I had a Daihatsu Sirion that I transported our tandem on the roof of,
see pic here,
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/s_mc500/DSC00767.jpg?t=1215988529

I used a normal Thule Proride bike mount and extended the rear with a
piece of aluminium angle, this was supported by a piece of plywood
that sat in the gap between the roof and hatch. Then some luggage
straps to the rear to steady the bike. Took about 1 minute to mount up
and never had a problem.

--- In sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey and Marc"
<tracenmarc@...> wrote:
>
> Photo: http://home.exetel.com.au/sandy/tandemrack.jpg
>
> (that was one I happened to have - can take better ones..)
>
> T.
>
> --- In sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey and Marc"
> <tracenmarc@> wrote:
> >
> > Marc made our tandem rack (for the normal tandem - the triplet rack
> > is another story altogether!) by joining two normal/single Thule
> bike
> > carriers together (back to back) - the sort where you keep the
> front
> > wheel on and the clamp goes on the down tube. He got them on eBay,
> so
> > they were nothing like the cost of the special tandem ones you are
> > talking about. Back wheel is strapped down, and he then ties/guys
> the
> > back end down to each end of the back roof bar. Admittedly this is
> on
> > a Commodore station wagon, but I reckon you could figure out some
> way
> > of adapting that method with the shorter span between roof bars.
> > (Couldn't get away without roof bars - and we did invest in some
> > decent ones recently, but we carry canoes as well, and roof boxes
> > have been on the shopping wishlist for a while now.) With three
> kids
> > and luggage for 5, even with a station wagon, putting wheels inside
> > the car is just not an option for us. While a swivel would be
> nice,
> > we manage to lift the tandem onto the roof ok between the two of us
> > (and he has even managed to get it up there by himself when there
> was
> > noone else available.) For last weekend he finally put roof bars on
> > the landcruiser, and used the tandem rack on it. He got the tandem
> up
> > there with the help of the 15 yr old! (He also got my Cannondale
> very
> > VERY muddy, but that's another story!)
> >
> > He was actually pondering what could be done in that way for a
> > friend, a single parent mum, who has a tandem to transport, plus a
> > single bike now that a second daughter has decided she likes bike
> > riding after all. (So far she has been fitting the tandem in her
> > hatchback like you, Adrian, but it only works if she has one
> > passenger.)
> >
> > Anyway, if you haven't solved it yet, let us know, I'll get Marc to
> > put in his two cents worth of ingenuity, plus I'll take photos of
> our
> > existing rack.
> >
> > Tracey
> >
> > PS. Shame our three are too big to fit in those roof boxes, eh!
> >
> >
> > --- In sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com, "Adrian Tritschler"
> > <Adrian.Tritschler@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 2008/6/10 Roger Leigh <rleigh@>:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Adrian
> > > >
> > > > This tandem bike rack works well on my Corrolla. Only issue is
> > that with
> > > > the tandem on it restricts the hatch opening. I can live with
> > that.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.thule.com.au/images/product/New-Products-2007-
> 2008.pdf
> > > >
> > > > It works less well on Malcolm's Kluger, which is higher. Should
> > be okay on
> > > > an Astra. Expect to pay about $500.
> > >
> > > Hmm, it does look pretty groovy.
> > >
> > > Digging around shows $595 for the rack then you get to the "oh you
> > > want bars to put it on" for $60 and "by the way, you'll need feet
> to
> > > mount the bars on" for $230. Looks more like $885 than $500, but
> I
> > > guess that may be what the baby bonus is for :-)
> > >
> > > > Thule also do roof boxes which we found useful once we had
> > children.
> > >
> > > ...and what immediately springs to mind?
> > >
> > > > Although I've been told you're not allowed to put the children
> in
> > the roof
> > > > box.
> > >
> > > good, so it wasn't just me.
> > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Roger
> > > Adrian
> > >
> >
>