dragazn

Looking to see what’s a good options to carry mtb on sportback?? Prefer hitch not roof.

A5Newbie

https://stealthhitches.com/products/...y_premium-plus

They also have a thread in the forum.

tomi959

inside, just fold back seats and Bam!

Zeekah

i'm with tomi, i just put mine in the back, go buy a $20 quilted moving blanket to keep the dirt out of the inside of your car

way more security, better MPG and no bugs smashed to death on your handlebars that you have to pick out of your bar-tape..

heymoe

Here is another thread on this subject: https://www.audiworld.com/forums/audi-a5-s5-rs5-coupe-cabrio-b9-220/roof-rack-2923612/

The SeaSucker (https://www.seasucker.com/) option mentioned toward the end of that thread look pretty neat.

Edit: Doh! Just saw the OP didn't want a roof option.

dragazn

Cheapest by far, why didn’t I think of it.

dereitz

This works for a single bike. The challenge for me is when there are multiple bikes (almost always the case for me)!

dragazn

Just did a bit of reseach and found two options like mentions:

1. steal hitch $588
2. ~ $140 , Cheaper but will show the reciever and have to trim the rear valance. https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hit...leid=201963205. $

mplsbrian

Forgive my slightly tongue-in-cheek response but isn't the whole point of a sportback to put sport equipment in the back?

Zeekah's post shows what this car is built for IMO, though I can understand wanting to keep dirty mountain bikes and window-fog-creating pairs of wet skis out of the cabin especially on such a premium vehicle.

For these I can offer no suggestions as I personally believe a roof rack is the best option for this vehicle (in fact both the A4/S4 and A5/S5 have factory mounts for roof rails -- locations are described in the manual I believe -- whereas any sort of tow hitch requires permanent frame and/or bumper modification, and/or significant effort to install.)

DaveSNJ

While the etrailer solution is much cheaper I don't think I'd want to look at the exposed receiver all the time

I don't disagree about the roof rack except for the extra road noise it imparts into the cabin. That for me is a big downside. And most roof rack setups aren't much cheaper than the stealth hitch. The installation doesn't look to bad - a couple of hours I would guess.