Buy Yakima BOA Fork Mount Short Tray Rooftop Bicycle CarrierYakima BOA Fork Mount Short Tray Rooftop Bicycle Carrier Product Description:
- Pivoting wheeltray enables it to fit any crossbar spread between 32" and 50"
- Fork attaches quickly and easily to lockable skewer (locks sold separately)
- Disc brake compatible
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Poor security, measure bike and vehicle before buying
By Anonymous
Before buying this mount, measure the distance between your bike's fork dropouts to the rear wheel. Then look at the recommended crossbar spacing for your vehicle in the Yakima Q Clip instruction booklet. If the measurements are not similar (ie. rear wheel not centered over the rear crossbar, short roofline and long wheelbase bike), then the rear wheel will hang far behind the rear crossbar and there's a good chance that the rear towers will shift forward when transporting your bike. This can result in roof damage from the shifting clips and the bike's rear wheel contacting and scratching the roof.The Boa is Yakima's most economical rooftop bike mount and it shows. If you live in a low crime neighborhood and remove your bike and rack when you are away from your car, this mount will probably work just fine for you. Or if you absolutely need to minimize the footprint of the rack when it's off your vehicle.The Boa pod is mostly made of glass-filled polymer. There is a flimsy plastic cover that is secured by the skewer and covers the heads of the 3 hex mounting bolts. Unfortunately, even when locked, this cover can easily be pried and cracked open by hand revealing the 3 bolt heads. I complained and Yakima responded that they only provide theft deterrence and cannot guarantee against theft. This does not even approach deterrence.The Boa mount comes with Yakima's universal locking skewer with a polymer lever, stainless rod, and round steel nut. If the skewer is closed and locked but the handle is in the wrong orientation and there's insufficient tension, then it's a simple matter to rotate the handle counterclockwise to loosen the nut and steal your bike. The lever and cam are plastic and will deform and wear with use. When no bike is loaded, the only way to secure the mount is to tighten the nut further and then close and lock the skewer. However, adjusting the nut defeats the purpose of providing a long-throw skewer.Adding a long tray converts the mount into a Copperhead mount. However, given the security concerns, I returned this mount and purchased a Yakima Steelhead mount instead. The Steelhead has a clamshell clamping design and is mostly metal. It comes with a stainless metal skewer that has a special locking pin and e-clip on the nut. When the skewer is locked, the clamshell cannot open and the skewer nut cannot be removed even if it is not tightened and tensioned against the mount body. As with the Boa, make sure that the skewer lever rests against the crossbar when locked so that it can only be turned clockwise tightening (and not loosening) the nut.If you don't want to spend much more than the cost of the Boa but want to use your SKS lock cores, consider purchasing a Steelhead body (new or used) and a Rocky Mounts Lariat tray. You will need to drill a hole in the tray to mount the Yakima head. The Rocky Mounts crossbar mount is compatible with Yakima's round bars and comes with all hardware, and their wheel strap is also less expensive than Yakima's.If you are using or considering Yakima Q Towers, I have a separate review of that product on Amazon.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Gets the job done
By D. Whiting
This product works great for me. It fits my car and bike just fine with my Yakima rack at 32" bar spacing. I've used it with two different road bikes (one is a 'normal' size, one a smaller size) and it worked great for both.I'm not sure what the other reviewer was expecting out of this product. I wouldn't call any of the Yakima rack products extremely secure. If someone wanted to take my rack, they could pry the clips out and walk off with it. Also, all the rack bike mounts I've seen use the tension between the fork and the skewer to secure the bike. Apply enough force and you can probably pull it out of the mount. I'm never going to leave the bike on my car anyways, so it's moot.It works great and the price is right. As long as your bar spacing is in the acceptable range, you're fine.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Nice roof rack for the money
By Matt S.
The Yamika BOA roof rack seemed like the best deal for a bike rack on amazon.com.I was a bit disappointed with the way the fork mount held the bike in place. It is a tension fit only, there is not grooves or anything to grip on to the fork ends, just flat metal on flat metal. I will probably grab some small specialty washers for something to bite on because I really don't want to buy new bikes or fix someones bumper when they fly off. The rear mount is a little quirky and looks very easy to steal even with a lock. My bike is a simple road bike with 700c-23 tires on it and it is a very loose fit in the rear strap system. I will have to get some rubber or foam on there to get more pressure on the tire. I have square bars so I probably won't have the problem of my bike tires slipping down and hitting the roof of the car like a few others were having.I was most upset with the item description. It is not a new model of this item and it is NOT the one in the picture although they are the same price. It looks similar but there were a few great improvements for the new model year in the picture.Most noticeable is the skewer is a bolt and a threaded locknut is on the other side of the fork to keep pressure more even and to give it more bite instead of the flat surfaces of the old model. The old model I was sold does not have this nut and is instead a bolt that threads into the skewer lever, it is a PITA to adjust because the weight of the bike sits on it.Other than that it really is a decent, cheap, easily installed bike rack. Be sure to measure your bike if you have round bars, we don't want your paint getting jazzed up. I plan to use a cable bike lock to secure my bike to the rack which does lock well.
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