Carbon Transportation

[VamP]

I use one of these:

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike Shop/Accessories/Bike Transport/Car Racks/Saris Gran Fondo 2-Bike Rack_SA872.htm?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=googlebase&utm_term=Car Racks

That looks neat. Can you open the boot with the bike in place?

 

[Chromatic]

How do you clamp a Carbon bike? I have thought of putting mine in the middle and not clamping it just use the wheel wraps and maybe a bungee tie between it and the other two bikes.

I just do the clamp up on the top tube, not too tightly, it is just to stop it falling over, the bike is really held down by the straps on the wheel supports, do those up tight and the bike won't move much and won't need a tight grip around any tube.

 

[Herzog]

This from the leading frame repair dude in the UK. Not sure what he has to gain by lying about this? It's the last one of the FAQs you want.

Read it, but I'll take my chances with the roof top mount... I'll bookmark the guy's page just in case...

 

[amaferanga]

That looks neat. Can you open the boot with the bike in place?

Possibly, but best not to.

 

[400bhp]

Interesting thread - would have never occured to me about the intricacies of transporting a carbon frame around. Thankfully I have an aluminium frame as I am too tight to buy a carbon one

 

[400bhp]

I've sometimes thought (for probably 10 seconds-usually when I am propping the bike on the roof rack) why there isn't a roof rack that means the bike sits flat on the roof. That would solve some of the issues, not just the carbon issue, but also about low bridges etc.