Carrying bikes on cars - questions

[Busamav]

Marcellus said:

This might sound obvious but;

IF CARRYING YOUR BIKES ON THE ROOF DO NOT FORGET THAT THEY'RE THERE!!!!

I used to carry my TT bike on the roof, I was communting London to Birmingham for work and then racing at Thame in the evening... on the roof was a really great way to carrying the bike, really secure and hardly noticed it was there!

One week popped to the Local Sainsburys for lunch....... the only thing that reminded me the bike was on the roof was the "thwang/crunch" as I went under the height restriction..... result, one really nice TT bike completely trashed... and insurance wouldn't cover it ;(

I did exactly the same ,been on a long training ride and had arranged to meet the family at a park and I would come back woith them in the car , I drove out of the park as I was telling the kids to sit down and be quiet when thump....

Bike was fine but it destroyed the roof of a year old car