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Depends what car you have. We have a 4X4 which has plenty of noseweight allowance and we use a Witter towbar mounted rack.

David

We use roof carriers and they work pretty well. Not tried the towbar mounted ones because the roof carrier works well for us.

Find the rear mounted carriers a bit flimsy and a pain if you want to access the boot. They also block the rear lights on the car so if you plan to use it without a caravan on tow it means you need to add a trailer light board otherwise your rear lights are blocked. 

I carry 4 bikes on the back when not towing but always put them on the roof when towing, this spreads the weight evenly and won't effect nose weight.

Remember 2 bikes plus rack will weigh in the region of 30 to 40 kigs dep on bikes if you then add a caravan with 75 to 85 kgs nose weight you will need a big 4x4 to safely take that total nose weight. Plus if the bikes are on the back you can't always open the boot!

We got our roof bars and cycle racks from www.roofbox.co.uk We went for their pacakge deal of bars and 3 racks the Atera Giro AF bike carriers with Atera roof bars.  They are German and the quality is superb.  Also quick to put on and release and they came with free matching locks for the cycle carriers.