Seasucker rack

[Mr. Pink]

Advertised on the tour, and came up in the hitch rack thread. Anybody use one or know somebody who is? Looks awesome for air travel to a rental car and bike somewhere.

[rounder]

A guy I ride with just bought a single rack that he uses on his wife's car. It is clean looking and he likes it.

I was skeptical about the reliability of the suction cups. He showed me how to pump the air out from under the cups so that t is a tight seal. He said that the rack is designed to hold a bike secure up to 145 mph.

[William]

All you need to know linked in this thread...

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=179436&highlight=seasucker


Bonus demo material...

140 mph on top of a stock car...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_41Ujjv6WUw

Dirt road run...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sk8yTTmB8A&NR=1&feature=fvwp







William

[William]

Dang, just noticed that one of my reviews had links to my old photobucket account. Dead links now.:crap:





William

[ejanastacio]

I've owned a sea sucker mini bomber for about 2 years no problem. Used it in elevation, snow, rain and never had any sort of issue.

[SeanScott]

I am trying to talk my friend at peloton into doing an article using the Seasucker rack on Supercars from different countries and pair them with unobtainium bikes from the same origin.
We have a pretty epic driving and riding road her in Ojai and I would love to see a handful of pros driving supercars with bikes on the roof up to the peak and the descend down on the bikes with the cars following. I think the visuals would be striking and also a nice comparison of the characteristics and tactile feel of the bikes and cars.

[rlanger]

Advertised on the tour, and came up in the hitch rack thread. Anybody use one or know somebody who is? Looks awesome for air travel to a rental car and bike somewhere.

I have one and it's awesome. Used it to transport my TT bike a few times from Toronto to Mt. Tremblant, which is about 600kms, so lots of highway driving at speeds over 120km/hr, and never had any issues.

Highly recommend it.

[ariw]

They are a local brand here, excellent reputation around town. Was cool to see them advertising during the tour coverage.

Ari

[Stuart]

I'm using the Seasucker rack and have had no issues with it, including long distance drives on hot days. I like that it is quick to fit and remove. And the flexibility it offers was enough for me to take it to Europe to use on a hire car. It was heavy to carry in the luggage, but worth its weight in gold when I was trying to fit kids, luggage and my cycling habit into one car.
One thing to note is that you can't secure it. So I just took my bike down and shoved it in the car when we were stopped for lunch or whatever. I left the rack on the roof. So it was not much of an inconvenience.

[Pierre]

Same feedback. I've used it on the roof, on rear window, in +30deg C as well as -25deg C. It's a pretty impressive little gizmo and its small size makes it a great rack for travelling with your bike.

[Veloo]

Where did you Toronto folks get your Seasuckers?

[rlanger]

Where did you Toronto folks get your Seasuckers?

I bought it directly from SeaSucker online, but had it shipped to my hotel in Boston when I was there for the marathon.

[William]

...One thing to note is that you can't secure it. So I just took my bike down and shoved it in the car when we were stopped for lunch or whatever. I left the rack on the roof. So it was not much of an inconvenience.

Actually you can, they make a cable lock & anchor for it...

https://seasucker-store.myshopify.com/products/cable-anchor-window


I've used the Seascuker more for local runs and I don't leave it unattended for more than a few minutes. Not a problem because I never seem to need to. I might consider the anchor & cable lock if I was going to leave it for longer periods. I wouldn't leave my bike on any rack over night though.








William

[uno-speedo]

I've bought one having read the good reviews, though I've not used mine - yet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEZyNXQGzv0

[SeanScott]

One can only dream of the cars that can carry a bike with the Seasucker

[cderalow]

i want to say they're using suction cups similar to what glass companies/installers use. IN which case, they use similar ones to lift thousands of pounds of glass hundreds of feet in the air every day on major high rise construction.

trust my 20lb bike to one? sure.

[William]

i want to say they're using suction cups similar to what glass companies/installers use. IN which case, they use similar ones to lift thousands of pounds of glass hundreds of feet in the air every day on major high rise construction.

trust my 20lb bike to one? sure.


They are vacuum cups, not suction cups. And yes, you are correct about their use in glass work and installation. In another life I had lots of experience with them so I have no reservation that they can do the job carrying a bike or two.





William

[miksibis]

Race Across America 2017. 3150 miles. 115' F heat. Tropical storm Cindy rains. Rough roads. Highway speeds. No problems at all. Nice product. Good sponsor.

[jimcav]

i've used them to take my mtb on the 1979 trans am and '64 studebaker: these are short trips to local trails, but no issues at all

[fmradio516]

Just put in my order for a mini-bomber.

[PepeM]

Does anyone think that the pickup truck one (Falcon I think?) could be used to tow a bike with a scooter? Something I might want to try, especially with a track bike.

[kitsnob]

Great rack..
Used on many different cars.
NOT suction cups ..Vaccum (sp) cups .. BIG DIFFERENCE

2 +years using ... NO ISSUES
Just for poops and laughs, look at their Kimono? Rack .. its for the Cars and Coffee crowd .. Such a work of ART!

[dekindy]

Anybody used their vacuum mounts to retrofit a Thule rack?

[FlashUNC]

Anybody used their vacuum mounts to retrofit a Thule rack?

Why when its already, yanno, a rack? And smaller than the Thule bits to boot.

[chiasticon]

Why when its already, yanno, a rack? And smaller than the Thule bits to boot.guessing he means to put the base rails on? because then that increases the overall utility of it; can mount anything to it then. though SS appear to have most bases covered with bikes, kayaks, paddleboards, skis, and snowboards. the only thing I didn't see was a cargo box. or, like, the ability to mount ladders or something...?

[Veloo]

For those that have owned it for a while, have you seen any signs of deterioration of the rubber cup?

[William]

No. I did have a pump on one of the cups gum up on me once but I took it apart and cleaned it. Reassembled and it was good to go. No issues with the others but I'll take them apart and clean them as well at some point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps27VDuH664







William