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Michael Actually, have you noticed these people who carry bicycles on a rack mounted on the back of their car on the Autobahn? They're really annoying! But since I have bought one of these bicycle carriers myself, I see the situation in a whole different light.
Due to my knee injury, I couldn't properly walk or hike for months, so I bought a second bike for Angelika and instead of our strenunous urban hikes, we rode bikes. San Francisco is not entirely safe for cycling and it is also exhausting because of its hills, so I looked for a bike rack to mount on the car, to drive to a flat areas and go on some nice rides.
I found a trunk mounted bike rack on Amazon for $35, consisting of a metal frame and four straps with metal hooks to secure the rack on the car, by inserting the hooks into the nooks and crannies by the trunk lid. The design of the rack is simple yet effective, except in Germany, you would be arrested immediately if you were caught driving with it on your car on the autobahn.
While shuttling our bikes around, we've discovered interesting new tricks: usually, if you want to park anywhere in the bay area near a main attraction, you'll face always-hungry parking meters and lurking meter maids. But if you have bicycles mounted on your car, you simply park half a mile away in a residential area, dismount the bikes and cycle to the attraction in about two minutes, where you can easily store the bikes, for example in front of a restaurant. Unless, of course, you end up in the city of Sausalito, where there are signs everywhere that proclaim in draconian words that bicycles may not be parked on the sidewalk. What a dump!
The bike mount fits on both of our cars, one of which has a trunk and the other one has a rear hatch, but the design is versatible enough to fit both. You shouldn't be worried about scratching your car's clear coat either, as the rack's metal hooks fit snugly at the seams of the trunk or hatch, and may even rattle when turning corners, but so far I haven't noticed any damage. Of course, this could also be due to the fact that we have long since passed the stage where new scratches would bother us with our old cars. All in all ... another Top Product!
Greetings from San Francisco
Angelika and Michael
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