[Gus Berges]

Thanks.

Looks like, based strictly from a financial point of view, that my kids will end up with a roof mounted suction cup based bike carrier. Now the question is which brand for the two bike carrier: Seasucker is $490, Treefrog is $475, Rassine for $317, and Rockbros is $273. I know Seasucker is made in USA and the spare parts are available, but it is quite a premium price over the Rockbros (which has tons of positive reviews too). If I later decide that I want to join them on rides, then I could either throw my bike in the trunk or just get a 3 bike carrier now (±50% more money than the 2 bike carrier).

Not sure if others have problems in accessing the 1Up website or not, but I finally spoke to a representative and got pricing on their rack: a 2 bike carrier is $569 and each additional carrier would be $219 plus the $79 pole extension for additional carriers beyond the dual. I'd have to spend this plus $325 for the trailer hitch (which I have no need for except for bike carrying duties).

I must be getting Scroogelike the older I get because I find these costs to be quite high considering what I get in return. Oh well!