In a message dated 12/4/98 8:14:05 PM, wdavidson@JPS.NET wrote:

<<Just remember, if the fork mount is not tightened properly or loosens up,
you have a dead bike.
I don't think the manufacturers intended fork mounts to be used to attach a
bike in the vertical position.>>

I have used a forkmount bolted (soundly) to a 2x4 that functioned as a 'bar'
for a rack using "quickrack" feet on my beetle for about 3 years, with out a
problem.  It gives the car a rustic feel and hauls the canoe, too.   It's
feet, like the Thule, are too short to go over the top when bolted to the
gutters.  But I remember there might be an extender available for the
Quickrack.  Any one know?