Best Rack for Carbon bike

kingrollo

I currently have roof bars - but with a citroen picasso - I find the whole thing gets very high and have scratched \ dented the roof on my old picasso.

I now have a carbon bike and I am bit reluctant to clamp the down tube

I had thought of a strap on rack - but in the past these have scratched the car & bike

A tow thing might be best - but these work out very expensive ....

Any ideas folks ?

softlad

http://www.cycle-route.com/bikeshop/459 ... -Bike.html

I've alwys used one of these - remove the front wheel and clamp the forks...

bigmat

I got one of the Thule boot racks, seems very solid and bike was safe and unscratched. It DID scratch the top of my hatchback boot though, not that I'm too bothered about the car - main thing is the bike was OK!

You can open the boot while its on as well which makes it a lot more flexible.

Have heard good things about the Saris Bones too.

Brian B

You can still clamp carbon bikes on the roof. Just be careful. I do it and so do 20 teams at the major tours.

Steve_b77

You've got a van with windows for a car and you're asking about putting the bike on the roof.

Just drop some of the eleventeen seats in there and put it inside

kingrollo

Steve_b77 wrote:

You've got a van with windows for a car and you're asking about putting the bike on the roof.

Just drop some of the eleventeen seats in there and put it inside

Yes fine - where do I put the family ?

Heckler1974

kingrollo wrote:

Yes fine - where do I put the family ?

The roof, priorities man.

165

i used these on top of a rover 45


http://www.inmotionproducts.com/shop.asp?session_id=cb20ed77ccfd0e1c4fbbe3a2373eedb0&no_category=19&text_company=ROOF%20RACK%20ADD-ONS

have now bought a picasso so that the bikes can go inside....

165

gregster10217

Heckler1974 wrote:

kingrollo wrote:

Yes fine - where do I put the family ?

The roof, priorities man.

PMSL.

Very true though!

kingrollo

Steve_b77 wrote:

You've got a van with windows for a car and you're asking about putting the bike on the roof.

Just drop some of the eleventeen seats in there and put it inside

thats the berlingo - not the picasso