G I Joel – 2013-01-11
works great
Thule and Yakima better watch out
Bike2Work – 2011-09-05
Rock Solid
Installed the TieRod on my 2005 Subaru Forester with factory rails. Easily clears rear hatch. Was easy to install and easy to use. Bought lock cores to secure the rack to rails and the bike to the rack. Love the quick-release mechanism, set and forget.
freefix – 2011-08-02
Fair solution for factory bars.
Installation was fairly easy. I talked to the Rocky Mounts reps and they assured me I would be fine using it on factory bars (up to 2 bikes) on my 2007 Rav4 (but ended up purchasing through REI as I had dividends to burn). So far so good.Most of my concerns center around an issue that Rocky Mounts can't really be faulted for: clearance above the roof. The factory bars are so low that everything hits the roof, potentially damaging it. The strap for holding down the back wheel hits the roof, the pedals strike the roof (necessitating either strapping a bungy or something to the cranks, or removing the pedals), and the qui