Originally Posted by cydewaze
Is this the rack?
If so, there is no way you could ever, EVER hurt your frame with that rack, unless you intend to back into something with it or get read-ended.
A carbon fiber frame isn't made out of egg shells, so there's no reason to treat it like it is.
If you put more than one bike on this, be very careful how you pad between the bikes as they are prone to rubbing the paint off of each other. That is why I got rid of my trunk rack.