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The Phil
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pOrk's understands! actually, with everything i have on my bike, its up to about 3500. my dads bike, also a Titus is of titanium, cost $6k! and its 20 years old! holly hell.
but back to my question real quick is there a roof rack for a 66 bug that will fit 2.35 tires or that something i'll have to custom make?
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pOrk
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I'm really leaning towards a decklid mounting rack, as strapping $800 bikes to the roof of a car makes me a bit nervous.  |
sorry for the double post. but, your $800 bike is a 1/4 the price of my mountain bike. i wouldnt sweat it too much. |
sounds more like your bragging about your bike than offering any advice.
3200 dollars is quite abit of money for any bike, I would love to see this bike if you dont mind posting a few pics. |
3200 dollars is not that much for a bike, ask any biker  Hell my single speed rigid MTB was 1600.
I strap mine to my roof rack cause I'm no pussy, just sayin |
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The Phil
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| I'm really leaning towards a decklid mounting rack, as strapping $800 bikes to the roof of a car makes me a bit nervous. |
sorry for the double post. but, your $800 bike is a 1/4 the price of my mountain bike. i wouldnt sweat it too much. |
sounds more like your bragging about your bike than offering any advice.
3200 dollars is quite abit of money for any bike, I would love to see this bike if you dont mind posting a few pics. |
if you notice my first post above my "double" post i put up a picture of the same bike as mine and i explained what im looking for. im not here to just brag about my bike.
but ill tell you what it is. its a Titus ML1. Kinda a collectors bike now because the company Titus Titanium closed down because they went under due to the new owners pissing off their clients. you dont piss off clients who are paying $3k-$8K for a bike.
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Boom
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| I'm really leaning towards a decklid mounting rack, as strapping $800 bikes to the roof of a car makes me a bit nervous. |
sorry for the double post. but, your $800 bike is a 1/4 the price of my mountain bike. i wouldnt sweat it too much. |
sounds more like your bragging about your bike than offering any advice.
3200 dollars is quite abit of money for any bike, I would love to see this bike if you dont mind posting a few pics.
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Chris659
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| That deckled rack looks like a normal rear deckled rack with a bike rack added to it then repainted the whole thing to blend in. I have a deckled rack that looks just like it minus the bike portion.... |
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The Phil
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| I'm really leaning towards a decklid mounting rack, as strapping $800 bikes to the roof of a car makes me a bit nervous. |
sorry for the double post. but, your $800 bike is a 1/4 the price of my mountain bike. i wouldnt sweat it too much.
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The Phil
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I ride a big ass mountain bike, not mine, just googled it, but i have that bike
and ive been wanting a roof rack for my 66 and especially one big enough to fit my 2.35 tires.
is this something i need to custom make? i did read the 2 pages here. my bike if i stand it up is right about 6 ft long
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Lakrum
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I find this bike rack bad-ass...
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I find that bug bad-ass... |
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WesleyGarrard
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| if it aint broke dont fix it. when i started working everything i made went into the bike and I got tired of cheap parts breaking. Now it is top quality so nothing breaks. if only I could learn to do the same with my bug. |
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TENNESSEE
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^ well as it sits right now it still needs better cranks, forks, and BB.
Yeah, that last rack is just about exactly what I'd been thinking of. what is it??
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WesleyGarrard
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| I'm really leaning towards a decklid mounting rack, as strapping $800 bikes to the roof of a car makes me a bit nervous. |
Only $800 in yours? I got three times that wrapped up in mine lol. But that last decklid one in very nice. |
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xoo00oox
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Here's what I use....
You can easily put 4 bikes up on the roof and strap them down in about 2 minutes. |
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dabomb
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here's one
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I find this bike rack bad-ass...
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TENNESSEE
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I'm really leaning towards a decklid mounting rack, as strapping $800 bikes to the roof of a car makes me a bit nervous.
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spectre6000
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That sounds about right. I think there are multiple makes that will work. I just looked at the one on the chair here, and I'm wondering if it's tall enough to fit. It probably is (I just got it and haven't tried fitting it), but I doubt it would work with a rag top...
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Chris659
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| Would it be a stupid idea to place it upside down on a roof rack and tie it down? |
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TENNESSEE
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^ Yakima Rack???
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spectre6000
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There's a particular universal rack that fits on the roof of a beetle like any period roof rack did. I don't remember what it's called, but there's one sitting on a chair at my kitchen table... It's one of those rail-type systems where you can slide any number of things on it (including bike stuff).
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zabo
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yea i have ben using a thule hatchback rack for a while now.
But ran into some trouble with it a couple weeks ago.
I guess I over loaded it with old schwinns and it fell off going down the road.
The weight had actually bent the decklid mounts down. 
time to figure something else out.
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