You are correct. Thanks for clarifying. Yes some of us do keep them on the roof all the time...some do it for use, some for looks, some because it's trendy....I have them on my c30 for use and because my wife likes them...I prefer them off
You keep them on the roof for looks? I personally think it looks really stupid. But maybe its an american thing. In europe, no one drives around with them just for looks.
Okay, then I narrow it down to switzerland and the countrys around ;-) i am pretty shure TomOldi would agree with me. No driver's cars with crossbars. Looks stupid, more fuelconsumption, less performance... Just my opinion.
I think I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy this setup. Was going to do the suction cup bike mount but that doesn't help me for the occasional time that I take my car skiing instead of our SUV. My dealer has an S60 with this mounted in the showroom for the past 4 months and the weatherstriping around the door is only modestly deformed so I don't think that will be an issue.
Looks wise I agree the V60 looks better without it. My legacy gt had factory rails so the rack itself was lower profile and I thought looked really good on the car so I kept it year round. I really wish we could mount the factory rails....oh well.
Left side down, front wheel ahed, then you have more room for the handlebar, like the opposite way. That's like my brother did it, with the bikes, in his V60.
I'm wondering, if my ordered Rocky Instinct I'll fit, because of the 29 wheels
You should be able to get a bike in easily enough. I've been shoving my XL Santa Cruz Tallboy in all sorts of smallish rental cars like VW Golfs, Mazda 3s and Opel Astras that have fold down rear seats. Front wheel comes off but that's all, though a dropper seatpost does help too.
I'm guessing 720-750mm, don't have a tape over here. They're Easton EC70 carbon that came on the bike.
When loaded the bars lay horizontal.
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