Roof racks?

[jimithng23]

Yeah, forget the roof rack, put on a receiver hitch, and use a rear rack. No bugs permanently adhered to your handle bars/shifters/brake levers, no 90 mph wind trying to pry your bike off the car killing your fuel economy, and no need to buy a new frame and fork after you drive into the garage with the bike still on top.

Just sayin'...

Rg.

+1

[SpinStir]

I know, I know. The only problem w/ that is I use my hatch quite a bit and it seems like even with a tray-type hitch rack you still have to constantly tilt it up and down. Any of these racks have extrememly simple mechanisms to get the rack out of the way?

Thanks for the input...

[Rage]

Our Thule has a simple release lever, but this only works when no bikes are on the rack. I think the Saris can drop away with bikes on it, but am not sure. That is the one down side of the rear rack...

Rg.

[SweetSVT99]

You can get the Swing Away style rack too. Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Surco-DBR300-S.../dp/B000CCBMF8