Anyone live in an area with road salt and transport your bike to the trail on a roof rack? Any advice besides rinsing off the bike when you get home? Is your bike looking crusty from doing this?
by C4INYOURPANTS
Anyone live in an area with road salt and transport your bike to the trail on a roof rack? Any advice besides rinsing off the bike when you get home? Is your bike looking crusty from doing this?
by C4INYOURPANTS
4 Comments
I’d imagine you’re better off with a roof rack than a hitch rack.
I have a roof rack (rockymounts) and various hitch racks (thule 2x, thule 4x) that can all support a fatbike and I just put mine in the car when I have to take it somewhere. None of the bag solutions seem perfect, salt and grime are just a pain. In both my cars, I just need to take off the front wheel to fit it in the back. I do put a cheap tarp in the car and I also use Blivet wheel covers to help with the studs.
For reference, the two cars are a VW Golf Alltrack wagon and a VW ID.4. It’s just much easier, cleaner, etc.
This is certainly a concern of mine. I have the ability to wash the bike down with warm water in my garage once I’m home. The bike gets a ton of road crap when hitched mounted and the roads are bad.
Buy a pump style garden sprayer, add a drop or two of dish soap with hot water, spray it down after transport. Wipe it down with an old towel. Takes a min or two and has kept my bike going in Minnesota for 4+ years.