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Old January-21st-2004 | 02:36 PM
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Bike Tray

Does anyone out there have a bike tray (fork mount or upright) for the factory P5 roof rack that they are willing to part with? Otherwise, what kind should I be looking for? I think the factory roof rack is made by Yakima? Thanks!
Old January-21st-2004 | 11:30 PM
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I have the thule velo vise 889 rack with two trays... both fork mount.. it works well but the hatch does hit the rear of the tray when opened.. I haven't found any shorter trays.. and there is a lot of wind noise
Old January-22nd-2004 | 12:47 AM
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velo vise 889 rack... thanks i will look into that. not so excited about the hatch hitting the tray or the wind noise, but I just want it so that when I go mountain biking in the spring/summer (forget about it during the winter here) I can put it on and take it off. thanks again!
Old January-23rd-2004 | 10:03 AM
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hey i have a roof rack that was on a toyota that im not using any more.its an xport roof rack from performancebikes and it should fit on yours with out a problem.i didnt use it on my p5 because i didnt get a roof rack and had to go with a yakima rack.im in woodbridge,va.
Old January-23rd-2004 | 01:06 PM
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We did not have a factory rack so we used the full bike rack.
Highly recommend the Thule 889/Velo-vise rack system as it's fully lockable. You may have to _slightly_ bend the clamping tabs to get a tighter fit along the door-frame curves, but ours is SOLID and does NOT generate wind noise/whistles(tested to 90mph)
If you place the rack suitably forward you will NOT have any interference with the hatch.
You can also get a basket/tray set up in between the bike troughs to place muddy wheels in.

Our goal with the P5 was to make a fun/economical dog/bike car.
This set-up works!

If we ever get a digital cam I'll post a pic.
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