Shimano Dura-Ace Di3 will feature a garage door opener jamming and alert system.

I actually like that idea. With the amount of times my wife accidentally leaves the garage door open, the idea of putting the garage door opener in the glove box wouldn't work for me.

This may be a first. An accident caused by alcohol you hadn't even consumed yet.

Wish it were true. Body style of my car requires hole in bumper or bending hitch. Haven't found a hitch guy willing to custom bend one.

I don't think I could do a roof rack because I know I would eventually hit something. Of course hitch racks aren't fool proof either. One time on vacation my wife was backing into a space. I looked out the back window just in time to see she was about to pile up the bikes into a wooden fence post. She stopped within a half inch after I screamed like a little girl.

My agent said I m the 5th claim in 20 years for this.

Now here's an idea! It could even cover up the scuffs and dents my bike just put in the house!

Get a lower car hahah. I drive a lowered Acura Integra, and with a bike in a rack on top without its front wheel would probably still be less than 7 feet tall. :)

Putting a hitch on a Corvette should be a criminal activity punishable by castration.

Because the car can drive straight only and with the bike on hitch it's even more dangerous. Good point.

Yes, the bottle is attached stronger to the bottle cage (never lost one because of wind) than dropouts in CF fork.

BTW, when I entered the garage dropouts cracked but were not pulled out.

Apparently you haven't driven one in the last 20 years.

I put a sticky note in the instrument area reading "BIKE ON ROOF!!"

And it helped me to keep my sense of humor.

Corvettes can own an autocross event given decent drivers. And I have seen a few with hitches hauling trailers with tires, tools, etc. to a track event. Nothing wrong at all with having at least just a square hitch receiver on a Vette.

3x for my wife...we have been lucky to have never caused any serious damage. These days, the door opener goes in the trunk when the bikes are on top.

That's why you get a hitch rack. Look at the Swagman XTC. Compared to a roof rack its cheaper, safer, easier to put bikes on/off, better mileage, looks better, no wind noise, no car damage

The hitch rack has some disanvatages too.
It looks ugly without bikes and if you need to take your bike every other day, then it is either to keep it on all the time or to re-attach it every second morning. Been there.
Also, the hitch rack sways and it bothered me. I know it's nothing wrong but anyway.
Also, when you leave the bikes in parking lot, they are more accessible for some yahoos with wrong ideas and little alien tool.
The bikes on the roof are visible from the distance - on the hitch are not.
In case of an accident the hitches potentially can make more damage to the car (your car).
Talking about fuel economy - the back of the car has to be the same aerodinamic as the front in order to save the gas.
I did not feel any difference in gas consumption between them two.

my strategy is to have my garage so packed full of crap that there is no way i can fit my car into it. problem solved:)

F that, I went for so many years having to park on the driveway (when living w/ parents) that I vowed when I bought my house to ALWAYS have it clear enough to park the car inside it. I hate seeing all the driveways in my neighborhood all littered up with cars, and even worse, parking on the street. Probably 85% of the houses in my area have double garages, and probably 30%-40% of the people actually park their cars in them.

It is not about how many parking spaces people have. In my hood 50% of houses have 3 car garage and all of them have driveways for 4-6 cars. Still parking on the street...to the point when delivery truck can't access.

Hate it too.

But in my case - I have 9 adult bikes and 3 kids in the garage plus running stroller, bike trailer... I managed to squeeze all in one car space, but if I park 2 cars in the garage it is a problem to pull that stuff out.. Even 3 car garage is not enough to park 2 cars.

okay well I could see that I guess. Right now there's just my one bike in the garage, plus 2 cars, and all my tools and other crap. My bike is on the wall just to the left off the pic below.

I'm actually leaning towards the Seasucker bike racks over a hitch mount, mainly because it could be switched out between any car. Plus if I mount the bike with the back wheel down at the base of my rear glass, the bike will for sure be under 7 feet tall which should have no problems clearing just about anything.

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Insurance lady called last night. Had no idea how to value the bike, so she was asking me. I went online simultaneously with her and walked her around the Specialized website. She saw the Roubaix expert UI2 and thought it was the comparable model..... but I am honest and had her switch to the regular Roubaix expert page. Then she googled the Yakima High roller mount for its price. Bike and rack are going through the homeowner policy, so deductible number two applies. She put me on hold, and when she came back she said I am getting a check for @$2500 in the mail. Then, when I submit receipts showing that I actually replaced the bike and rack mount, I will get a check for the remainder due to a "replacement value" clause.

So, I get a new bike for 500 bucks! I will find out about a crash replacement frame and wheel repairs while shopping for the new bike, just hoping that I could inexpensively re-incarnate the old bike in the future for a spare ride. In the mean time, with winter not that far away, I have a dedicated basement trainer at the least.

That's what you think. Wait until you get the bill for your new, increased homeowner's insurance premiums.