Re: [RBW] Opinions on hanging style bike rack for cars

[greenteadrinkers]

I've been using a Saris bones I picked up off CL like 12 years ago, it's 
still going strong. It's the only rack I've ever used, so my perspective is 
limited. I drive two bikes from Western MA to S. FL through some nasty 
weather and pothole-ridden roadways this past January using the Saris, no 
issues, very solid platform. Just recheck the straps after driving your 
first 10 or so miles, things loosen a touch in those first few miles.
Scott

On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 12:54:14 AM UTC-4 Robert Tilley wrote:

> I owned a Thule Aero Helium for a while. It did the job but I didn’t 
> really care for it. I have a lot of weird bikes so the fact that the rack 
> holds the bikes by the seat and top tubes didn’t work well for some bikes. 
> I tried the top tube adapter they make but that wasn’t that great of a 
> solution. 
>
> I prefer racks that secure bikes by grabbing the wheels so I now have a 
> 1Up hitch rack. Even that can be a slight pain when transporting a bike 
> with radically different wheel size than the last bike that was transported.
>
> Robert Tilley
> San Diego, CA
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 28, 2022, at 2:09 PM, Sean B.  wrote:
>
> 
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have experience with these types of car racks? I recently 
> purchased one, but am now seeing a lot of negative opinions on them. 
> Worried about damaging my girlfriend and I's Rivs. I went to a local Rack 
> Attack store and they suggested the Thule Helium Pro 3. I shouldn't have 
> trusted them as the reviews do not look great. Then again, should I trust 
> online reviews? Hence why I wanted to ask the good people here.
>
> Thanks!
>
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Re: [RBW] Opinions on hanging style bike rack for cars

[rltilley]

I owned a Thule Aero Helium for a while. It did the job but I didn’t really 
care for it. I have a lot of weird bikes so the fact that the rack holds the 
bikes by the seat and top tubes didn’t work well for some bikes. I tried the 
top tube adapter they make but that wasn’t that great of a solution. 

I prefer racks that secure bikes by grabbing the wheels so I now have a 1Up 
hitch rack. Even that can be a slight pain when transporting a bike with 
radically different wheel size than the last bike that was transported.

Robert Tilley
San Diego, CA

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 28, 2022, at 2:09 PM, Sean B.  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone have experience with these types of car racks? I recently 
> purchased one, but am now seeing a lot of negative opinions on them. Worried 
> about damaging my girlfriend and I's Rivs. I went to a local Rack Attack 
> store and they suggested the Thule Helium Pro 3. I shouldn't have trusted 
> them as the reviews do not look great. Then again, should I trust online 
> reviews? Hence why I wanted to ask the good people here.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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[RBW] Opinions on hanging style bike rack for cars

[Sean B.]

Hello,

Does anyone have experience with these types of car racks? I recently 
purchased one, but am now seeing a lot of negative opinions on them. 
Worried about damaging my girlfriend and I's Rivs. I went to a local Rack 
Attack store and they suggested the Thule Helium Pro 3. I shouldn't have 
trusted them as the reviews do not look great. Then again, should I trust 
online reviews? Hence why I wanted to ask the good people here.

Thanks!

  

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