO Speed fits standard 22mm x 32mm bars, and Atera or Thule aerobars (adapters are included), and is suitable for bikes with disc brakes, and bikes with wide tyres. City-crash tested. Click here for a fitting video
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The GIRO Speed is a smart and innovative carrier, originally designed for BMW but now available to the aftermarket. The real innovation is in the tightening system where, first time out, you pull out the tensioning knob and turn it until it's just the way you want it, not too tight, not too loose. Thereafter it uses a quick release system. Other manufacturers use a trial and error system, i.e. the user needs to guess the tension required, and then find out whether it's right; there's a real danger of overtightening and then breaking the mechanism. The GIRO Speed fits standard 22mm x 32mm bars, and Atera, CRUZ, Prorack and Thule aerobars (adapters are included), and is suitable for bikes with disc brakes, and bikes with wide tyres. As well as locking the bike to the carrier, the carrier is also locked to the roof bars in an innovative way: The carrier is held to the bars with Torx bolts; as the tensioning knob it tightened the holes which provide access for the Torx key are blocked by steel plates - that's superior anti theft protection! Atera also supplies what has got to be the smartest front wheel holder on the market - see below.
This carrier is part of our "Pick and Mix programme", where there are discounts for multiple purchases of any carrier in the programme, and you can mix cheap and expensive. Change the quantities in your shopping basket (and press "Recalculate") to see what happens! This carrier is priced as low as £58.95. |
| Technical specifications at a glance: Fits roof bars up to: 32 wide x 22mm deep Fits aerobars: yes, adapters included for aero bars Weight: 2.5kg Max load capacity: 17kg Bar to carrier lock: yes Carrier to bike lock: yes Matching locks available: yes Width: takes TBAcm of roof bar space Guarantee: 3 years
Useful information: Not suitable for bikes with carbon forks. |
Deciding which bike carriers to buy is not always easy, especially as you may not have had experience of using bike carriers before. We hope that our buying guides provide useful guidance about which bike carrier 'strategy' will be most appropriate for your circumstances, as well as highlighting the best features of particular models. We also have troubleshooting FAQs - for example, some customers struggle at first to fit four bikes onto a tow ball carrier, and wonder whether a different carrier would allow the bikes to be spaced wider apart. (It won't, but we have some good tips which make bike fitting much easier.) Our bike carriers Exchange Scheme covers roof mounting and tow ball mounting bike carriers only. Rear door mounting / strap on carriers are not included, and nor are roof bars. It allows you to exchange within 90 days of invoice date. Most exchanges are for roof mounting upgrades, or are tow ball carriers with very basic tilting systems being exchanged for easy to use sliding / tilting carriers. These are the rules of the bike carriers Exchange Scheme:
This is how the exchange scheme works:
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| Updated: 27 Apr 2012 |
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