George and Brian: No, it wasn't a Bones; I had one of those too. This was tubular steel and hooked to the top, bottom, and each side of the trunk (or hatch) with flat metal hooks and adjustable straps. I recall liking it better than the Bones which wouldn't let you open the trunk; or I think that the one I owned 20 years ago or whenever didn't let you do that; from photos the current ones do seem to allow it.
Oh well, it's academic since I have an old hatchback from which I've removed the back seats so that I can carry 1 bike disassembled even with 30+ inch tires, and 2 or 3 bikes if you remove the front wheels and lower the saddles. As the inevitable tangent, here's a photo I took 15 years or so ago of a hatch rack someone made for his Fiat 500 (the big modern one, not the petite original one). Patrick "one more aside: Wabi Woolen ss full-zip mid-weight merino jersey did fine just now at 98*F and sky-high 15% humidity" Moore; had to give a plug for Wabi Woolen. On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 11:23 AM George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick - I used to have a rack that worked pretty much exactly as you > describe back in the mid-90's. Can't remember the manf. though. A Saris > maybe? Don't think it was a Thule. But I used it on an old Mitsubishi > Galant and it worked fine. Can't see how it would've worked on an SUV, > though. > > On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 10:51:35 AM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Speaking of old but well designed bike racks, I once bought one very >> second hand that strapped to the trunk lid of a sedan -- to sides and >> bottom lip of trunk lid -- and carried I think 2 bikes with front wheels >> removed and fork dropouts clamped to a forward clamp. The rear wheels >> strapped to cups at the other end of the device. The bikes rode >> fore-and-aft with rear wheels over the end of the trunk but high enough to >> be safe from being rear ended. You could still lift the trunk lid with the >> rack attached (in fact, with the bike/s attached, tho' the weight made it >> awkward). >> >> I daresay you could have strapped this to the rear hatch of a hatchback >> or minivan (I don't do SUVs) to carry the bikes more vertically but I never >> tried this. >> >> Does anyone know who made these? >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 6:31 PM Chris Halasz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Leah - thank you for starting this thread! >>> >>> We are in the market for a rack, and a car bigger than our Honda Fit to >>> go with the rack, for transporting our bikes around! >>> >>> I'm surprised there's no discussion on Hollywood Racks >>> <https://hollywoodracks.com>, favored over the 1Up by of many of our >>> friends. I understand the Hollywood Racks fold and stow nicely, which is >>> important to us. Our criteria: Fits a big Clem with mid-40mmish tires, and >>> folds up nicely for garage storage >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8d9b0a7c-cef6-49ee-9d4e-32df1811f2a6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8d9b0a7c-cef6-49ee-9d4e-32df1811f2a6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvNQhmVBn%2BW%3DnEy6KPum-nwmSqE2OU0pTyruj%3D_5spvNw%40mail.gmail.com.
