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Description:The Rocky Mounts Bike Racks Nomad Long Tray Carrier is a 43" long tray mount that attaches to a multi-purpose roof base rack system from either Thule or Yakima (connects to the Yakima round cross bars or Thule square load bars).
All mounting hardware included.
These fork mounted bike racks are a solid alternative to Yakima and Thule fork mount bike trays.
Features a lockable engineered nylon "head", a non corrosive 6063 aluminum wheel tray powder coated in basic black or one of several flavorful offerings.
Includes Rocky Mounts lockable, long travel quick release. No more messing with the fussy lawyer tabs on your fork, the 7mm of travel will open and close around them!
The included ratcheting wheel strap secures the rear wheel.
The tray will accommodate skinny road tires and fat mountain tires alike.
Beefy 9mm skewer keeps the fork in place.
For simplicity, Rocky Mounts lock cores are sold separately (see accessories below). You can buy multi-packs so all your RockyMounts have the same key! (Note, Thule and Yakima lock cores will not work with the Rocky Mounts bike racks.
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Submitted by
James
a Cross Country Rider
from Bozeman, MT
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Gets the job done! The disk break adapters work great and the wide pans for fatty tires are nice too. | | Weaknesses: | The paint started to chip off my set. | | Similar Products Used: | Yak, Thule, the back of my truck. | | Bike Setup: | Kona Dawg | | Bottom Line: | Sweet rack! No problems here. I would like to have the clamps be metal buy the plastic ones have worked fine for me so far. I have the newer version (I think) with the wide trays. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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John
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from arizona
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Quality product and excellent customer service. | | Bottom Line: | This is a very good product supported by an excellent staff. Highly recommended. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jason
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from Cape Cod, MA
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | otis | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | great. simple. awesome customer service | | Weaknesses: | doesnt work with front disc brake... need to modify. | | Similar Products Used: | lariat (see review) | | Bottom Line: | These are the old original ones and are great. MUCH better than the new ones (see my review of the Lariat).
The new ones are not an improvment. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kurtis blow
a Racer
from Westminster, CO
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | More Fun / Fruita | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Rocky Mounts | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, yet good quality. I've had the same racks on my car for 7 years and have only had to replace the skewer because of rust, but it was the old style skewer (non-locking and no longer used by RM) | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima | | Bike Setup: | Titus Racer-X/XTR, Ibis Mojo/XTR, and Giant TCR0 Compact/Record | | Bottom Line: | If you have the money to blow on the "others" why not just send it to me. For the price, you can't find a better rack. And don't forget the "fly" colors to choose from to make you look cool........ | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Troy Mandery
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | too many to mention | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Rocky Mounts | | Strengths: | design, color choices (i bought camo trays!), value, value and value | | Weaknesses: | They don't cost enough.
The others must be better 'cause they cost more. WRONG! | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima, Thule | | Bike Setup: | Maverick ML-7 with Maverick double fork | | Bottom Line: | You gotta give it up to Rocky Mounts for creating trays that are more than just an added eye sore on your car. The Camo trays I just upgraded to are the coolest racks to date. In talking to the guys at their shop they plan to have more cool designs in the near future. By far, the best band for the buck!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Brent Wilson
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Zippity Do Da - Fruita | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Rocky Mounts, Boulder | | Strengths: | Great construction quality and design. Great value. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Thule crap. | | Bike Setup: | Moots YBBeat, Surly 1 x 1, Fuji road bike | | Bottom Line: | The best racks and trays for the best price. These things are really well built. Drove my bike into a parking garage last summer and the tray sustained zero damage.
Rocky Mounts proves you can make a better product than Thule or Yakima without charging a fortune. You would be crazy to buy from anyone else. Why pay more for an inferior product?
