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    1. beachbum818 on

      I would put the left part under the down tube… left arm UNDER the T in Trek

    2. walrashish on

      Can you fit one of the arms through the rear triangle? That should even things out. If you’re running like this I’d probably remove the front wheel just to avoid hitting it on a speed bump.

    4. og_speedfreeq on

      The only concern i would have is that your exhaust comes out right next to your front tire- I’ve seen too many melted ones from this kind of setup. Consider swapping the bike so the front tire is to the right side of the car.

      These racks are cheap, but they have these kinds of limitations.

      ETA you could also put the bike on the rack with the rack arm thru the rear triangle of the bike ie behind the seat tube, up in that corner where your seat stays (coming up from the rear axle to the back of the seat tube) meet the seat tube.

    5. shallot_chalet on

      They make a bar that hooks between the head tube and the seat tube to fix this issue.

    6. comichubble on

      I did this with 2 bikes. it’s good as long as your straps are done properly, just go easy over bumps/holes and curves

    7. Waterbutt-emptyer on

      Doesn’t look that much different to my Specialized step through on my Thule tow bar rack.
      That works fine.
      I don’t think the tilt is quite that extreme, though.
      You can get mock cross bars (top tubes) to clip to the bike to give a more level fixing.

    8. sanjuro_kurosawa on

      If you are not going that far, you should be good.

      It looks horrible, but a trunk rack is designed for the two arms to contact the top tube. Which it has. It will probably catch more air than if you had a high top tube, or you used the extender bar which connects the stem to the seatpost. But even a normal attachment bounces the bike around in the back. A high wheel will catch more air but it is still attached to the rack which is attached to your trunk.

    12. Rhapdodic_Wax11235 on

      It is wrong. There are adapters you can get that mimic a horizontal top tube.

    13. bkyrbk11 on

      Better off feeding one of the arms through under the seat tube and seat stay even if it fits wonky also or use one of those (virtual top tube adaptors for trunk racks)

    14. Dr_Cee on

      Yeah, not riding too well. I’d be careful about that front tire in front of the tailpipe, too. My son had a bike riding behind his car that way once and the heat of the exhaust melted his tire.

    15. Professional-Cell402 on

      Remove your front wheel and you’ll find it easier to fit on rack. And also then your exhaust won’t burn a hole in your tire

    16. frogs_fear_me on

      Can you move the lower bar of the rack down so it rests on your bumper? That makes way more sense to me than pressing into the license plate/plastic fascia of the trunk

    17. templeofsyrinx1 on

      get the adapter bar that goes across and locks to the seatpost 🤣

      don’t transport it like that

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