04-29-2016, 09:00 PM
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Clevis pin fer the win. 
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04-30-2016, 08:52 AM
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The question is, how many racks go through the entire life of the vehicle without ever being used even once?
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Probably about as many as there are vehicles with AWD/4WD that go their entire lives without needing AWD/4WD.
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My brother's 1999 Lexus RX 300 has nearly 300k miles and as far as I can recall the stock rack has never been used.
The AWD was useful about 3 times. Maybe 4. |
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04-30-2016, 09:42 AM
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I blame my wife's last car.
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Where is your wife's car in the picture ? Parked behind that blue truck ?
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04-30-2016, 09:49 AM
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I'm in Austin, a college town. A lot of folks here drive around with bikes on their cars.
I suspect it's more a showing of " I'm a healthy male - just look at my bike "
Sort of the way that marathon stickers are popular here :  |
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04-30-2016, 11:52 AM
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Sort of the way that marathon stickers are popular here : |
Those are all over the place here, too, especially this weekend since the Illinois Marathon is taking place as I type.
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04-30-2016, 02:32 PM
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Roof basket AND bike! He wins.
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04-30-2016, 02:51 PM
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basket and bike
we aren't allowed the standard primate ritualistic treetop defecating and urinating dominance display/territoriality behavior (yet!).
Chest beating.Yes!
Isn't it wonderful what western civilization will do to perpetuate its DNA?
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04-30-2016, 03:09 PM
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A roof rack and a bike rack is like a belt and suspenders.
I only use both for long loads, most recently a 16ft piece of 1" hex-bar steel for $13.75 (less than a dollar a foot! Now, what do I do with it?) |
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04-30-2016, 05:10 PM
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Mr. Aerohead sir, did you ever read "Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle? I do not have any idea if this scene made it into Charlton Heston's movie, but I alway felt that a man flirting was only a glorified ape beating his chest, which Ulysse initially refused to do to court Nova.
Are there any roof racks that positions bikes sideways for the ultimate win?
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04-30-2016, 07:52 PM
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^^^^One post up, Sir Xist.
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