Recent content by mukkrakker

I'm looking at the Swagman Upright Rack (two actually) for a budget solution. I have a Subaru Outback wagon and the rack bars are wide (2.25 inches) and oval in shape. The Swagman Upright has a "U" bolt that clamps to the roof rack bar, however Swagman were a little nebulous about the...

Thanks Caliborn really appreciate the reply. Mukk

Not that I fancy the idea of getting my bike up on the roof (I figure getting it off is a lot easier thanks to gravity) but I do need to get my bike to some nice runs instead of riding the whole way there and back again. My Outback has the rotatable slats roof rack (I think its the 2010 model)...

Hey thanks Kurt, I will - I was just down Wharton way at the weekend scaring the wife in the Subaru looking for Blue Hole - Man those flies down there are like science fiction monsters, I was twenty yards away from finding it, on foot, when those buggers chased me back to the car!

Thanks for all the info JD, much appreciated.

Really not sure if mtbNJ is the right place for me but let me give you a few details and we'll see what the response is. I've been out of cycling for about twenty years, prior to that I was never off a bike - drop handle road racer which I took off road as often as possible. (I rode in the UK...