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 <cha...@gmail.com> 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8d9b0a7c-cef6-49ee-9d4e-32df1811f2a6n%40googlegroups.com.
