Why should we do Rack Installations?

In case that question has ever visited your mind, look closely at the pictures. Yakima and Thule make towers that fit into the slot-like roof raingutters on some vehicles. This Kia does not have that fitment, it has a roof panel that uses "character lines" that channel water away from the doors and requires a "Gutterless" mount tower/pad setup. This vehicle has been or will be damaged by the cargo pressure of anything placed on the crossbars. BTW- I think that's a ten+ year old set of Saris towers, could be Thule, but they're so old and wrong for this vehicle it really doesn't matter.

Why would the car owner do this? I'm sure that answer is personal, but it's probably related to budget and hard-headedness. If asked, he'll say "it works fine". That's because it has not dismounted under freeway wind pressure yet. "Yet", it will in time.

We offer advice and installation service on the rack systems we sell for this exact reason. This owner has not been informed of the consequences that will happen to him in time. This is unsafe. Our certified technicians would never suggest this, and the driver following this guy wouldn't get a big surprise.

We do good things. Let's do them more often. Find these people and help them.

Where has the time gone?

The last post on this blog was back in September! I can't believe how fast the calendar has spun thru the days, but almost constant travel can do that to you. As a blessing to me, those times have been filled with lots of work, good people and good times.

The picture above is of Brian Rinkenberger, our inside rep at Diamondback. This was taken during the Demo Ride from our Bike University. All of the other pics I took at that ride are available at CLICK HERE.

Other pictures from the Expo part of that event are HERE.

Annnd a few from Blowhard Mtn trail in Brianhead Utah. It was very cold...