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Has anyone, or does anyone know about roof rack configurations.
Can you get 3 bicycles on the roof.

Thanks :-)

 

I don't have my MINI yet but am getting the roof rack. In my previous experience with bikes on the roof of my old Saturn, the only real issue is having:

1. Enough rails on the roof rack (and if fork mount rails, having front tire holders - esp true for the mini with limited interior cargo space for 3 wheels)
2. If wide handlebars on the bike(s), staggering the configuration with 2 forward on the ends and 1 backwards in the middle (or something to that effect).

Should be no issue from what I can see.

 

Yea Unixgal I was thinking the same thing about "staggering the configuration with 2 forward on the ends and 1 backwards in the middle (or something to that effect)." I'm just wondering if I should be thinking along the lines of a Thule rack where you can get wider cross bars to accomodate the width of the 3 bikes staggered. Granted the bars would stick out about a foot beyond the width of the car but, as this is my only mode of transport I have little choice. Lol...it would probably look like a flying insect going down the road.

 

what I used to do on my yakima was loosen the stem on one bike and turn the bars. You will not need to reverse one of the bars works better.

 

Reverend have you, or do you know if you can get 3 bikes with wheels still on with the Yakima rack system ?