I've driven across the country to/from the Bay Area 1,2,3,4 times with bikes on the back of my car this way. My advice: Cover or remove your leather saddle/bar tape. It will get dried out faster due to wind and sun exposure. Make sure your cranks are secured and can't move. Remove your pedals to avoid scratches to yourself, multiple bikes or your car paint. If your rack doesn't have nice rubber landing spots for your bike, put the mentioned pipe insulation on it. Find a way to securely lock the bike to your car or take it off over night.
I've never had paint chip in the 4 trips due to the rack. The bike is fairly protected from road grime - it will need a wash afterwards though. My one caveat would be in Winter on salted roads. Then I'd probably find an alternate carrying method due to salt, rocks, moisture. -Justin -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
