Originally Posted by
kachowkeith
I need a way to haul about 9-11 beach cruisers about 6-8 times a year. I drive a Hyundai Accent and already have a trailer hitch and a bike rack that holds 5 bikes. That has a 300lb tongue capacity and i believe my car has about a 1000lb load capacity.
Am I better off getting a roof rack to put 4 more bikes up there or would it be better on my car to pull a trailer with the bikes on the trailer instead?
A trailer from Harbor Freight runs about $250, light kits are reasonably cheap.
A roof rack is going to run about $400 -$500 or so for 2 bikes, probably $700 for 4 bikes.
Thus I'd go the trailer route especially as you can get a bare bones model then build the mounts. Pickup truck mounts such as the Saris, run about $28 ea..
Also easier to load up a trailer then a roof mount.