Crossbar flex with roof rack and upright bike racks

[El Chupacabra]

Cross post from the ask an expert thread, where this got lost among the other stuff...

Anyone here using an upright bike carrier with aero crossbars? Curious if you noticed a fair amount of flex in the crossbars, and whether you were comfortable with it.

I already had several Thule Sidearm bike racks, so thought I'd mount up two on a Rhino Rack vortex bar rack that I installed over the truck bed on my Ridgeline. The leverage of the Thule rack with a mounted causes the crossbar to flex quite a bit. Not sure I trust it. FWIW they're longer crossbars, 65", which isn't helping any for the flex issue.

I have a hitch rack too, but since I already had the Thule Sidearm racks, thought I'd go ahead and use them too. Having racks ready to go is convenient.

Pic attached of my test fit today.

[nickwm21]

…..Karma from buying a short-bed truck and putting a rack on it…..


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