Buy crossbars to fit your modern car and a properly on topic La Prealpina rack for no more than $25 bucks. Drill and bolt the crossbars together to get a hybrid. Save $300 and buy another vintage bike.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Whitneyville, CT
Paul, sorry, but once again I have to step in and say that this is Off Topic. Yes, it has to do with bikes therefore peripherally with vintage lightweights, but modern bike carriers are just plain Off Topic...
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA http://www.classicrendezvous.com
-----Original Message----- From: bikefll57@aol.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:51 am Subject: [CR] Bike carriers and such
Hi All,
I'm trying to find out what seems to be the best way to locally transport a bike, as in a car carrier or similar device. What type seems to cause the least amount of paint rub, scratches, etc, and what else can be done to minimize other problems like stone chips, bugs, etc, while the bike is being transported? My old carrier was a Yakima roof rack type, from about 15 years ago, but it doesn't fit my current car.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Paul Andrews
Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA