"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
11/21/2016 at 10:11 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
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The front load bars for the WRX have more than a little flex. This is a bit disconcerting because even one bike will wobble pretty badly. I popped the end cap off to see what’s going on and found a complete lack of internal bracing. So far, I’ve thought about filling it with expanding foam or finding some square tubing that will fit inside and then using epoxy or foam to hold it in place. Any other suggestions?
MUSASHI66
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/21/2016 at 10:24 |
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Buy proper bars rated for the weight you put on them?
Mattbob
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/21/2016 at 10:30 |
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Can you attach the bike mount at wider points on the bar pictured? I don’t know that filling it will do much, but if you can widen the part that attaches to the bar, it wont be able to exert as much torque and wobble less.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/21/2016 at 10:32 |
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I’d probably got for new bars. I’m sure you can get them cheap on CL. shit if you had said something last week i would have pulled the bars off the Allroad. i think foam with flex too easy. and good luck getting tube steel that fits close enough to make a difference and not rattle. theres also a pretty slim chance of getting foam to the middle of the bar which is really where you’d need it.
Ssfancyfresh
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/21/2016 at 10:33 |
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Filling the bars with Great Stuff spray foam won’t do much. It’s a low density foam and it is quite brittle when cured. If the bars are flexing a lot under load, the foam will just collapse where the flex is occurring.
Another commenter recommended using bars rated for the load. I agree. I’ve used Thule Aero bars and Yakima round bars. Both are very good products, but can be a bit spendy. I’ve had 2 bikes and a kayak on my aero bars at triple digit speeds (closed course, professional driver...). Not a problem.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/21/2016 at 10:42 |
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This is what I did on our Impreza.
1. Took off the factory load bars.
2. Installed 60" wide thule load bars with locakable cross bar clamps.
The foot pack clamps onto the longitudinal load bars and made for a very sturdy system. The factory load bars are crap and are not even flat so if you mount your bike on the top of the car it’s leaning over at a 10 degree angle.
This is an espensive solution but when I’ve got $6,000 of bikes on the top of my car I’m not taking any chances.
Alternative: Install reciever hitch and get a hitch rack for a 1.25" reciever.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> MUSASHI66
11/21/2016 at 10:59 |
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They are OEM bars load rated to 176 lbs. they just have some flex that I don’t like.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Ssfancyfresh
11/21/2016 at 11:00 |
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It’s a set of OEM bats that are load rated to 176 lbs.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Mattbob
11/21/2016 at 11:01 |
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I’m currently attaching the bike rack right next to the tower. It helps, but not enough.
tromoly
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/21/2016 at 11:10 |
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Buy a Yakima rack. Problem solved.
cbell04
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/21/2016 at 13:16 |
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Not a great solution but you could try to hit a home depot type store and go to the dowel rod area. just bring that bar and see if you can find a wooden or metal dowel large enough to slide in really snugly of course because it will rattle otherwise. a 1 to 2 inch dowel is pretty stout might help and would only cost a few bucks.
