Three’s company with the 2009 Honda Fit
One of the most searched phrases that brings folks to LowCadence.com is “Honda Fit Bicycle“. It would appear that lots of people like their Honda Fits and want to be able to stick their bikes in the back. I’ve done it and you can as well.
However, what happens when you want to take more people in your car AND your bike — or maybe three bikes and three people? That is when you need a bike rack. Here is some video of how I do it. Using this arrangement, you can carry three bikes (two on top and one inside) along with the driver and two passengers.
Of course, you could load more bikes by adding a third to the top. The problem is, you wouldn’t have room for a fourth rider! With three bikes on top, you could also leave the bike out of the inside and give yourself some more room inside.
I was happy to find the Yakima generic rack system fits well on my car. So, whether you are looking to store your bike inside or outside the Honda Fit, it is a perfect fit.
nice! I actually put three bike mounts on my roof. That works great. If I had a fourth bike mount for my yakima rack, I’d be able to do four bikes and four riders. It would be a little tight with four front wheels and riding gear in the back, but I’m sure it would all fit!
I don’t know if you are planning on keeping the rack on the roof all the time or not – watch out for the door weather stripping where it contacts the rack – I left my rack on for a whole week last summer (about the hottest part of the year) and caused some damage to the trim paint as well as the weather stripping at the point of contact with the rack (where the clips hook onto the frame of the door). No real problem, but the damage is there.
Hey, one other question for you. When I mounted my rack (2008 Honda Fit), I got terrible wind noise from the rack until I added the fairing. I note you don’t have a fairing. Is it safe to assume you don’t have any trouble with wind noise with your rack?
It’s not quite as convenient as a roof rack but we tow a small trailer behind our fit. Can carry a canoe and three bikes or 5+ bikes. Makes hauling the tandem easy too. Recent trip to the beach and back – 35+ mpg with driver and two passengers. What a great car. Mike
Like you mentioned in the beginning, search for a way to transport my bike in my honda fit actually brought me to this site about a month ago, and was amazed it would fit in the car standing, and was even more shocked to find i could fit two bikes safely like that! i’ve since added it to my google reader and linked to one or two of your articles in my blog. I’ve enjoyed it very much, keep it up!
John, I did add the fairing. You do need it to keep the noise down. However, with it, I have no noise at all. As for the finish, I have been keeping an eye on the molding around the door. So far it has not misshapen it. My plan is not to keep the rack up there all the time. I’ll continue to carry a single bike inside.
Yes, Yaniel, I also came across your blog via Twitter. Thanks for pointing me to the Auto Stitch application for the iPhone. It is great!