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I bought Yakima mounts and a bike rack for my car tonight. I decided to stick with the factory rack rather than putting towers and new crossbars on. This was cheaper and looks cleaner as well.

The only downside is that all of the bike racks that the factory rack is compatible with are two wheel racks rather than fork mount. This means that although i don’t have to take the front wheel off the bike when I mount it, the handle bars are way up high when the bike is attached. It seems pretty secure with a bike up there, though, just tall.

The other potential problem is that my bike has a huge frame and the front wheel is actually a long damn ways from the down tube. This means that when the bike is locked in place only a tiny bit of the front wheel is within the arm that goes around the down tube. The frame formed by this arm is supposed to also keep the front wheel from turning.

I think it’ll be OK, and that’s what I get for buying a massive bicycle (25″ frame) rather than something a little more reasonable. Later this year I hope to get my hands on a road bike, and I hope that it fits the rack just fine.

I’m still sort of entertaining the idea that when winter comes I’ll manage to get a couple people who want to go skiing/snowboarding to take a week or so and head to Colorado with me, and I can get a ski mount for the rack and use that.

I’m a dork.

steve :: Apr.18.2006 :: Uncategorized :: 4 Comments »

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