|   advice for travelling 700miles with bikes on rack? | split
Jul 13, 2002 8:25 AM | | I'm taking off to Colorado to do some camping and biking. This will be the first time with 2 bikes on my Yakima hitch rack. Is there any advice out there from people who've done long distance travelling with bikes on a this type of rack? My bikes are pretty high-end and I'd hate to have anything happen to them. Thanks. |
| re: advice for travelling 700miles with bikes on rack? | Missouri mtbkr
Jul 13, 2002 8:55 AM | | I would not recommend traveling that distance with your bikes on a rack. I did this once and ended up with a nice dent in my downtube from something flying through the air!I now have a van and my bike stays safe inside.I would try to cover your bikes somehow, maybe you could tape hot water pipe insulation on your bikes tubes or something?-good luck. |
| Have 15K+ miles on Yakima Mo Joe, no damage so far.... | Drew
Jul 13, 2002 9:57 AM | | I just added a couple of bungee cords, along with a cable lock.
We did a 1700+ mile trip two summers ago, with a stretch of driving from Reno to Fruita in the middle of August. We drive a Ford Focus, a pretty low profile car and have never had anything hit our bikes.
We've just did another 1000+ mile trip from SoCal to Eureka/Arcata with no issues at all! Just go, it's a mountain bike....I'd worry more about crash damage while riding than damage during transport..! |
| just secure everything well | cm
Jul 15, 2002 8:44 AM | | I've driven across the country multiple times with two bikes on my roof rack, and other than scraping a million bugs off them when I arrived, they were no worse for the wear. If you can create some type of cover to keep them clean and protected great - otherwise, just make sure everything is secure and check it when you stop. |
| |
