Rims bent on the bus bike rack?!
06-23-05, 01:35 PM
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on my way to work today I was looking at a MTB that was in the bike rack on the front of the bus... I noticed how it was bouncing back and forth just a little as the bus stopped and went..
this brings me to my question:
Have any of you put your bikes into the racks on a bus and it bent your rims even the slightest bit? I know there is a bar you move up to the top of your wheel and it braces the bike down, but when your rims are only an inch and a half thick it has to start to take effect... How did you prevent this, it is a use at your own risk kind of thing, public transportation isnt responsible for damage or loss of your bikes...
With this being said, If I buy a road bike should i not take the bus anymore? do you think it would damage my rims? Or should I just stick with a bike with larger rims like a MTB or something?
-- just bored curiousity..
this brings me to my question:
Have any of you put your bikes into the racks on a bus and it bent your rims even the slightest bit? I know there is a bar you move up to the top of your wheel and it braces the bike down, but when your rims are only an inch and a half thick it has to start to take effect... How did you prevent this, it is a use at your own risk kind of thing, public transportation isnt responsible for damage or loss of your bikes...
With this being said, If I buy a road bike should i not take the bus anymore? do you think it would damage my rims? Or should I just stick with a bike with larger rims like a MTB or something?
-- just bored curiousity..
06-23-05, 01:43 PM
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I use those racks a lot, with my road bike with cheap alex rims that are supposedly crap (though I beg to differ).
I have had no problems. And the bus route I take is on a very bumpy freeway.
If my rims can handle my 210 pound butt doing bunny hops over RR tracks, I think they can take a little jostling on a bus.
I have had no problems. And the bus route I take is on a very bumpy freeway.
If my rims can handle my 210 pound butt doing bunny hops over RR tracks, I think they can take a little jostling on a bus.
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Originally Posted by MrCjolsen
I use those racks a lot, with my road bike with cheap alex rims that are supposedly crap (though I beg to differ).
I have had no problems. And the bus route I take is on a very bumpy freeway.
If my rims can handle my 210 pound butt doing bunny hops over RR tracks, I think they can take a little jostling on a bus.
I have had no problems. And the bus route I take is on a very bumpy freeway.
If my rims can handle my 210 pound butt doing bunny hops over RR tracks, I think they can take a little jostling on a bus.
good point
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absolutely... I ride the bus regularly with both of my bikes and have never had a problem.. I wouldn't worry about it in the least.
