Leaving the city for a vacation, a summer cottage or somewhere else and wanting to bring bike, You may encounter a problem such as the inability to put it in the luggage compartment. This is if you have a small car. Therefore, most often, drivers buy special mounts for bicycles, which are mounted on the roof of the cars to the crossbars. These mounts are quite expensive. Therefore, it was decided to make them yourself. Depending on which crossbars your vehicle has installed, it will depend on how you install the bike mounts on them. In this case, the aerodynamic cross members of the Prorack Whispbar Aero-X are installed, in which there is a special slot for attaching any equipment.
So, let's begin. First you need to purchase a rear stabilizer pad from the gazelle in the car shop. The code for this part is 3302-2916040. She is not expensive.
If you plan to transport one bike, then you will need 3 pieces of such parts.
Now we take a saw for metal, since with it it is easiest to cut rubber and make an incision in the stabilizer pillow. We also select the bolt, washer and plate. We collect.
To fasten the bicycle to the car, in addition to the pillow, you will also need fastening straps. Three pieces on a bike.
We begin to attach to the crossbars. Insert the plate into the slot and tighten the bolt. It is not necessary to tighten strongly, as this part is intended only for convenient fixing of the bicycle by belts.
We insert the steering wheel into the mounts and tighten the mounting straps. The seat is installed on the side of the mount and is also pulled together by a belt.
The result was a convenient design for transporting a bicycle. If you need to transport two bicycles, stabilizer pillows you will need 4 pieces. When installing the second bike, we put it in the opposite direction, i.e. steering wheel of the first to the second seat. To consolidate you will need no more than a couple of minutes. The design according to the author of the invention was tested at a speed of 180 km / h and with strong lateral loads. Everything keeps perfect. The only negative is the inability to leave the car unattended for a long time, becausethe bike can be easily removed from the mounts by unwinding the belts and safely taken away.
These mounts do not take up much space, they can be easily transported in the trunk constantly and put if necessary.
