[sstalder5]

Made it 2 whole months with top racks before I drove into the carport with a bike on..

Folded the tray in half and snapped the wheel straps but everything else seems to be fine. A few scratches from the towers sliding back but nothing too bad.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Crunch.

 

[kazlx]

I'm sure you will be the last person to ever do that.

 

[BUFFALO]

That sucks! But i can relate. On the way home from Whistler one time, my friends wife was driving his Subaru with a roof basket, bike racks, and bikes on the roof. We pulled off the highway and into a gravel parking lot. I awoke to a loud noise and looked back to see the entire assembly, including the factory Subaru roof rails sitting on the ground, bikes still in the carriers. The bikes weren't too badly damaged. Brake levers and masters, and one bent up bike carrier, but the roof rails coming out of the roof was a sight to see! Luckily we had some rope and tied the whole works back on and made it home!

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

it took me about 6 months.
it costed me a windshield, passenger door and having to paint like half the car...

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

That sucks! But i can relate. On the way home from Whistler one time, my friends wife was driving his Subaru with a roof basket, bike racks, and bikes on the roof. We pulled off the highway and into a gravel parking lot. I awoke to a loud noise and looked back to see the entire assembly, including the factory Subaru roof rails sitting on the ground, bikes still in the carriers. The bikes weren't too badly damaged. Brake levers and masters, and one bent up bike carrier, but the roof rails coming out of the roof was a sight to see! Luckily we had some rope and tied the whole works back on and made it home!

That's actually pretty scary. Is Subaru gluing their roof racks to the cars?

 

[CBJ]

I remember my Honda CRV the rails said max 75 lbs - pretty much useless for DH bikes when you factor in the weight of the rack.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

I remember my Honda CRV the rails said max 75 lbs - pretty much useless for DH bikes when you factor in the weight of the rack.

my hyundai santa fe said "60lbs". didnt last longer than 1 week, with my scott gambler on top, before one of the crossbars snapped and put a dent in the roof

 

[Colonel Angus]

This is exactly when I went to a hitch rack when I got a new car. I never drove my old car with roof rack into anything, but I came within 5 feet of driving into an underground parking garage in Sedona.

 

[Wumpus]

It took me years(10+) before I drove my bike into anything. I always leave something in the way like a lawn chair/bucket. Two bikes(me one and the wife one) and no damage but a small crease in the top of the car.

 

[OGRipper]

Could be worse. I used to be a wrench and I remember at least two different occasions when people came in with wrecked bikes from driving OUT of their garages.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

i've been there myself, but it took about 6 months. no damage to my bike, but the trays punched holes in the top of my car at the time...

 

[Pesqueeb]

 

[insanitylevel9]

i broke one off the roof cornering..... i dont wanna talk about it and my mom drove into the garage my bike on the roof and put a nice big dent in the quarter panel.

 

[jdcamb]

The other day I was just scooting down the ave. All Bad ass and everything.. A house was getting remodeled and tossed a bunch of boards and crap out. Well the way it was piled up it looked like a cool jump. So I doubled back and jumped it. In the pile it seems was a fluorescent light fixture. Chit went off like fireworks. Glass and plastic everywhere. I however was fine. Rode on to eat and on the way home I drove over a chard of glass from the destruction. It cut my tire like no other tire cut in the history of man. I walked home pushing my bike like a bad ass I tell ya....

 

[sstalder5]

Wow sounds like I got lucky only damaging the rack! I got everything back into place and working properly minus the smashed rack. I don't know about later Subarus but my 2002's roof rails are bolted in and I've had two DH bikes on top no problem. ...Back when I had two racks

The worst part about all this is that I just put a mirror above the garage at my house so this wouldn't happen and then I come to my parents house and it happens on the first day. Fvcking fvck.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Screw roof racks.

 

[ICEBALL585]

Screw roof racks.

^^^^^^

That!

My mtn bikes will fit in both of my vans without having to even take a wheel off.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

^^^^^^

That!

My mtn bikes will fit in both of my vans without having to even take a wheel off.

I can cram the Heckler in there by removing only the front wheel, and the Fit's a tiny car. I have had two bikes and gear in there at times. I don't want the bike outside subject to dirt, rain, and theft.

 

[canadmos]

people came in with wrecked bikes from driving OUT of their garages.

lol what?

 

[eric strt6]

12 years no hits, no close calls. All those years of driving high profile vehicles where you damn well better know your required vertical clearance seems to have paid off

 

[offsprung]

I put my 7POINT7 in the back seat of my car regularly.

 

[stoney]

Didn't you make fun of me for this? Go steal an orange road cone. Put it in your driveway when you leave.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Screw roof racks.

Yup, keep the bike in the back and out of site.

Dig the old DH pedals on your road bike.

 

[Quo Fan]

This is the reason I drive a truck.

 

[fortenndu]

You've got some life skills man. Keep up the hard work.

 

[kickstand]

Screw roof racks.

**** disassembling my bike everytime I want to go for a ride

 

[$tinkle]

i usually take a pre-ride dump in the middle of the bay floor to remind me there's a bike on the roof

 

[rockofullr]

You guys should start a club.

I guess it would be more of a support group.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

i have yet to meet someone with a roof rack (and a carport) who hasnt driven into it.

 

[jdcamb]

Yup, keep the bike in the back and out of site.

Dig the old DH pedals on your road bike.

If you need parts for that fork, let me know.....

 

[slyfink]

i have yet to meet someone with a roof rack (and a carport) who hasnt driven into it.

Hi, my name is Sly, nice to meet you.

(in all honesty though, it took me less than a season to install a hitch rack caus' I knew it was a matter of time)

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

If you need parts for that fork, let me know.....

Thanks, but I'm not riding it anymore. Probably going to sell it since it still works. I have another Z-1 as well that's pretty clapped out. It needs a damper rod, seals, bushings and one plastic spring washer. So it could be used for parts.

 

[OGRipper]

lol what?

Pack up the car late the night before an early start. Get a head start by loading the bikes too. Wake up way too early, fire up the car, and BAM!

Seriously. I'm not sure I would admit a maneuver like that, but people did, on two separate occasions. Makes ya wonder how much more often it happens.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I ALMOST drove my bike into the side of building while going to an ATM that was under a building (think 1st floor of a parking garage type of setup)....I knew it was going to be close, so I crept under it slowly until the saddle touched the side of the building. Then I knew it wouldn't fit, stopped and walked to the ATM.


Now that I don't own any bikes, it's much easier to avoid driving one into a building

 

[$tinkle]

Now that I don't own any bikes

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Out with the old, in with the new.