Islander
Well-known member
My dude, your concern is welcome, but unwarranted.My dude, in all respect to you and just being honest... that small ring on your triple clamp for the tie-down is SUPER sketchy. Get a spring saver (or a piece of 2x4) to prevent movement on the compression of the forks, and loop the tie-down over the handlebars where they belong. That set up is a recipe for disaster...
Those tie downs are Canyon Dancer tie downs. They don't even bend until you exceed 2200 pounds...each! The bolts are rated in shear at over 4500 pounds...each! So the bike isn't going anywhere. I connect to those powerful rings with climb-rated carabiners on 2" straps.
However, being paranoid about such things, I have a rated climbing dogbone attached from my receiver to the footpeg on the door side. You can also see that both wheels are literally tied to the carrier. And I also have the subframe tied directly to the carrier. Both tie downs could fail, and the bike would stay happily on the carrier.
As for the 2x4, it's absolutely not necessary. I haven't had a leaky fork seal in 9 years carrying this way. I think the 2x4 is left over from long ago technology weakness.