Covers for bikes on car roof racks
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Does anyone know of a suitable cover for a bike while it's attached to the roof of your car so it doesn't get covered in a billion dead bugs and loads of bird s
t?
This is the type of thing I'm after, produced a few years ago but seems to be discontinued now.
Yes I'm aware it's the cycling equivalent of a car bra but better that than having the front of my bike look like a plasterer's radio after each long journey.
t?This is the type of thing I'm after, produced a few years ago but seems to be discontinued now.
Yes I'm aware it's the cycling equivalent of a car bra but better that than having the front of my bike look like a plasterer's radio after each long journey.
Probably not the reply that you are looking for but I would strongly consider which is more annoying, bugs on your bike or atrocious MPG. Removing the saddle, which includes a crud guard, from my brother's bike produces a measurable increase in MPG. He normally puts his bike facing backwards for other reasons so the whale tail type mud guard would be facing the wind. I would guess that the bike cover would be many times worse aerodynamically.
whilst i do agree that a car on the roof nails mpg to the ground, if its raining, driving at motorway speeds just grinds water and dirt into an ingress possible. so i just use cling film, its cheap and does the job, just keep a roll in the boot. covers suspension forks really well, headsets and cranks....
pablo said:
whilst i do agree that a car on the roof nails mpg to the ground, if its raining, driving at motorway speeds just grinds water and dirt into an ingress possible. so i just use cling film, its cheap and does the job, just keep a roll in the boot. covers suspension forks really well, headsets and cranks....
Good idea. 
madbadger said:
pablo said:
whilst i do agree that a car on the roof nails mpg to the ground, if its raining, driving at motorway speeds just grinds water and dirt into an ingress possible. so i just use cling film, its cheap and does the job, just keep a roll in the boot. covers suspension forks really well, headsets and cranks....
Good idea. 
Aren't the back seats of a 911 ideal for bike transport? 
Seriously though, I've never worried about the bike getting mucky on the roof of the car, probably for 2 reasons:
1. It's a mountain bike, so mucky is normal.
2. The roofrack is the bike upside down type so the saddle and bars are low down and relatively well-shielded, especially if you put the bike on upsidedown and backwards.
Seriously though, I've never worried about the bike getting mucky on the roof of the car, probably for 2 reasons:
1. It's a mountain bike, so mucky is normal.
2. The roofrack is the bike upside down type so the saddle and bars are low down and relatively well-shielded, especially if you put the bike on upsidedown and backwards.
ewenm said:
Aren't the back seats of a 911 ideal for bike transport?
Seriously though, I've never worried about the bike getting mucky on the roof of the car, probably for 2 reasons:
1. It's a mountain bike, so mucky is normal.
2. The roofrack is the bike upside down type so the saddle and bars are low down and relatively well-shielded, especially if you put the bike on upsidedown and backwards.
On the newer more lardy models maybe, but the inside of mine is tiny!Seriously though, I've never worried about the bike getting mucky on the roof of the car, probably for 2 reasons:
1. It's a mountain bike, so mucky is normal.
2. The roofrack is the bike upside down type so the saddle and bars are low down and relatively well-shielded, especially if you put the bike on upsidedown and backwards.
It's mainly the bar tape & saddle I want to keep crap free so if it comes to it, I may have to go down the clingfilm route.
neilski said:
Does anyone know of a suitable cover for a bike while it's attached to the roof of your car so it doesn't get covered in a billion dead bugs and loads of bird st?
This is the type of thing I'm after, produced a few years ago but seems to be discontinued now.
Yes I'm aware it's the cycling equivalent of a car bra but better that than having the front of my bike look like a plasterer's radio after each long journey.
This online store in the USA are showing stock ($34.99) Not sure if they ship to the UK thought?This is the type of thing I'm after, produced a few years ago but seems to be discontinued now.
Yes I'm aware it's the cycling equivalent of a car bra but better that than having the front of my bike look like a plasterer's radio after each long journey.
http://www.boardnbike.com/catalog/Louis%20Garneau1...
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