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Cruzader
a Cross Country Rider
from Jersey City
Date Reviewed: December 12, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hunter Mtn | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Rack Attack | | Strengths: | Price! And good looks. | | Weaknesses: | Rusts easily. Not much, but just enough skewer handle clearance for my Marzocchi forks (MX Pro and EXR Pro). | | Similar Products Used: | None, first experience with bike trays. | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain Element with Marzocchi MX Pro fork, and a Trek 4500 with Marzocchi EXR Pro fork. | | Bottom Line: | I actually have the Lariat, which replaced the Nomad- same thing. Overall great tray, the bikes lock down solid and secure. Unfortunately, after less than a month, the skewer hole and hardware around it is rusting. This is inexcuseable- the bolts to clamp the tray onto the load bars are rustproof, so why not the rest of the pieces?! Still, you can't beat the price compared to the other two big names. Despite the rusting, I've bought a second tray. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Jason
a Cross Country Rider
from Worcester, MA
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | All Sport Auto Racks | | Strengths: | Very well built, solid construction, great rear wheel strap, powder coated not painted | | Weaknesses: | none that I could find yet | | Similar Products Used: | none used, all others researched | | Bike Setup: | '03 Specialized Epic Comp frame,'04 Fox Brain, Fox F80 Fork, Crank Bros Candy SLs, Azonic CF-1 bars, XT Hydraulic discs, ODI lock-ons, Panaracer Fire XCs
Wife rides an '04 Gary Fisher Tassajara GS | | Bottom Line: | These trays are the best out there for quality and price. The available colors are a cool change and the powder coated finish is much better than the fast rusting versions from the big two. Rachet strap rear wheel strap works very well and the locks for the fork mount a great. Very solid construction, pretty light, and even have a version available for OEM racks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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JJ
a Cross Country Rider
from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Yankee Springs, Egypt Valley, North Country Trail, Fort Custer, Robinnets, Turkey Mountain-Tulsa, OK | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Rackattack.com | | Strengths: | Quality construction, relatively easy installation. Great price, half of the price of the BIG TWO. Locks are great. | | Weaknesses: | None as of yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima Copperheads, Various Thule attachments. | | Bike Setup: | LiteSpeed Pisgah and Fisher Sugar | | Bottom Line: | If you want a great rack setup, get these. They are half the price of the Thules and Yakimas and appear to be better built. Why spend a $120 when you can spend about $50 and get the same or better setup? And believe it or not, I like these so much that I am selling them. If you want to get two racks, I can get them shipped to your door for $110 including locks. Email me @ GRCycleSports@yahoo.com and I will set you up. Cheers!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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mitch bosma
a Cross Country Rider
from Grand rapids, Mi. U.S.
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | yankee springs | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | racks direct | | Strengths: | Excellent product, I got the nomad long trays and am very happy with the quality construction and price of them. Ive looked at the higher priced name brand trays and the rockymounts are in most cases built better, not to mention much cheaper. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima | | Bike Setup: | North face/ Iron horse Denali, rockshox pilot xc, hayes disks, shimano Lx drivetrain, avid levers etc. | | Bottom Line: | A truly great product at a great price. Old reviews of this product say that the wheel strap was not that good, but ive found that the one i had gotten with my trays are very high quality, and work better than the yakima straps. I would recommend these racks to anyone, another big plus is that they are available in colors than black, I got silver colored trays and they look excellent. The customer service guys at rockymounts are also very helpful, and nice. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stinkmonkey
a Weekend Warrior
from Schnecksville, PA USA
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | Straight from Rocky Mounts | | Strengths: | Great design, excellent value, strong, dependable, easy to use, lockable. Rocky Mounts has excellent customer service. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima and Thule's over priced, under valued, over rated stuff. | | Bike Setup: | Not applicable. | | Bottom Line: | I have 2 of the short tray versions of the Nomad. I highly recommend the Rocky Mounts products as I am completely satisfied with mine. They are very stable at highway speeds and on the bumpy back fire roads. Materials and workmanship seem to be top notch and the price is killer! You can easily set up 2 mounts with lock cores for the price of one mount from the competition. If your having a hard time locating a dealer near you, give Rocky Mounts a call and they will hook you up directly. Great rack, highly recommended! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Naulwen Moreau
a Weekend Warrior
from San Francisco
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Pt. Reyes Station | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | rack warehouse | | Strengths: | Great price, great colors, very sturdy! Wonderful in many ways! | | Weaknesses: | I wish I had paid more attention to the lock set up. The locks only secure the tray to the roof rack. They DO NOT lock the bike to the tray. Unfortunately I live in an area where bikes are stolen way to quickly, so I'm sending my trays back and buying Thule. (Although if you are always with your bike, then this isn't an option.) | | Similar Products Used: | Thule | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale road bike | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a good overall bike rack system, then you can't beat the deal with Rocky Mounts. If you do triathlons and like to leave your bike on the roof during a quick run, or grab a quick bit to eat before heading home, DO NOT BUY THESE TRAYS. The locking system DOES NOT lock the bikes to the rack. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Monte
