Roof racks

[MetroMPG]

Waaaay back in the summer of '06 I did a few runs to look at the effect roof racks have on FE.

Originally, this came up in argylesocks' intro thread (http://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?p=23797) because he was using his Yaris to carry bikes to races he was attending.


http://metrompg.com/posts/photos/blackfly-rack-mtb-s.jpg



Mini-experiment: the wrath of roof racks (http://metrompg.com/posts/roof-racks.htm) (MetroMPG.com)

The comparison was between:
A - no roof racks
B - empty roof racks
C - a mountain bike on the roof racks
For all the gory details: http://metrompg.com/posts/roof-racks.htm

[rh77]

Is there enough room to put the bike inside (fold the seats -- including the front passenger?)

...or is it mostly a rack test?

RH77

[MetroMPG]

There's room for a couple of bikes inside.

[kickflipjr]

I saw this a few days ago on your website darin.

Sometimes I put my bike inside my car (I just take off the front wheel). I never understood ski/snowboard racks. Even in small cars you can fit 3 or 4 snowboards + 3 or 4 people at the same time.

I went on a trip to vermont this year. We fit 7 people + 7snowboards in a VW GTI and a Honda Civic (no racks!).

[kickflipjr]

And the ski racks are always on SUVs that can hold over 20 skis without a rack! I guess they don't want to get the leather interior wet.

[repete86]

That's why it's great having a trunk that will almost close with two bikes in the trunk without folding the seats down. It seems like every time I travel for a protest, I end up traveling part-way back with a bike in the trunk.

[MetroMPG]

If you didn't read the writeup on metrompg:

[repete86]

Wow, that's awesome. Definitely different.

[MetroMPG]

Just have to be careful for steep driveway angles with the longer loads ;)

[Hockey4mnhs]

lol under the car thats dedication!