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Submitted by
Patrick
a Weekend Warrior
from Ft. Thomas, KY USA
Date Reviewed: 9/14/2007 9:54:45 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Too many to name |
| Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only |
| Price Paid: | $120 |
| Purchased At: | Montgomery Cyclery |
| Strengths: | 1. Top tube supports are secured to arms - don't slide down arms and into bumper. And it looks cool. But I could care less (see below). |
| Weaknesses: | 1. Within maybe 10 minutes of leaving the bike shop to install on my car, was right back in the bike shop to get another flimsy plastic "screw" that locks the arms b/c the first one was stripped. These need to be beefed up ASAP using, oh, I don't know...METAL? Once "secured", the arms still wobble laterally. Not a big deal, but for $120+ I expect better. 2. After a 15 minute trip home from the bike shop (after buying the rack), I took it off my trunk to find two nice, permanent indentations on the top of my bumper (2006 Maxima) from the support legs. Rather than rest on the license plate display area (aluminum), Saris decides to have 60+ pounds of weight distributed onto your bumper from two support legs with very low profiles at the contact point. STAY AWAY IF YOU HAVE A PLASTIC BUMPER..unless you want a permanent reminder that you got ripped off. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Saris Guardian. Let's see - do I want more indentations in my bumper from the Bones, or have the top tube supports of the Guardian continue to slide down the support arm and slam my bike into my bumper, leaving nice little divets? |
| Bike Setup: | '07 Stumpy (with a few tweeks), '06 Rockhopper (ditto) |
| Bottom Line: | TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE design. Maybe I'll try a monkey and some duct tape. |
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Submitted by
LOUANN MCCARTHY
a Weekend Warrior
from MARSHALL, MI
Date Reviewed: 9/3/2007 10:20:57 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | KALHAVEN |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $130 |
| Purchased At: | BATTLE CREEK, MI |
| Strengths: | LIGHT WEIGHT. EASY TO USE |
| Weaknesses: | SCRATCHES THE CAR PAINT, NO SECURITY AND A MAJOR DESIGN DEFECT IE USING PLASTIC SCREWS TO ADJUST AND SECURE THE BONES. THEY STRIP LEAVING THE BONES UNSECURED |
| Bike Setup: | FUJI AND A GARY FISHER |
| Bottom Line: | I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS RACK FOR MORE THAN CASUAL USEAGE ON VERY SHORT TRIPS |
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Submitted by
Bobbie Mac
a Weekend Warrior
from Seal Beach, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 7/3/2007 8:24:45 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Rock-it |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $150 |
| Purchased At: | Performancebike.com |
| Strengths: | Solid unit, seems like it'll last a while |
| Weaknesses: | Wears the paint off the car, worse than most top bar racks because the rack flairs making it difficult to load any odd sized bikes |
| Bike Setup: | Mine: full sus Wife: woman's bike with x frame Kids: small mountain bike and a bmx bike |
| Bottom Line: | I wouldn't recommend this unless you are transporting road bikes and have an old car with bad paint already. I have to put my full sus bike on the outside and backwards, I then use a rope to tie it off. |
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Submitted by
david miller
from itasca
Date Reviewed: 6/24/2007 8:41:42 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | palos V tree |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $119 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | Honestly after 3 years of use I can not think of one. |
| Weaknesses: | Mounting hardware that hold the bones to the base are platic and will strip in time causing the the bones and bike to slide around. The straps that hold the bike to the rack are hard plastic and will scratch up virtually any paint job since it is always making contact in the same place. On sedans the bike is to close to the car and you are bound to also scratch up your vehicle. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Thule hitch mount rack |
| Bike Setup: | Blur 4x, Fox Float R, Magura Marta, Mavic 819 on DT swiss 240's, Syncors Bulk carbon bars, easton vice, stylos = 29lbs and takes abuse. |
| Bottom Line: | A couple of modifications like using metal hardware, rubber straps, and extending the length of the bones would make it a descent rake. It worked fine for the first season, over time it just could not hold up and it's defects really started to show. I cringe every time I but my $3000 bike on this rack. When I get the extra scratch I will replace it. |