a Weekend Warrior
from Toledo, OH
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$49.00 | | Purchased At: | Excel Sports | | Strengths: | I bought two racks and a wheel holder with full lock sets for the price of one similar stripped down Thule. Easy and quick to install on Thule roof rack system. Fairly sturdy and secure even at prolonged highway speeds in windy conditions. | | Weaknesses: | None at this time. | | Bike Setup: | Intense Tracer Frame with Marzocchi Marathon, Shimano XTR and Hayes disc brakes | | Bottom Line: | You can't go wrong with the price. Best bang for the buck and I like the new and improved rear wheel plastic strap down. Cool looks and practicality without getting ripped off. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Mike B
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: March 13, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | www.allsportautoracks.com | | Strengths: | Value, two for the price of a Thule or Yakima. Fits Thule and Yakima crossbars. Comes in colors. Lockable. | | Weaknesses: | I've heard the plastic fades and the bolts can rust. Now that that is known, a little Armor All and WD-40 will keep that from happening to me. | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima, Thule, Saris BAT hitch rack (see my reveiw). | | Bike Setup: | FS Giant NRS XTC Air. Sid SL front shock-your suspension fork can be an important player when deciding what fork mount roof rack to buy. Explanation below. | | Bottom Line: | The Rocky Mounts is an excellent product. It's affordable, well made and compatable with Thule and Yakima crossbars. You'll get what you want for less than you'd pay for the abovementioned brand trays.
Also, some other brand trays can have interference issues between the head of the tray and the negative air pressure valve on a SID front shock. The Rocky Mounts do not, and are compatable with my (Hayes) disc brakes.
A great product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Andy
a Weekend Warrior
from El Cajon, Ca. USA
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Rockymounts | | Strengths: | solid product, price, easy to set-up, new rear wheel adjustable strap | | Weaknesses: | security set-up is weaker than thule or yak but still locks. | | Bottom Line: | Just set up my new mounts yesterday. Everything seems solid, all for half the cost of thule or yakima. Did a bunch of research before I bought and very happy I selected rockymounts. I personally felt that everything that thule and yak offered was a huge rip-off so I was psyched to find this company. Recommending to everyone I know. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Steve Q
a Weekend Warrior
from chicago
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | Strong, easy to install, TWO FOR ONE PRICING compared to ripoff thule & yakama, cool cool colors.
Unless you just won the lottery or have a bottomless trust-fund you'd be nuts to waste your money on those ugly black alternatives. These babies look cool, work great and the guys who make them are so darn nice I wish I could buy all my parts from them. Every time I talk to someone at this company I'm impressed. | | Weaknesses: | A little tricky to manage the fork mount with one hand. Though I don't think the pricier modles are much easier and once you get the hang of it, it's not too bad | | Similar Products Used: | overpriced ugly black racks | | Bottom Line: | Improve your social life. Buy two rockymounts for the price of one thule and you can offer a ride to that interesting someone you meet on the trail. And the colorfull racks are an attractive conversation starter.
Two bike for every car!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ashley
a Cross Country Rider
from Georgia, Atlanta
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Little Bear Trail, TN | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Online | | Strengths: | Cool colors, lightweight, compatibility | | Weaknesses: | Cheap parts, velcro straps are questionable. | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima Fork Mount | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Kona Blast, Marzocchi Z4 Bomber, XT brakes, Deore Shifters, derailleurs, WTB tires... | | Bottom Line: | Great product. And they gave me free shipping when they could not get a dealer within a 100 miles of me. I am very impressed with these trays. But I wonder how long the velcro straps will last. The good news is, they can be replaced with Rattle Traps. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Linton
a Cross Country Rider
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Gimme dirt, and I'm a happy boy! | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Olympia Cycle & Ski | | Strengths: | Very strudy and well made, easy installation, fits Yak or Thule roof racks, and most of all a great value! | | Weaknesses: | Velcro straps fade and deteriorate in the sun over time. Bolts and misc. parts started to rust after a year or so, but I managed to replace most of them with $5 of of-the-shelf stainless steel bolts from a local hardware store. The lack of a lock option and a some-what cumbersome method of installing the fork. | | Similar Products Used: | Thule Velo-Vise. | | Bike Setup: | Klein Attitude, XTR/XT Brakes and Shifters, Marzocchi Atom 80, Mavic Rims, XTR hubs, Shimano 747 Pedals, Race Face Bar, Seat post, and cranks. | | Bottom Line: | If you're looking for a fairly inexpensive bang-for-the buck bike carrier - look no further, but a Rockymount now! If you don't have a need to carry your bikes a lot, or only use a bike carrier once in a while for point A to point B applications, these bike mounts work great and are worth every penny! For serious long term installations though, I'd recommend a Thule Velo Vise, simply for the lock option, lack of rusting components, and easy one-hand clamping system. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jim Harpe
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, Colorado, USA
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Walker | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | -Color selection
-price
-strength
-factory and shop right here in town.
