Are these bike racks safe?

[HelmutHerr]

Strap-on 3-bike car rack from Anaconda.

Anyone using? I doubt they'd be on the market if they were that bad, but it just doesn't look stable.

[Red Rider]

I've seen plenty of them being used, so I assume so.

I have similar rack to that made by Thule, it can support my 72kg body weight, that's when I stopped worrying about it.

[HelmutHerr]

Cheers.

It seems like a great option for cars without a tow ball, but I also don't want to send three bikes flying when I take a corner!

[Ozkaban]

They're fine. I had one until another car forcibly remodelled it and the bike on it...

One thing to watch out for though. There's a bolt that holds on the rubber/plastic cups that the bike sits in. One end of the bolt is smooth and round and should be facing outwards, and the other end that has the nut on it should be facing the centre. Otherwise it will chew all hell out of your frame. I noticed scratches appearing on the inside of the seat tube and near the top of the down tube on an alloy frame and took a bit to work it out - was very annoyed once I found the culprit.

Pretty minor point (and it's to do with the assembly of the unit). Other than that I'd have no trouble with using one of them again...

[Mulger bill]

No problems so far hanging off a Commo wagon with 2 MTBS on board.