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Submitted by
Don Tepe
a Cross Country Rider
from Merrick, New York
Date Reviewed: 6/20/2007 6:43:29 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $130 |
| Purchased At: | Peak Mountain Bikes |
| Strengths: | Once it is set up there is nothing to change. |
| Weaknesses: | None yet. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Old Rhode Gear trunk mounted rack. |
| Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar. |
| Bottom Line: | I read most of the reviews for this rack on this site. I wasn't worried about the paint on my car because of the cars age. The owner of the shop showed me how to set up the Bones 2 rack and properly adjust the straps starting from the bottom. This is one solid rack. If you do it right, the whole rear of the car will move when you try to shake the rack. The rack becomes part of the car. If you don't tension the straps enough and/or set up the unit correctly you'll have some of the problems mentioned in the other reviews. I would recommend it. |
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Submitted by
Thomas Lowry
a Cross Country Rider
from Mississauga, ON, Can
Date Reviewed: 6/4/2007 6:08:53 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | hardwood hills |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $150 |
| Purchased At: | Dukes Cycle |
| Strengths: | Strong, sturdy. Easy to install and easy to put bikes on. |
| Weaknesses: | COntact points on the car need to be redesigned. I cleaned all areas of my car every time I put the rack on to ensure there was no grit to create abrasion. Still after only a couple months of use it has reduced the shiney finish of my trunk to a dull surface (particularly the centre arm that goes on top of the trunk). |
| Bottom Line: | Well designed, fits many cars, easy to setup over and over again. May want to consider putting a pad or something soft but grippy under the center contact point to prevent it from wearing down the finish on your vehicle. |
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Submitted by
Matt
from Cape Girardeau MO
Date Reviewed: 5/1/2007 7:47:29 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | cyclewerx.biz |
| Strengths: | I have a 97 Pontiac Grand Prix...I checked the saris website, it said it wouldn't fit due to the spoiler. I went to my local bike shop and test fitted it...It actually cleared everything with lots of room to spare. About the bones 2: Great design...I like the fact that its made of aluminium and abs...There's nothing on here that can rust. It's well engineered. I know I read this somewhere before...but, when the saris bones is attached to your car properly...it's like it's part of the car. You can grab it and shake it and the entire car moves. It's extremely rigid. |
| Bike Setup: | we're reviewing a rack...why does my bike matter?? |
| Bottom Line: | I looked into racks for a few weeks before making a decision. You can pay $50 for a cheap, flimsy one that won't be secure or last...or, you can pay around $100 and get a great product made by a company with great customer service. There's a reason these are so highly rated...they're the best trunk-mounted racks on the market. Five Flamin' chilis across the board! |
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Submitted by
Richard
a Cross Country Rider
from Southampton - UK
Date Reviewed: 10/14/2006 10:52:19 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only |
| Price Paid: | $80 |
| Strengths: | The only strength this product has is it's looks. |
| Weaknesses: | 1) The straps used to secure the bike/s to the outward arms are so badly positioned securing the bike is not only very difficult but requires a great deal of finger strength. In the winter this would be a real nightmare. 2) Assembling the 6 legs into the correct positions and securing to the car is a right pain - I tested this with my wife who succeeded in the end but agreed it was a terrible design compared to past bike racks. 3) The flimsy thumb screws used to secure the arms and legs to the aluminium spine are again badly designed. When assembled and tightened the whole structure wobbles around due to huge tolerances. The only real security to this rack is gained from strapping it to the back of the car and tightening up the straps as tight as possible – how long that would last I’m not prepared to say. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Thule Freeride, Hollywood, Halfords own brand |
| Bike Setup: | Two XC Hardtails (Stumpy & Scott) one Kona Stinky. |
