libes@nbs-amrf.UUCP (01/04/84)
I would like some recommendations on car-top bicycle carriers. Preferably ones that can carry things besides bicycles, also. Is it better to have bikes be upright or inverted when they're on a roof rack? I assume upright because the upright racks from one manufacturer cost more, but I don't know a real reason. Don Libes allegra!umcp-cs!nbs-amrf!libes
kfl@5941ux.UUCP (Kenton Lee) (01/16/84)
One problem with carrying your bikes inverted on top of you car is that, unless you take precautions, the grease will get blown out of your headset. Bicycling magazine (I think this is where I heard it) recommends wrapping your headset with sections cut from old inner tubes to solve this problem.