Subject: RE: In need of a roof mount bike rack I'll second the rear-rack for the SUV. My parents have Durango and Subaru. The Subaru has either a
Thule or Yakima roof rack, the Durango has a rear-rack.
The rear-rack attaches to the where the trailer-hitch ball goes ( assuming you have one that comes on
and off ). It is *so* easy to load bikes on that, vs. trying to get them up to the roof. It keeps them out
of the wind as well, so no scraping bugs off later on, as well as reducing wind resistance on the SUV.
One note, make sure you get one with solid components. Any moving/adjustable parts need to able to be
locked in place. The first one my parents got was on a bit of swing arm thing, but was cheaper, so it
tried to rely on friction from a few bolts to keep the swing arm steady. It lasted one trip before it sheared.
So do some investigation, and get a quality one.
Something like the following ( $100-$250, depending on number of bikes ):
http://www.rei.com/online/store/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=400000080...
-Chris Edited by coredump 2004-03-10 10:47 AM
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