| Bottom Line: | Do not waste your money. If you have not tried many bike racks then you can be forgiven for thiking this one might be good - it is not. Conclusion: Looks 10/10 – Functionality 1/10 |
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Submitted by
Ryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Minot, ND
Date Reviewed: 9/20/2006 10:29:03 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Maah Daah Hey |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $120 |
| Purchased At: | Scheels all sport |
| Strengths: | Rigid design, ratcheting straps, and arched arms. |
| Weaknesses: | none found yet. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Yakima superjoe3 |
| Bike Setup: | Standard specialized, with shimano pd-m324 atb pedal |
| Bottom Line: | Great product so far. If, like me, you want a trunk mount, buy the saris. It is rock solid, even with the bikes on it. Excellent product. |
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Submitted by
Scott Jensen
a Cross Country Rider
from Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Date Reviewed: 9/10/2006 1:10:56 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $139 |
| Purchased At: | Ramsey Bike Shop |
| Strengths: | Easy enough to mount, stable at highway speeds, doesn't look like a lawn chair strapped to my car, and in fact looks very nice. |
| Weaknesses: | Doesn't (yet) come in black. Everything comes in black -- why not this? |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized Tricross Comp |
| Bottom Line: | If you can, use a trailer hitch-mounted rack on your vehicle instead of a trunk-mounted rack. If not, get the Bones. While the rubber feet may affect the clear coat over time no matter what, as long as you make sure the feet and car are clean before installing, there should be no scratches, etc. One reviewer got a Thule trunk rack instead because his or her car got scratched with the Bones. Well, the Thule rack touches the car with some kind of rubber as well. Anyway, in case sand gets blown between the foot and trunk while driving, I installed six pieces of 3M clear paint protector film -- one for each of the top two feet, and two for each of the bottom two feet. For each bottom foot, there is a piece on the bottom of the trunk and on the top of the bumper, since the feet touch both. Some reviewers have complained that the trunk cannot be opened when the Bones is attached. This is because they installed it according to the instructions, which have the wide feet bottoms touching the top of the bumper, so the rack essentially rests on the bumper and would shift position when the trunk is opened. The laws of physics being what they are, I turned the feet 90 degrees so they rest against the bottom of the trunk, allowing it to be opened without trouble (with no bikes on the rack). When closed with bikes attached, the bottom feet push against both the trunk and the bumper, so all is well. Perhaps with three heavy bikes the smaller surface area of the rotated feet would push into plastic bumpers a bit more, but I doubt it would be a problem. http://public.fotki.com/Scotian/specialized_tricros/saris_bones_3_bicyc/ |
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Submitted by
Garry Bayford
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: 9/8/2006 8:38:12 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | Halfords |
| Strengths: | It is far more stable than a tubular steel rack I borrowed before buying this. |
| Weaknesses: | The mount points for the frame are in a fixed position and if your bike doesn't really match them then it is very hard to get a good secure mount for your bike. |
| Bike Setup: | Commencal Meta 5.2, Fox RP3, Fox Float 130R, SRAM, Formula Brakes |
| Bottom Line: | When I bought this carrier I had a fairly normally shaped hardtail and mounting it onto the rack was easy. My new Commencal is just slightly the wrong shape for the mount points so it is much harder to fit it and it isn't as secure. I'm changing it for a towball mounted rack soon but I would still recommend it to anyone with a normal framed bike. I've had two full suspensions bikes on it and driven hundreds of miles without any stability problems but I'm just getting fed up struggling to fit the bikes to the rack. Before fitting the rack I made sure I but strong adhesive tape to the contact points of my car to avoid any scratches. |
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Submitted by
ATLien Georgia
a Weekend Warrior
from Atlanta, GA
Date Reviewed: 8/10/2006 7:51:34 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Blanket Creek |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $129 |
| Purchased At: | Dick's Sporting Goods |
| Strengths: | Stylish Design, easy setup, stays very stable even around turns. |
