Yakima 8002071

Buy discount Yakima SideWinder Tandem Fork Mount Rooftop Bicycle Carrier yakima sidewinderBy freeski1057I bought this tandem rack to replace an older Rocky Mounts rack with the hope that it would make the process of getting a tandem on to a roof top rack easier. Unfortunately I've been very dissapointed. To begin with the cross bars I had on my vehicle weren't wide enough to allow standing the bike up to place the fork into the mount without the chain rings hitting the side of the car. I purchased wider bars which did solve that problem. The rack is designed to swivel out the fork mount, stand the bike on end with the front tire off, put into the mount, then lift the bike and swing it around and drop the bottom tube onto a support. In theory it's supposed to be a one person operation, but my experience as a 5'8" person is forget it. Even with my wife assisting by pushing the swivel fork mount back inward it was very difficult to set the bike down onto the support for the bottom tube because the chains get hung up on it. This ... » More Information about Yakima SideWinder Tandem Fork Mount Rooftop Bicycle Carrier.

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