| | Weaknesses: | none! oh wait... they cant get paint em SID blue anymore, but that's not their fault. | | Similar Products Used: | Over priced weaker Thule
| | Bike Setup: | Trek 7000, monkey light riser bar | | Bottom Line: | These racks are the sh%$! I have had soooo many of them, just because I wanted to change colors or I have bought new cars. The ppl in the shop/factory are the nicest/coolest you can get. I make sure to reccomend these things to everyone! Go get some! 5 flamin turds for value ad overall! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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James
a Downhiller
from Vancouver BC
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | North SHore! | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Cheap, Tough, Flexible (not sure what the tray is made of, maybe some wonder plastic?)and in several colours.
Does not allw the bike to shake when cornering/speeding etc. | | Weaknesses: | Short throw fork clamp. | | Similar Products Used: | Nil | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | Must be a strong monkey and able to hold the bike upright with one hand while spinning the skewer with the other to get it tight enough to clamp the fork. This is easier said than done if you park on a sidehill and expect to get your bike back on without theatrics. This is the one area where a Yakima would be worth the extra pesos. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Dustin
a Racer
from Florence, AL, USA
Date Reviewed: January 31, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Oak Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | This is a very sturdy tray mount that fits Yak or Thule bars and the velcro strap, even though it looks like it wouldn't, DOES hold up. | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | NONE | | Bike Setup: | Kona Kilauea, Bontrager Race, XTR ti, CT2 post | | Bottom Line: | This is an excellent value. There is absolutely no need to pay twice as much for Yak or Thule mounts. My bike has held on many a time at 85 mph on the interstate with 20 and 30 mph crosswinds (with Yak bars and feet, too bad Rocky doesn't make those also). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BikesInRain
a Cross-Country Rider
from Corvallis,OR
Date Reviewed: December 6, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
phil's | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
-Great Value
-Cool Colors
-Simple, Strong Design
-Cheaper Rack = More Money for BIKES!
-Fits Yak or Thule! | | Weaknesses: |
Short Tray Requires specific bar spread (don't they all...?) | | Similar Products Used: |
Yakima, Thule, etc... | | Bike Setup: |
Mrazek w/ Sid, XT
Austro-Daimler AD-SLE | | Bottom Line: | It's a fork mount rack. Why should you pay 90 dollars or more for 1 mount when you can get these for half that? It's strong...I don't worry about it. It's great that a company can offer a well-designed, economical Yakima alternative. The company supports their products well. Because of the bar spacing on my van, the short trays were just barely long enough. I called them, and they happily sold me the long trays to fit the fork mount. They answered my e-mail the same day and were friendly and receptive to my comments about their product. If all bike companies operated like RockyMounts, well.....it'd be a lot harder to choose what parts to buy.Bottom line? 5 hot ones! | | Overall Rating: |
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Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver, WA
Date Reviewed: November 19, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
$$$
Secure Mounts | | Weaknesses: |
None so far | | Similar Products Used: |
Zip | | Bike Setup: |
Kona Nu-Nu | | Bottom Line: | Fits very securely on my Yakima Rack, velcro rear tire loop works great, buy two for the price of one Yakima tray. | | Overall Rating: |
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Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Montana
Date Reviewed: June 22, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
RattleSnake | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Fits Yakima & Thule Bars
Price$$
Color selection | | Weaknesses: |
None to date | | Similar Products Used: |
Thule tray | | Bike Setup: |
GT, Bomber,Z-2 | | Bottom Line: | My Thule didnt fit with my GT's downtube so I went Tray shopping. Looked at the Thule fork mount model but didnt like the price. A shop had the RockyMounts. They had a storewide sale so I paid about $35.!! That was two years ago and the tray still looks like new! I feared the velcro rear tire strap would decay in the year round elements but it hasnt. My bike fits very secure in my RockyMount and it installed to my thule rack perfectly. Well worth considering if U are in the market. | | Overall Rating: |
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