I was in miami, driving to key west, when i came across the unthinkable...

I know there have been hundred of bike rack topics on my350z, since ive joined, but i never thought id see the day...

 

Sacrilege! Burn the heretic!

Hmm looking at the pic a little more, I'm imagining a huge rear wing at the top of that...

 

hahah they just ruined the Z reputation

 

I hope like hell that it's easily removeable and not a permanent fixture.
What's next......toolboxes attached to the roof?

 

When I was at the dealer once a guy with roadster pulled up with a bike race on it. Looks very odd. The one in the picture looks even more bizarre.

 

that looks like ****

 

Man, if he hooked up like a huge spoiler on that b*tch he could have crazy downforce...200mph easy! Or he could be a Z kite.

No but really thats retarded.

 

Nothing wrong with that , I'm putting my Thule snowboard rack on mine next winter.

 

 

I wonder if you could modify that to carry tires..

 

I couldn't do it, but then again I'm not into it enough. It actually isn't all that bad just not my thing.

 

I'm sure the roofrack version you could, but im doing a trailer hitch and small trailer for tire duty.

 

nice watch

 

I have that rack (but, never mounted it on my Z, and never the drove the car where I had it mounted on the freeway ). It is not attached to the car, but instead depends upon its weight (and the bicycle's weight) to hold it in place. The "bars" extending to the top of the rear hatch are actually straps with end clips that go over the top of the hatch. The rest of it (riding on the rear) is rigid, but there are no fasteners on the endpieces. It just sits there. You can see the liability of this arrangement. A panic stop throws the bike over the roof and hood (lots of deep scratches and a few dents), not to mention ruining the bike and the driver's liability throwing (or just losing) the bike in traffic. I'm surprised this thing is legal.

--Spike

 

It was inevitable but, it's just so wrong.

 

That is certainly an arguable point. I give this guy or gal some credit. This person wanted to transport a bicycle, but did not want to do any type of permanent mounting on the Z. So the solution was a temporary mount that goes on or off in 30 seconds. The problem is that it can "come apart" very quickly at highway speed, and place surrounding vehicles in harm's way.

--Spike

 

Come on...think of the down force it's getting for him

 

Well...if he has a nice road bike, he'll add like..12 pounds of down force...cantilevered out there

 

No... it's more like 1.5 x's that weight. The value of a 12-15 lb. bicycle warrants a huge and heavy wheel lock (so... add another 5 to 7 pounds).

I find it interesting and peculiar that people who ride very light bicycles feel the need to take expensive and heavy locks with them to protect the bike when it unattended. ...Sort of defeats the "purpose" of owning a very lightweight bicycle.

--Spike

 

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