Adding rails to factory Roof Rack for bikes - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

03-01-2005, 09:15 AM

I was reading that the factory rack is not held on very well and then I
was looking at some of the roof rack bars that clamp to the factory
rack and noticed that some of them just hook over the factory rack and
clamp together. So theoretically you could clamp the bars so tight
that they rip the factory rack off of the roof?

I have a 1998 S-10 Blazer with a factory roof rack and I want to
upgrade it to cary 3 bikes now and then in a few years a 4th bike
(small child now). I would like to get a Yakima or a Thule but they
seem so expensive for ocassional use.

Does anyone else have a blazer with a roof rack that has added bars.

Yakima had lowriders, thule has a similar product. These appear to
clamp around the factory rack.

Pro-Line has one
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Does anyone have one of these?

Or should I not attach to the factory rack at all?

Anyother source suggestions? Or compelling reasons to get the Yakima
or Thule?

What bike holders do you reccommend? I do not have quick release
wheels so I do not want to take them off. Thule looks better than
Yakima in this respect. Any preferences? Any others?

Thanks

Mark

03-02-2005, 09:27 AM

On 1 Mar 2005 09:15:52 -0800, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:

>I have a 1998 S-10 Blazer with a factory roof rack and I want to
>upgrade it to cary 3 bikes now and then in a few years a 4th bike
>(small child now). I would like to get a Yakima or a Thule but they
>seem so expensive for ocassional use.
>
>Does anyone else have a blazer with a roof rack that has added bars.

We added a roof rack to my girlfriend's Blazer. When we were deciding
what to do we checked out Yakima and Thule racks, and then settled on
the GM factory rack. It was much cheaper than either the Yakima or
Thule, and once we got it we found it's actually a re-branded Thule.
So go visit your local Chevy dealer.

jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

03-02-2005, 09:27 AM

On 1 Mar 2005 09:15:52 -0800, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:

>I have a 1998 S-10 Blazer with a factory roof rack and I want to
>upgrade it to cary 3 bikes now and then in a few years a 4th bike
>(small child now). I would like to get a Yakima or a Thule but they
>seem so expensive for ocassional use.
>
>Does anyone else have a blazer with a roof rack that has added bars.

We added a roof rack to my girlfriend's Blazer. When we were deciding
what to do we checked out Yakima and Thule racks, and then settled on
the GM factory rack. It was much cheaper than either the Yakima or
Thule, and once we got it we found it's actually a re-branded Thule.
So go visit your local Chevy dealer.

jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]