Bicycle Spares

Bike racks for cars
There are many types of bike racks for cars. Trunk mount, roof-mounted, spare tire mounting bracket or coupling receiver. Trunk mount bike racks for cars are the most common.

Benefits to the trunk mount bike rack car

Trunk Mount are generally less expensive than other types of media.

Easy installation. Easy to store when not in use.

Often, they are perfect for carrying one or sometimes two bikes.

Disadvantages trunk mount bike racks

If your car is dirty and you put up a trunk on the dirt under the feet of the grids act like sandpaper and ruin the paint.

Some Trunk Racks do not get the bike far enough from the car to the bike can rub on the car.

You can not attach the upper rack straps to a glass window. If your car \ 's rear window opens and there is not a fixation point higher than that of metal, you can not reach a door-trunk. Some of the Camaro, Firebird, Toyota 4 Runner this problem so you either need to use a grid or a tow bar roof bars.

If your exhaust pipe points directly on the tires of your bike it can overheat the tire and ruin.

Many carriers do not separate the bikes and bicycles and rub the paint on the other.

You can not access the rear of the car when you bicycle on the rack.

Benefits to the roof rack

The bikes are well separated so as not to rub on each other or the car.

You can pull a trailer and the bikes will not be in the path.

The roof racks protect the finish of your car really well.

Often, there are many other accessories to make canoes, skis, snowboards etc. to fit the roof rack.

Disadvantages of roof bars

People have been known to forget the bikes are on the roof and run into the garage. It's really hard on the car, bicycle and sometimes the garage.

Usually roof bars are quite expensive. Often, it will cost more than $ 400 for a two-bay roof bike.

Put the bike on the roof can sometimes be a chore.

The extra wind drag from the bikes above the car significantly affect your gas mileage.

Installing a roof rack can be a chore.

Put your bike on a roof rack can be difficult.

Benefits for replacement tires Racks

Sometimes they are the rack that will fit the vehicle.

Disadvantages spare tire curvature

They do not have many cars.

Benefits Racks drawbar

Easy to install.

Less wind drag than a roof rack.

The bikes are kept out of the car so as not to rub the paint of the car.

The bracket does not touch the car sliding into the receiver and either bolted or attached to the receiver.

Receiver Racks are easy to move a vehicle until the vehicle has good size receiver. Visit my receiver Hitch Tips page.

Disadvantages to Racks drawbar

If your vehicle does not have a receiver it usually costs around $ 200 or more for a receiver set.

You can not normally get a trailer where your media is on your car. Hollywood makes a bike rack and trailer that will work while pulling a trailer.

As the gate of the trunk and spare tire bike rack when you are on the grid, it is often difficult to get to the rear of the car.