| Weaknesses: | The plastic screws that hold the arms in place could be upgraded to metal. The first day I had it one of my screws got messed up and wont tighten. The feet scratch the car. |
| Similar Products Tried: | None |
| Bike Setup: | 2006 Trek 4500 18" |
| Bottom Line: | This is a good sturdy rack. It is easy to setup on any car, and it holds the bikes in place very well. The feet that make contact with the car scratched my trunk, but I solved this by wrapping a sock around the 2 feet. Overall, it is a good product. |
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Submitted by
Nate Dogg
a Cross Country Rider
from NY
Date Reviewed: 7/6/2006 10:07:30 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $110 |
| Purchased At: | Nashbar |
| Strengths: | lightweight and fairly strong, easy to return |
| Weaknesses: | good potential to damage car's paint job, numerous straps that make vibrating noise when driving, doesn't fit most full suspension bikes w/o an adapter bar, doesn't look anywhere near as nice as they advertise, no security |
| Similar Products Tried: | Swagman spare tire rack, Thule roof rack |
| Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar |
| Bottom Line: | I bought this bike rack specifically for a trip I was making where I knew I would be using a rental car and hauling around 2 bikes for 2 weeks. It was pretty easy to set up, but wouldn't fit my full-suspension bike without an adapter bar. I had the 2 bike model, and it mounts the bikes very close to each other, which over time caused a bit of damage to the bikes from rubbing on each other. You have to be very careful of how you set the bikes on the rack so they don't scratch each other or the car. Access into the trunk was nearly impossible with the bikes on, and still pretty annoying without the bikes on. Constantly had to readjust the rack if I wanted to get into the trunk. The picture they show of the product looks nice and is a good selling point. But it doesn't show the 6 straps that are required to secure the rack to the vehicle, which make it butt ugly IMO. Finally, my biggest disappointment was the security it provided - pretty much none. I was terrified to leave $4K worth of bikes on this rack, since there is no way to prevent the entire rack and bikes from being stolen. It would literally take me 10 minutes or less to pull up, take the entire rack, straps, and bikes off your vehicle, mount it on my trunk, and drive off. Crazy. You can lock the bikes to the rack with a cable (you provide), but you can't lock the rack to the car. Every other bike rack I've ever used is better than this one. I returned it after two weeks. |
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Submitted by
James Jordan
a Weekend Warrior
from Bonita Springs FL US of A
Date Reviewed: 4/27/2006 1:16:04 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | LSD Mountain; Bristol CT |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $130 |
| Purchased At: | The Bike Route; Fort Myers FL |
| Bottom Line: | Fixed 'buzzing' straps; ended to be my trunk lid bumpers were not quite compressd, and the side strap anchors just needed some type of padding to stop resonating like my Fender Stratocaster. Take an inner tube by way of a pair of scissors, and/or some two sided tape with inner tube strips (talc facing out) and it'll save your sweet paint. I have to admit that I am impressed with this product! |
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Submitted by
James Jordan
a Weekend Warrior
from Bonita FL
Date Reviewed: 4/25/2006 8:44:56 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $130 |
| Purchased At: | The Bike Route; Ft. Myers |
| Strengths: | Unique |
| Weaknesses: | My straps are buzzing above 60mph. It will be defeated. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Thule roof rack w/ fork mount(s), on a different car. |
| Bike Setup: | 5.1" Marzocchi forked IronHorse HT. |
| Bottom Line: | My 1999 SHO Taurus accepts this rack fine; all pads are on trunk, and the lone arm on top is just over the lip towards window, as this has the most structural mass to stay firm under. Trunk closes and opens fine, and the buzzing from the straps is not that big of a deal. If you've a spoiler on your car, and my SHO has a hiccup in the middle that raises the height quite considerably, this will be the set-up for you. Looks much cleaner than a hitch rack on a car, and not as machine-like as a roof unit on a car either. |
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Submitted by
AJT
a Weekend Warrior
from Sugar Land, Texas USA
Date Reviewed: 4/18/2006 6:09:09 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $118 |
