I was a big fan of exterior racks, and for the shorter trips still like them, but have come to couch that with the hassle that bikes with fenders, disc brakes, and other kit begging to be removed for an highway speed trip, 100 or 1000 miles. Traveling with a bike in the car became easier, despite any momentary hassles of loading and padding for stability and protection. The piece of mind equity won me out. A hailstone ding on the top tube of my roof-racked 1989 StumpJumper on a 1990 trip to south central Colorado weighs in on this opinion, it's when I realized I cannot push on through weather without consequence. Highway speed in the rain also detached the glued edge of the OEM saddle covering.
Being able to stop and leave the car with a bike inside for a meal, a museum, a bathroom break or while epic weather passes is a huge comfort. Elimination of exposure to road spray (the worst) or actual precipitation has been better for my bikes. I use canvas drop cloth as a cargo cover while under way. No one needs to see what I've got in the car, plus it makes a nice damper to sound and motion in the cargo. Even if using a cover over bikes and such, take your bike or gear out of your vehicle overnight. Vehicle selection requirements for us include being able to put a bikes inside for security and protection on a trip. Both of our vehicles are conducive to bikes inside without being vans. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 10:35:03 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Steve: if you are careful about packing, there is no reason why a bike or > bikes plural in a trunk should be scratched any more than a bike hanging in > your garage. I always carry my bikes inside (which is why I like, in > effect, mini-panel trucks) and keep a movers' quilt in back to pad the bike > as needed. > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> On 02/13/2016 10:18 AM, Garth wrote: >> >>> >>> Gee wiz , well before the idea of "preservation" aka:fear , I took my >>> bikes on thousands of miles with bikes on the back of cars, on top, in the >>> trunk and on the back seat. In the back of my pickup too, with a camper >>> shell and carpet kit ! Lo and behold, no harm ever came to anyone or >>> anything. >>> >> >> Not a scratch? Then you must lead a charmed life. Either that, or you >> have a very unusual definition of "harm." >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities > revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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.
