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mikeymo wrote:TrevA wrote:roubaixtuesday wrote:
Why, out of interest?
Because of the way you clamp the bike. I’m not sure that the carbon is made to withstand a clamping stress on the tubes. I’d use a front wheel out bike rack where you clamp the forks, as the bike is built to withstand that sort of stress.
To be honest, with the number of comments I read about carbon fibre, and the umpteen ways in which you have to be "careful" with it, I'm glad I haven't got any.
But yes, if the poor things are so delicate, then the clamping mechanism on a roof mounted bike is the last thing you want to expose it to. Those clamps are "one size fits all", or rather "one size doesn't quite fit anything", so I dare say there will be point loads on the tubes. And given where they are, it can be quite difficult to clamp them carefully.
Never had the slightest problem. Thule one size fits all clamps work quickly and easily. No problem with steel, ti, Al, CF.
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That is advertised as being suitable for carbon frames and I'd believe Thule product descriptions.
I've only ever transported steel and alloy bikes and I've found a version of these to be excellent: easy to load the bike once the rack is adjusted and rock steady on the move . The clamp is a snug fit on the frame but it would be impossible to tighten in a way that damaged a frame.
https://www.roofracks.co.uk/proride/p/555
That is advertised as being suitable for carbon frames and I'd believe Thule product descriptions.
I've only ever transported steel and alloy bikes and I've found a version of these to be excellent: easy to load the bike once the rack is adjusted and rock steady on the move . The clamp is a snug fit on the frame but it would be impossible to tighten in a way that damaged a frame.
https://www.roofracks.co.uk/proride/p/555