Saris Bones 3 Bike Rack
|
|
 |
|
Our Low Price
|
£126.00
|
|
RRP: |
£139.99 |
|
You Save: |
£13.99 (9.99 %) |
|
|
|
|
|
The Saris bones compliments all vehicle types and is an excellent alternative to bike roof racks!
|
Features
- Three bike capacity
- Fits most mountain, and road bikes
- Injection moulded
- Engineered-resin construction is the strongest on the market
- Built with 100% recyclable, non-rusting materials
- Absorbs road shock and other bike-jostling evils
- Easily adjusts to fit most vehicle styles: sedans, hatchbacks and minivans
- Non-marring thermoplastic rubber foot pads adjust to the contours of the vehicle
- Integrated, ratcheting straps are designed to hold and stabilize bikes
- Arc-based design fits over spoilers and separates bikes on three different levels
- Lifetime warranty
Description
Always offering the simplest and most functional transportation options
Saris bike products are hard to beat. The
Saris Bones 3 Bike Rack is easy-to-install, bone-solid, and kind of fun-to-look-at. With a three-bike capacity and non-marking resin construction, you and your bike will be on the road in no time. This
bike rack is ideal for familys friends or single riders a like. The Saris Bones Bike Rack is designed for
Saris Racks by renowned Italian designer Fabio Pedrini and offer superb modern styling and reliability. The
Saris bones rack compliments all vehicle types and is an excellent alternative to bike roof racks; easy to install with simple loading and unloading of bicycles. Includes all hardware and straps for securely transporting your road or mountain bikes.
Professional Reviews
 
Saris Bones 3 Bike Rack, 03/08/2009 10:28:14
|
|
Reviewer: WMTB
|
The Bones features six plastic arms that can be set anywhere around a toothed aluminium spine, giving a good fit on most cars. Two rest on the bumper, two fit in higher up and the remaining two cradle the bikes, Set at different angles, they can even hold bikes that have steep top tubes horizontally. It's easy to fit the rack to the car, but fiddly to render the bikes immobile by lashing with the integral strpas-we found an extra webbing strap or two helps. In use, the bones is steady rather than sturdy, so its better the fewer bikes you carry.
Highs: Looks great and it's protected from rust
Lows: The bikes can wobble
Buy If: You want a stylish rack that works reasonably well
Verdict: Functional but costs more than the Thule once you add a lighting board. Overall:7.
|
Customer Reviews
|
Excellent product but check compatibility before you buy, 08/10/2009 13:33:06
|
|
Reviewer: furious
|
I've my Saris bones for about three years now and, apart from gradual loss of tightness on the plastic wing-nuts that secure the upper arms, it is has survived regular use with no visible wear and tear.
The rack is so easy to fit to a car that you can get it on inside 5 minutes, easily, and get it off in 30 seconds, simply by slackening the straps and lifting it off. I've also regularly used it to transport three bikes on many round trips in excess of 80miles. As the professional reviewer mentions, the bikes do wobble about a bit and this can be disconcerting when you look in the rear view mirror, but I've never had even the remotest indication that the bikes were in danger of coming off, so I can confirm that they always stay in place if you secure the rack tightly to the car. I've never had a problem with any bikes being damaged in transit while using this rack.
There are however some serious considerations to take into account when buying this rack. Firstly, I've read reviews elsewhere that suggest you will struggle badly to fit many brands of full sus bikes on the rack. It would be annoying if you bought it only to find you couldn't even load your bike on there. The only full sus I've ever put on there is my Cannondale Prophet, which requires some jiggling to slip it over the hooks, but does go on quite easily. I've put plenty of hardtails on it with no problem at all, but if you have a full sus check that it's actually compatible before you buy.
Secondly, there is a compatibility issue with some cars. The issue is not that the rack won't attach to the car, but that there may be no way of attaching the rack and putting bikes on in a position that doesn't obscure the licence plate and rear lights. I found this out to my cost when my cousin and I were pulled by the cops and fined with the rack on his Citroen C3 - the crank and pedals of one bike were covering a couple of letters of the licence plate and one of the wheels was covering the rear lights on one side. Obviously if you own, or intend to buy a light-board to attach then this isn't a problem, but that adds extra cost and significant extra loading hassle. When one of the biggest selling points of this rack seems to be the speed you can whack it on and off and get yourself out on the trail as soon as you've parked up, you don't really want to be complicating it with an extra piece of kit to be attached and taken off. Of course you may be lucky - I used the rack for two years with my Corsa, never giving a thought to the illegality of blocking the lights and number plate and never once got pulled. Since getting stung by the cops though, I now use my old man's Astra which raises the rack higher and doesn't block the lights or plate. I can say from direct experience this rack isn't really suitable for a Vauxhall Corsa, Citroen C3, Golf MK2 or Fiat Punto (without the lightboard) but it works fine with a Vauxhall Astra (not the newest shape) and a Subaru Impreza.
Also, a minor gripe I have with the Saris Bones concerns the elasticated string that secures the dangling part of the straps you use to attach the rack to the car. When you pull the straps tight to affix the rack, there is always a length of strap that dangles. The rack comes with a little elasticated hoop that you use to hold the dangly part in place, but after a while it loses elasticity and doesn't really do anything. If the straps dangle, once you go over about 50mph they start twirling around and make a very loud noise, like a light airplane propellor, which is just irritating. This is easily remedied by just tying the dangling bit in a knot or using an elastic band or similar to hold it in place... or by making sure you never do more than 50mph!
If you've read my review this far I hope I haven't put you off buying what is essentially a superb product, which I still use near enough every weekend. I just wanted to qualify my praise by explaining some of the pitfalls you might face if your bike or car isn't quite right.
|