T-Bob Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 So up to now I've alway adhered to the rule that your bike rides in the car. With the holidays coming up, alot of farm / dirt / dust roads to drive, dogs, in laws and rugrats filling up the interior I've got to finally strap my roadie and my dual on a rack. Last time I did that I ended up at the Breede and my hardtail didn't have an inch of paint, chain or cable visible through the layers of dust. Had to spend the first evening cleaning it from top to bottom, chain baths and cassette off. I've got a tow bar clamp style rack. Any one got any ideas that are blindingly obvious to cut down the clag or is it time to put the in laws on the roof and the bikes back in the boot?
Wayne Potgieter Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Dont laugh, but i had the same problem. I went and bought a motorbike weather cover from midas for like R150 and it fits over three bikes on my Thule bike rack. TIE IT SUPER TIGHT on the bottom... Bobs your uncle. Skylark, Pants Boy, T-Bob and 2 others 5
Wayne Potgieter Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 I had the same problem on my regular trip to dullstroom.
T-Bob Posted December 10, 2013 Author Posted December 10, 2013 Dont laugh, but i had the same problem. I went and bought a motorbike weather cover from midas for like R150 and it fits over three bikes on my Thule bike rack. TIE IT SUPER TIGHT on the bottom... Good call. I'm down with servicing my own bike but at least let me have ridden it in anger 1st... Wayne Potgieter 1
Vanstone Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Roof rack is almost the only way to prevent such a dust coating RockCoach 1
Wayne Potgieter Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) use cling film to wrap the bike! works like a charmMy wife would moer me if she saw me using that much clingfilm. Edited December 10, 2013 by Wayne Potgieter Izak, Maniax and DACoetzee 3
leon_pro Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 use cling film to wrap the bike! works like a charm
leon_pro Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 go to a plastic land or west pack … they sell industrial rolls like 100m about R80.
leon_pro Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 wait my roll is 300m, and i paid under R100 @ WESTPACK in alberton.
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Dont laugh, but i had the same problem. I went and bought a motorbike weather cover from midas for like R150 and it fits over three bikes on my Thule bike rack. TIE IT SUPER TIGHT on the bottom... Bobs your uncle. Does that not flap and make a hell of a racket behind the car??
Wayne Potgieter Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Does that not flap and make a hell of a racket behind the car??dunno. Cant hear it over my screaming kids. On a serious note, if you tie it super tight, not really. But i drive a landrover Discovery 4, so the bikes dont really get hit by the wind as the car area exceeds the bikes. Steven Knoetze (sk27), gummibear, T-Bob and 1 other 4
Cassie Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Just rinse the bike...what's wrong with that? take chain off during transport...
T-Bob Posted December 10, 2013 Author Posted December 10, 2013 Just rinse the bike...what's wrong with that? take chain off during transport... I've got a navara and the roof racks they supply are useless and a nightmare to try to get anything for so it has to ride on a rear rack. After a simple 2hr dirt road drive the fine gritty dust had got into everything from the cassette to the cables to the rear mech wheels etc and loved anything with a hint of lube. A std wash managed to turn most of the dust into a mix of slime and glue.
Iwan Kemp Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 So up to now I've alway adhered to the rule that your bike rides in the car. With the holidays coming up, alot of farm / dirt / dust roads to drive, dogs, in laws and rugrats filling up the interior I've got to finally strap my roadie and my dual on a rack. Last time I did that I ended up at the Breede and my hardtail didn't have an inch of paint, chain or cable visible through the layers of dust. Had to spend the first evening cleaning it from top to bottom, chain baths and cassette off. I've got a tow bar clamp style rack. Any one got any ideas that are blindingly obvious to cut down the clag or is it time to put the in laws on the roof and the bikes back in the boot? Rubber "mat" cable tied to the the bottom of the rack helps a heck of a lot.
Pants Boy Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 dunno. Cant hear it over my screaming kids. On a serious note, if you tie it super tight, not really. But i drive a landrover Discovery 4, so the bikes dont really get hit by the wind as the car area exceeds the bikes. Actually, you can't hear it over the sounds of the Landy breaking. There's no way anyone can push a Land Rover fast enough to create wind, never mind dust. *You know there's no such thing as a Land Rover joke, it's all true Ramrod 1
Cappi Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 wait my roll is 300m, and i paid under R100 @ WESTPACK in alberton. just ask for pallet wrap. that price seems to be right.
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