[s-cars] Bike rack recommendations?

[Aaron]

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Well........
Black spandex, Campy bags.   Hummm.
The dirt bag, lazy mountain biker that I am really loves not having to
remove the front wheel and then having to mount it someplace else or
toss it in the car. Also its more of a pain these days when your disk
brake pads can fall out.
The seat height is really not much lower with a fork mount system.
Its true - fork mounts are perhaps slightly more rigid but not by much.
  The Sportworks rack clamps tightly over your front wheel and the
wobble is far less than the frame mounted styles.  Regardless - your 17
lb Colnago would not go anywhere.  Neither will my 27 lb freeride bike.
 The Sportworks rack is a very solid system.  Mine has survived many
many miles of horrible off road thrashing - fully loaded.  (not on the
Audi however)
That being said - some people just think roof rack mounted bikes look
cooler up there with the wheels off and thats OK too.
Aaron



Lee Levitt wrote:

>Aaron writes:
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>>I can highly recommend these guys -
>>Sportworks.com
>>It is by far the best slickest rack system available as you dont need to
>>remove your bikes wheel.
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>Personally, I'm biased towards removing the wheel, for a couple of reasons:
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>1 - the bike is lower, which makes it less likely to whack something
>2 - the bike is lower, so there's less stress on the mounting points (I'll
>let you mechanical engineers explain why)
>3 - the fork mount is more stable than the wheel mount
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>It doesn't take that long to pop off a wheel...the only PITA is then
>stashing the wheel somewhere. I stash mine in Campagnolo wheelbags and shove
>them in on top of the wife's fine clothing.
>
>Did have a tube explode in a hot car one day. Car was closed, sun was hot,
>wheel was fully inflated. Then it wasn't. :(
>
>I also have a bra-like device that i use to keep the bugs off the front of
>the bike and the grease in the headset. Looks kinda weird - black spandex
>etc.
>
>Lee
>'95.5 S6 avant
>'96 A6 quattro avant
>'92 Colnago Spiral Conic SLX
>'01 Colnago Crystal
>'92 Brian Rourke 'cross bike
>'88 Francisco Moser
>'87 Wicked Fat Chance
>'82 Condor Cycles
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