| Purchased At: | Bike Barn |
| Strengths: | Aesthetically appealing, sturdy, easy to set up |
| Weaknesses: | straps to mount the bike are sometimes hard to undo |
| Bike Setup: | 2006 Trek 1500 |
| Bottom Line: | I just recently purchased a new road bike and was looking for a sturdy trunk rack to transport it and ran across reviews of this rack on this site. Some of the reviews were positive and some were negative but overall the ratings were quite good so I went and visited the Saris site and was impressed with the design. So instead of plunking down $50 for a cheap looking trunk rack at Target I decided to spend a little more for this one and picked it up last weekend. My first test was kind of awkward in that I wasn't quite sure how to set up the straps on my 2005 Camry..but after some experimentation I finally figured out the best configuration..Once you set the rack up initially you never have to adjust the arms again..the straps to hook it up to your car are easy to tighten and once tightened holds the rack very securely onto the trunk. My first trip with the bike on the back was tentative since it was really early in the morning and the sun had not yet risen but once I got the bike to my destination I was duly impressed! The rack comes off quickly and easily and fits perfectly in the backseat if you want to lock it up while you ride. I recommend purchasing some bungee cords at Wal Mart to secure your front tire while driving and on the way back I hit 50+ miles per hour at some points and the rack held the bike beautifully! My first assessment..future ones to come... |
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Submitted by
Michael
a Weekend Warrior
from Arlington, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: 3/18/2006 9:57:40 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any that I can find. |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $109 |
| Purchased At: | Richardson Bike Mart |
| Strengths: | Fits anything, holds onto my bike tight, compact. |
| Weaknesses: | none yet. |
| Similar Products Tried: | nothing else fits my car. |
| Bike Setup: | 05 Marin B-17 SRAM X.7-X Gen-PG970 drive train, AVID BB7s 6", THOMSON stem and post. |
| Bottom Line: | I have a Mazda 6 with a big stock spoiler, after looking everywhere nothing fits, and don't want to spent 300 bucks to get a ugly roof top setup. I went to a LBS to see if the Bones will fit. It advertises with its feet resting on the bumper, but I have my resting on the rear of the trunk on the license plate. So basically the whole thing is clamped on my trunk, and it works beautifully. Does everything that it needs to be doing. Holds on tight to both my bike and car, doesn't sway or bounce. The setup is a breeze, got everything set in under 5 minutes, the first time! Get it, you won't be disappointed. 5 chilis for both value and greatness. |
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Dave Atkins
a Weekend Warrior
from decatur, Ga
Date Reviewed: 3/15/2006 8:38:13 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $150 |
| Purchased At: | Free Flite Bikes |
| Strengths: | Looks Cool. |
| Weaknesses: | Hard plastic protrusions that secure set tube straps scratch paint. Hard plastic that seat tube rest against rubs paint. Plastic arms scratch and rub paint on bike. Poorly designed strap and craddles. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Yakima |
| Bike Setup: | Trek Madone 5.2 |
| Bottom Line: | I used this rack for the first time on the way to a ride about 2 hours from my house. After 25 miles I pulled over to recheck the strap tension and to my horror the hard platic area around the seat tube strap was rubbing through the clearcoat and into the paint on my carbon frame trek. The plastic arm was also rubbing the clear coat off the front side of the seat tube. I had to stop and get some napkins at a store and tape the bike rack at points of contact with electrical tape and napkins to avoid damage. Had I not stopped to check, this rack would have more than likely rubbed all the way into the carbon fiber. This rack may be OK for someone with a walmart bike or an old huffy that they don't care squat about but DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT put your nice bike on the saris bones or else your bike will look like hell at the end of your trip. It took less than 25 min on the hiway for this damage to occur. If Saris really cares about its customer they would change this design A.S.A.P. I took mine back and got a refund. WARNING!DO NOT BUY! ITS JUNK! DO NOT BUY! ITS JUNK! |
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Submitted by
Tim
a Cross Country Rider
from SC
Date Reviewed: 3/14/2006 11:58:48 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $81 |
