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Are Sportrack roof racks any good?

ChrisRobin

Turbo Monkey
Jan 30, 2002
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Vancouver
I was looking at them today while passing through a store and the only thing that would make me question them are the clips that mount in the door frames but even then, they still look ok. The bars are like Thule bars and the feet seem to be soft enough to give good contact and stability. The only thing I would buy from Thule is the bike carrier.
 

buildyourown

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2004
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South Seattle
ChrisRobin said:
I was looking at them today while passing through a store and the only thing that would make me question them are the clips that mount in the door frames but even then, they still look ok. The bars are like Thule bars and the feet seem to be soft enough to give good contact and stability. The only thing I would buy from Thule is the bike carrier.
Any rack that slips over the door frame will have a pretty low weight limit. Since this has to do with the car roof design, I would avoid roof racks on newer cars for heavy bikes. I had one come off and it was almost really bad. Go for the trailer hitch style if you can.