Mercedes SL Bike Rack from £174.95
This Mercedes SL Bike Rack is made in the USA. This bike rack has an adjustable arc design and attaches to the boot-lid using 6 straps, the ‘arms & legs’ on this rack are fully adjustable and can be moved to suit your SL. This bike rack will also fit Mercedes SL's with spoilers. The design of the rack also means the arms and legs can be folded flat and the rack will fit inside a SL's boot.
The Bones 2 and 3 bike racks were conceived by Saris and famed designer Fabio Pedrini. Its manufactured by the Saris company in Wisconsin USA. With over a million of these racks sold the Bones bike rack has proven that it’s more than just another rear mounted rack. It’s a tested statement of style, design, convenience and durability.
With ratchet straps that keep your bike secure to the rack arms, exclusive anti sway and articulated rubber feet to protect the finish on your Mercedes Benz, Bones ensures that nothing gets damaged in transit. The vinyl coated hooks strap securely to your SL with spring buckles, which makes installation quick and effortless.
This Mercedes SL Bike Rack also comes with a lifetime guarantee, as long as the original owner has the rack its in guarantee. We also have a 14 day money back policy so if you purchase this rack and then decide its not for you simply return it to us, unused and will will refund.
The rack is shown on an R231 Sl but it will also fir a R129, and classic R107 SL. Whilst these racks fit the SL they have not been tested and certified by the manufacturer on this car, so any damage is at your risk.
Mercedes SL Bike Rack
Can hold one or two bikes
Rubberised feet protect vehicle and coated straps protect bike. All three straps pass through the aluminium extrusion, helping to keep everything well-integrated and tidy. Each hook is marked as appropriate – Upper, Side, Lower. Details of this sort make a difference when fitting the rack to your Mercedes
Arc-based design fits over most spoilers and separates bikes on different levels. The injection-moulded arms and legs (“bones”) are made from a plastic resin and are said to be the strongest on the market. Most of the weight of the bikes is taken on the bumper legs and the rear bumper.
Saris Bomes racks are small and light and can be fitted by one person in minutes, you can usually still open the boot with the rack attached ( but with no bike )
The hold-down and anti-sway straps have a soft plastic lining, and hold bikes secure, there is one for the cross bar and upright / saddle tube. All parts that come into contact with the vehicle and bikes are soft enough to prevent friction damage as long as both faces are clean before fitting, i.e. a dirty bumper might end up being scuffed, the same for a muddy bike tube.
Bones bike racks fold flat for easy storage and have no steel to rust and no foam padding to degrade. They are also supplied fully assembled and only the arms and legs need to be rotated to fit the rack.
The extruded aluminium spine that the core of the Bones car bike rack, this allows the rack to fit a huge range of cars as the legs can be rotated into hundreds of different positions, the odds are the Bones will fit your next car as well and the one after that.