| Purchased At: | eBay |
| Strengths: | Very sturdy, little sway, fits any vehicle, easy to adjust. |
| Weaknesses: | Bike straps take some getting used to. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Trek Transport |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized Hardrock Comp |
| Bottom Line: | I use my Bones 3 on a Toyota 4-Runner and it works great. The bottom feet rests on the bumper, the top feet on the back window, and with the six tie-down straps there is no side-to-side swaying. It does take some work to get all the straps tight, but that is the case with any carrier of this style. The plastic straps that hold the bikes in place are very secure, but can be a bit difficult to loosen of you over-tighten them. If the Bones used the Yakima style rubber straps, it would be perfect. It carries two bikes comfortably, and takes a little work to get three bikes to fit. But once they are on, they aren't going anywhere. Overall, I'm very happy with it. Especially since I got a slightly used one on eBay for half the retail price. |
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Submitted by
Yeung
a Weekend Warrior
from perth uk
Date Reviewed: 12/21/2005 3:17:22 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $90 |
| Purchased At: | halfords |
| Strengths: | er none |
| Weaknesses: | scratches bike and car, difficult to set tension straps evenly |
| Similar Products Tried: | thule clip on, thule roof bars and tour rack, hollywood 4 bike |
| Bike Setup: | klein palomino, di lorenzo road bike |
| Bottom Line: | this rack sucks. rubber feet scratched the hell out of the bootlid of my bmw 5 series and worse still the hard plastic bike holders scratched my klein. difficult to set straps evenly too. the rack didnt even fir the wife's saab 93 as it fouled the rear spoiler. rubbish. i took mine back after 3 weeks. |
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Texan9922
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston, TX
Date Reviewed: 8/25/2005 1:52:37 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Rocky Hill |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $139 |
| Purchased At: | Bikrke Ba |
| Strengths: | It's very stable, holds my bikes well, fits over my spoiler (after I adjusted correctly) |
| Weaknesses: | the rubber feet have left a some small scratches on my trunk. I scrapped my spoiled through trial and error of adjusting it to fit my car, but that is on me. |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 w/545 pedals |
| Bottom Line: | Has held my bikes stable on 100+ mile trips at 75-80 mph. I"m very happy with it, but I would recommend putting down a cloth under the rubber feet. As long as the load bearing straps are tight, your bike won't move. |
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Chuck
a Weekend Warrior
from lansing, MI
Date Reviewed: 7/15/2005 12:43:14 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Burchfiled park |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $80 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | Normal frame bikes slip on and off super quick. Attached very solid to car. bikes do not shake at all when attached. Have not seen any scratches from rack on car in 2 years of use. All componets are alumin. and abs plastic, so will not rust out. I am using the 3 bike model. Straps all have rubber type feel that won;t harm bike if you are worried about scratches... |
| Weaknesses: | My full suspension bike is difficult to get on and off. Also girlfriends bike with female frame slightly hard to center on this rack. Bought a tube top adapter to solve that problem. |
| Bottom Line: | Package clearly states that you should have a Metal Bumper on your car to use this rack.. This rack rests on the bumper, and if you have a plastic or foam one, it could distort the rear end.. Luckily my jeep Cherokee is all metal so no problems.. |
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Alan
a Weekend Warrior
from Severna Park
Date Reviewed: 7/1/2005 6:07:57 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only |
| Purchased At: | 149 |
| Strengths: | Design is funky. Curved support bar allows you to stagger bikes so that handle bars don't get in the way. |
| Weaknesses: | Very difficult to get bikes on and off as the straps are very rigid. Feet leave marks on your car and cause serious pressure points on the trunk and bumper. Decided to return the Saris and replaced it with the new Thule 962xt three-bike model. What a difference. Would strongly recommend the Thule over the Saris. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Thule 962xt. This is a great rack. |
| Bike Setup: | |