Wish me luck!

I love those seasucker's, I'm was thinking of getting one, but the faffing about with lefty fork just made me think I'm alright with the Thule cycle carrier. Personally, I'd place the front forks on the roof panel, and the back wheel on the rear window, always looks safer that way. Good luck with your trip :thumbsup:
 
Hi chap, yeah thought I'd live dangerously by choosing the Rockbros over the Seasuckers, the price difference was too large to ignore.

The double bubble roof ridges rule out a roof mounting for the front suckers annoyingly, so the rear screen is a flatter mounting surface. Everything seems secure, including the vertical boot sucker, so I'll stick to 55mph on the inside lane and hope to get there with everything still attached!

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Owen
 
Another Bones fan here, but no option for Seasuckers anyway being a roadie.
I think these are the best 2 lightweight systems available and if that Seasucker promotional video is anything to go by then you should be good for 155mph let alone 55mph.
Gowon, I dare you; give it the beans!
:evil: :lol:

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Secondtothird said:
Hi chap, yeah thought I'd live dangerously by choosing the Rockbros over the Seasuckers, the price difference was too large to ignore.

The double bubble roof ridges rule out a roof mounting for the front suckers annoyingly, so the rear screen is a flatter mounting surface. Everything seems secure, including the vertical boot sucker, so I'll stick to 55mph on the inside lane and hope to get there with everything still attached!

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Owen
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I've read good reviews of the rockbros, I think they're both a very safe bet tbh, have you tried mounting the cycle facing backwards, that way you could place the single sucker on the roof, with larger suckers on the rear screen, much safer and secure mounting in my humble opinion. Especially when you get side winds at speed. Good luck :thumbsup:
 
Yeah I had considered that, but it explicitly says in the instructions not to mount backwards - I'm presuming it's because the main pull 'up' with wind resistance will be at the front, and that's better resisted with three suckers than the single.

Will take it steady and report back.

Owen
 
Your probably correct. Very strange as I've carried 3 mountain bikes on my roof on a few occasions using roof bars and thule carriers with no issues. But then again, I've never used the coupe with anything on the roof, or have any experience of seasuckers or rockbros. I hope you enjoy a safe journey. Just reminds me I need to service the 'dale ready for summer.
 
Dark Diggler said:
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Yep :thumbsup:
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Nice. Reminds me of my Kuwahara when I was a kid.
That thing was my p&j for years! CW bars, Skyway Tuff II's, Uni Turbo seat, Redline cranks, Beartraps.
Happy days. Snif.
Not sniffing from nostalgia. Sniffing from all the broken noses it gave me from failed 360's on the quarterpipe.
:lol: :roll:
 
How did the bike rack perform on the Afan trip OP? I looked at the chain over your boot lip, it looks close on the 1st image, did you have any issues? I found this on the rock bros suction rack, this chap mounted it on the roof near the windscreen.
https://zroadster.org/threads/z4-e86-coupe-suction-cup-bike-rack.47693/#post-692373
 
Yeah wow he's mega brave to have put the two outer suction cups at least partly over the creases of the roof bubbles. I placed the unit at that spot and was not convinced at all they would sustain grip over the edges.

Went fine yesterday, 2 hours each way, no issues with the rack at all, and I didn't hang about on the motorway after an initial period of careful rear view mirror gazing. Plus lots of very broken crumbly road surfaces in and around Afan with lateral wobbling, sharp little diagonal speed bumps near car park, potholes, etc. Held on firm no probs at all.

I effectively forgot it was on the car on the way back. Would definitely recommend.

Owen
 
Good feedback Owen, thanks.
I suppose you choose you're own risk on this, rear screen bonding strength or suction on the roof. You could try the roof, leave them on for 24 hours and check them before adding a bike, that would answer the suction question.
Thanks for the review :thumbsup:
 
Yeah it's a good idea, 24 hours would give some indication, just not open it up to the NVH/headwind/potholes the suckers would be subject to on the road. Tricky one, seeing how easily they pop off when you remove them by getting a finger nail under the edge of the sucker, I think I'd rather put my faith in BMW's rear screen bonding. :)

So far I've had no reason to think it isn't capable anyway.

Best
Owen
 
Dark Diggler said:
How did the bike rack perform on the Afan trip OP? I looked at the chain over your boot lip, it looks close on the 1st image, did you have any issues? I found this on the rock bros suction rack, this chap mounted it on the roof near the windscreen.
https://zroadster.org/threads/z4-e86-coupe-suction-cup-bike-rack.47693/#post-692373
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On the surface, that's ideally the way anyone would want to mount their bike using a suction mount. I can understand if the OP has concerns regarding suction on the double bubble roof, but unless it was losing air due to the curvature of the roof I can see it working and functioning as intended.
 
Sorry I should have added, the rack comes with some very good little velcro straps, which both locks the crank in position, and can go around the upper and lower chain runs to pinch them together and thus lift it up.

I think I'd be more concerned for the rear screen if the majority of the bike's weight wasn't being supported nicely by the rear sucker on the boot.

Owen
 
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