Does anyone use a bike rack that goes on the hatch of their FCs? My friend has a tow hitch kind but I don't feel like adding 100 or so pounds to my car just to tote around my bike. :/


Also if anyone has good places to buy these kinds of racks i'd like to hear about it. Most of the ones i've seen are for hitches and for 'trunks' rather than our hatch. The hatch kinds I saw at the local shops were for like civic hatchs where the hatch is nearly vertical instead of at a steep slope like the FCs.


Also I have the standard S5 wing on my GTU does that make it impossible or harder to use one of these doo-dads?

 

well i know for a fact that the adjustable hatch or trunk racks will fit .... u just have to make it .... i had a trunk rack that fit a sunfire ... then i put it on my civic hatch back ... then just for the fun of it i tryed it on my second gen and it works ... it was a cheap *** bike rack from canadian tire ... yes im canadian lol ... but yeah just find a very adjustable one ... thew one i bought cost me 50 cdn and it held 3 atleast 30 lb bmx bikes ... so best of luck with that

 

I've hauled a bicycle in the hatch, but I don't ever remember seeing a rack made specifically for FCs.

 

Yes I used the hatch to tote mine to my house from the place I left my car before we went out riding. But it is a real hassle to remove the front wheel to make it fit(don't have the quick disconnect front/rear). And near impossible with a passenger of medium or tall build, GF or my riding bud.....

 

ive seen a FC wiht a bike rack driving down the road before.

 

when I went mountain biking, I just left the hatch open, roled the back wheel in, and then ster the fork on top of a blanket so that the front wheel hung out the back. bungee corded it down to the tow hooks and everything was good to go!

 

I may be a lot of things but i'm not THAT ghetto.

 

Not to mention exhaust finds it's way in the hatch and burns the **** out of your eyes and makes you sleepy.

 

I've seen a mountain bike in the hatch with BOTH wheels off, and the hatch was shut. Not my car, I'vee only seen it.

 

Just make sure you're going fast enough.

 

ooo, i have a bike rack, do you want it? ill sell it to you.

 

Likely tough to find, but the old finish line catalog had bike racks available through dealers specifically for the FC Hatch-

 

a company named THULE makes a kit for all RX7s except FDs. It is a special roof mount for what they describe as a ''short roof'' for cars such as the FC or the older supras and so on. the kit runs about 100-150 then you need the load bars and trays for the bikes. So when its all said and done for a actual roof rack your lookin about $300-$400.

 

I know this isn't what Santiago is asking...but I figured it can give you all some idea...



I can post one of the rack with a bike....but Santiago has to say ok...since he is in it

James

 

but for that rack he would then need a trailer hitch

 

Yeah, just posting other options besides the hatch rack...since one dude was talking about roof racks...