Originally Posted by
donweather
Sorry, why are road bikes narrower than off-road bikes? Agree the handle bars will be narrower on a road bike, but can't you swap (head to tail) the bikes around so the handle bars don't clash with each other?
Surely it's then just down to the crank/pedal extension and I can't see how a road bike will be really any narrower in that department than an off-road bike. You could always take one pedal off if you're worried about that scratching the car? Or if it's a hitch mounted bike rack, can't you get an extender piece to move the bike carrier out from the car more?
He said he has them head to tail.
I think youll find that the arms are to wide & the distance from the headset to the downtube is too small to stradle the arms whereas on a roadie there's a bit more length.
Even nose to tail & with a bottom mount rack I have to move my seat higher so that the other handlebars don't cut the leather.
Sometimes (esp these days) bikes are just too weird a shape no matter what carrier you have.
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