Ambushed !

On 5/12/2020 9:12 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/12/2020 8:05 PM, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 2020 12:11:50 -0700, wrote:

On Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 4:20:27 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:

One reason for the roof rack is that it's by far best for carrying the
tandem. And I have it set up so it hangs above the car in the garage. I
lower it directly onto the roof, take about two minutes to fasten it
down and it's ready to go.
--
- Frank Krygowski

You can attach the tandem to the roof rack on the car while the car is
still parked inside the garage?Â* How tall are your garage doors?

Perhaps he has a barn.
I just want to know how he gets it off the roof rack to ride and back on
to return home.


We'll wait for Frank's reply but the usual bike-on-roof-carrier
technique is to open the car door and stand in the doorway.

I do it standing on the ground.

I have friends who load their bike onto a roof rack on a small SUV, one
that's much taller than our car. He actually brings along a small
aluminum ladder.


--
- Frank Krygowski

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 6:13:11 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/12/2020 8:05 PM, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 2020 12:11:50 -0700, wrote:

On Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 4:20:27 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:

One reason for the roof rack is that it's by far best for carrying the
tandem. And I have it set up so it hangs above the car in the garage. I
lower it directly onto the roof, take about two minutes to fasten it
down and it's ready to go.
--
- Frank Krygowski

You can attach the tandem to the roof rack on the car while the car is
still parked inside the garage? How tall are your garage doors?

Perhaps he has a barn.
I just want to know how he gets it off the roof rack to ride and back on
to return home.


We'll wait for Frank's reply but the usual
bike-on-roof-carrier technique is to open the car door and
stand in the doorway.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

I stand beside the car and lift it upon the rack. It was sort of humorous that when I was riding with my NCIS buddy before he moved to Arizona, I was the only one that could lift a bike upon the middle of three bike racks.

On 5/12/2020 6:40 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 5/12/2020 9:05 PM, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 2020 12:11:50 -0700, wrote:

On Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 4:20:27 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:

One reason for the roof rack is that it's by far best for carrying the
tandem. And I have it set up so it hangs above the car in the garage. I
lower it directly onto the roof, take about two minutes to fasten it
down and it's ready to go.
--
- Frank Krygowski

You can attach the tandem to the roof rack on the car while the car is
still parked inside the garage?Â* How tall are your garage doors?

Perhaps he has a barn.
I just want to know how he gets it off the roof rack to ride and back on
to return home.

Getting the tandem up onto the roof rack is a weight lifting exercise.
It's not excessively heavy for a tandem - 46 lb with bags, bottles,
tools, fenders, rear rack, etc., but it's an ungainly thing to lift. The
front wheel comes off first, and my wife guides the front fork into its
clamp on the rack as I guide the rear wheel into its track.

A few years ago I began complaining about the lift, and gave some
thought to fabricating an attachment that would allow clamping the front
fork while the rear wheel was still on the ground. (Those exist.)

Yes, I've got one. "Rocky Mounts" I think. The fork mount "unlocks" so
that it pivots on a vertical axis. You can mount the front fork while
the bike is perpendicular to the car, with, as you said, the rear wheel
on the ground. Then you lift & place the rear, and lock the pivot on
the front. Nice design.

Well, at least in theory. Clearance between the rack-to-car towers and
the tandem mount made me put the mount so far inboard that the front
chainring hit the car before the fork was in place. Or something like
that; problem with mixing Yakima and Rocky Mounts(?) So when we were
using the rack, we lifted in tandem.

Mark J.