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Bike Rack Success!
After checking out many vendor web sites, I dropped in my local bike shop. I told him what I had and what I wanted. I suggested that we try a Thule Easy Rider. He said he loved Thule but he proposed the Saris Bones Model #805 (s2). He said it was more robust that the Thule and about same price ($109); it was actually $20 cheaper. We did a test fit in his parking lot yesterady and it seemd "possible".
I fitter this morning and IT WORKS. I will use a few foan pads to protect spoiler fron the straps and possible bad bounce, but I am confident that it will do the trick. It is a 2 bike rack only. I think the make a Bones s3 but I would not try it. If you have an early black top car and your body and paint is not perfect this rack is really good. If you have a perfect later one color car; I would not risk my paint job. I'll use mine on my '92 Pearl but never on my '94 Bordeaux. Ken |
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Post some pictures after you get it installed with bikes. It would be good to see how it looks and works. Thanks
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will do
Earl
That is my plan. My current digital camera su@@s. I have a new one on the way and will post in about a week. Mounting is not like any of manufacturer's suggestions; the two lower feet mount against the license plate not the bumper! Pics in a week or so. Ken '92 Pearl '94 Bordeaux |
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Ken,
Try cheap, kitchen, 'nylonge' sponges from the Dollar store in place of foam rubber. I find it hard to picture you on a bike touring the upstate New York wineries.
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Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! |
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try me!
Larry
Get your butt down to Cape May the last weekend in July and try to beat me!! Even though you do have an aerodynamic advantage! KB |
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Ken,
If I sit on a bicycle, the frame will collapse unless its made from 8" wide flanges.
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Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! |
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