Leaving your bike on your car-mounted bike rack?
08-05-22, 09:16 AM
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You need to live somewhere else.
Eventually, someone may very well get my bike. The more I travel, the more exposed it is, the greater the odds of eventuality. I live in a small community outside of Vegas so I don't have to deal with much of the typical riff-raff most city people deal with.
My bike rack is home made. I bought a couple of cheaper hitch mounted racks but they supported the bike by either the wheels or the cross tube. I wanted one that the wheels sit in, but those are on the pricey side. I don't have a lot of cash, but I do have steel and skill so I fabricated this one. Not impenetrable but somebody would have to work at it if they wanted to steal the bike and not destroy it in the process. (For the record, the bike that normally rides on the rack is a Trek Lexa)
08-05-22, 10:36 AM
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Dude, sure I lock my bike up. I leave it on my rack all the time. But I'm not afraid it's going to get stolen while I run in to pay for gas. JHC, man. Pick nits somewhere else.
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08-05-22, 10:48 AM
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One other thing that might get you one day is backing down an inclined driveway or such is that you might drag the rack on the street. Possibly bending the both the rack and the bike's wheels. So just be aware!
You'd think the same would happen when you drive into that driveway, but it doesn't always. I guess angles of entry and departure and other stuff add up to differences.
You'd think the same would happen when you drive into that driveway, but it doesn't always. I guess angles of entry and departure and other stuff add up to differences.
08-05-22, 11:19 AM
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Back when I had summers off (4 of them in a row), I spent summers with my MTB (and often road bike) basically living on the back of my car. Many tens of thousands of miles going all over the country. I drove through every imaginable weather, dust, dirt, you name it. No salt, though.
As long as I kept the chain lubed, everything was fine.
As long as I kept the chain lubed, everything was fine.
08-07-22, 09:26 AM
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You can get fined here for an empty bike rack that obstructs the rear license plate.....
08-07-22, 11:19 AM
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08-07-22, 01:22 PM
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08-07-22, 10:50 PM
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Back when I had summers off (4 of them in a row), I spent summers with my MTB (and often road bike) basically living on the back of my car. Many tens of thousands of miles going all over the country. I drove through every imaginable weather, dust, dirt, you name it. No salt, though.
As long as I kept the chain lubed, everything was fine.
As long as I kept the chain lubed, everything was fine.
I've wondered about that. Not so much the empty rack of course, but the obstructed plate. It's never completely obstructed so there's that. Also I think there's a little leeway living in a small town. I'm pretty sure every deputy in the county recognizes just about all the locals by now. Maybe I'm tempting fate, but so far nobody has said anything about it.
08-07-22, 10:51 PM
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One other thing that might get you one day is backing down an inclined driveway or such is that you might drag the rack on the street. Possibly bending the both the rack and the bike's wheels. So just be aware!
You'd think the same would happen when you drive into that driveway, but it doesn't always. I guess angles of entry and departure and other stuff add up to differences.
You'd think the same would happen when you drive into that driveway, but it doesn't always. I guess angles of entry and departure and other stuff add up to differences.
