Bike transportation

[WoodCore]

I've got two Yakima King Cobras on the Outback! Like this rack a lot!

 

[bvibert]

I've got two Yakima King Cobras on the Outback! Like this rack a lot!

If I have to get new racks for some reason, those are near the top of my list.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I voted Roof..nonfork mount for stoke!!!!

 

[luv2ride]

Get Thule SideArms if you are putting bikes on the roof. WAY better design and quailty then Yakima. I have 3 on my Pathfinder and they rule. So easy to use. My friend has the King Cobras, and they suck.

I think the Thules are made in CT too, which is a bonus in my book:flag:

 

[Philpug]

Had roof racks for years when I had wagons. When I got the Forester it was too high to access the inner tray. Since I was leasing it i didn't bother with a trailer hitch and picket up a Yakima "Joe" trunk mount. The next car, will be purchased and I will install a trailer hitch on that.

 

[drjeff]

Hitch mount Yakima that caries 4 bikes. My wife and I were debating between the fold down Yakima and the swing arm Thule. Ultimately a bunch of gift certificate $$ from Dick's Sporting Goods (and the fact that in the stores they only cary Yakima and you can't use their gift cards online ) led us to getting the Yakima. Kind of wishing though that we had got the swing out Thule

 

[gorgonzola]

when riding solo, the back of the 4runner with the rear & middle seat folded up, wheel off/standing upright - a bungee from the ohshitbar to the floor to keep it from bouncing around. also have a 3 tray thule fork mount roof rack and a thule trunk rack for family outings, beach trips and camping - carrying 5 bikes, canoe, thule mountaineer box, popup camper, etc.....when we roll in you can hear banjo music

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theres a trunk mount with 3 bikes out of view

 

[tjf67]

The hitch hanging racks second as a make shift bike stand for tuneup before the ride as well.

I hate when it raining though worst plave for the bike.

Fold down the arms when done stick in the back of the truck and ready for the next time. Used to be the stix were in the truck now just the rack.

 

[SKidds]

Transported our four bikes (two adult, a 24 inch kid, and a 20 inch kid) and tandem trailer, plus our luggage, in the back of the Sienna for our long weekend to Cape Cod. Had to take the front wheels off the adult bikes. I'll soon be in the market for a hitch mount rack for four. Things were kind of tight.

I'll post a TR on our Cape Cod bike trail adventures soon.

 

[wa-loaf]

http://forums.alpinezone.com/60091-yakima-fullswing-4-a.html#post444770

 

[Trekchick]

I bought a Yakima Kinpin4 but ended up selling it.
http://www.rei.com/skuimage/710433/220
The mounting braces for it work great for a HT but not so good for a FS.
They offer an adapter for $20/ea so you can load your FS bikes on it, but I just call it poor design.

the Thule hitch mount rack(s) are designed much better IMHO, and are easy to load most any kind of bike without "extra" attachments.

 

[bvibert]

I bought a Yakima Kinpin4 but ended up selling it.
http://www.rei.com/skuimage/710433/220
The mounting braces for it work great for a HT but not so good for a FS.
They offer an adapter for $20/ea so you can load your FS bikes on it, but I just call it poor design.

the Thule hitch mount rack(s) are designed much better IMHO, and are easy to load most any kind of bike without "extra" attachments.

Are you talking about comparable Thule racks, or tray types (where you set the bike in trays and secure the wheels rather than hang them by the top tube or adapter)?

I'm just curious if you're comparing apples to apples..

 

[Trekchick]

Yea, I'm comparing apples to apples.
I'm talking about a Thule with a similar
The Yak has a drop down support for the seat tube, which makes it impossible to load a FS bike without the adapter bar(s).
Its great, as I said above, for a HT.

The Thule of the same basic style has a simple nesting bracket to support the bike which gives you more options with a FS.

 

[drjeff]

Yea, I'm comparing apples to apples.
I'm talking about a Thule with a similar
The Yak has a drop down support for the seat tube, which makes it impossible to load a FS bike without the adapter bar(s).
Its great, as I said above, for a HT.

The Thule of the same basic style has a simple nesting bracket to support the bike which gives you more options with a FS.

The other thing about the Yak (that's the one I've got) that I find annoying, is the design of how the bolt that connects the rack to the hitch receiver is. It's threaded on one side and then just a shear pin on the other side and atleast once a week I'm out there tightening the bolt back up a couple of turns IMHO would have been a better design if the bolt was threaded on BOTH sides of the hitch receiver.

 

[bvibert]

Yea, I'm comparing apples to apples.
I'm talking about a Thule with a similar
The Yak has a drop down support for the seat tube, which makes it impossible to load a FS bike without the adapter bar(s).
Its great, as I said above, for a HT.

The Thule of the same basic style has a simple nesting bracket to support the bike which gives you more options with a FS.

Cool, thanks for the details!

 

[abc]

By myself, I prefer to throw the bike inside. Much better protected from cars following too close, or from prying eyes of thief.

I have a trunk mounted rack that I can throw up if I have passengers riding along. That allows me to take two extra riders and their bikes.

I'm too short to mount the bike on the roof. So although I have a roof rack (for kayaks), I haven't even bothered investing on a bike attachment.

 

[Greg]

I have a trunk mount for one car, a hitch mount for another, and sometimes I put the bike inside if I take it to work.