Stable carrier, still more for screwdriver.

I have 2 keep this Alu Star carriers that are now 14 years of age and still stable. Therefore, I have taken this.
Compared to the earlier version, there are several changes that are not all the improvements.

+ The carrier rail is longer. With the old model, our 26 "ATB and 28" wheels Trekking fit just it so. So here there is space. However, he is on only one side, other than the holder of the frame is loosely bolted and moved by rail.
+ Like its predecessor, the holder can be moved. Therefore, it can be adapted to almost any bike, even at the small 20 "our child.
+ The belts in order to fix the wheels in the rail, are longer. When predecessors have only geradeso enough for thick ATB tires.
+ There are now about three belts, so now we have a spare.
+ There are three washers that come between the spring and the holder (at both ends of the spring) and holders and small toggle nut. With the old model you had to get the extra still, where they are very useful.
~ The interior width of the rail is greater. For the broad ATB or MTB tire that is an advantage, because they go in deeper. In narrow racing tires it is perhaps already too wide.
~ The screws of the holder were with 8cm length with thick frame while long enough to tighten, but just long enough to thread the frame without the lower clamping nut falls in thick round tube frame. I would have 1 max. 2cm longer desired. Now they are 12cm and this is due to the following point again too much.
- The upper screw is now firmly attached with a hinge. This has several disadvantages:
a) it is in the delivery status on the side of the chain. Between chain guard and bottle holder is no longer sufficient in our trekking the space for large clamping nut. When ATB it comes just like that. What's to handle similar but better with the old model.
b) One can bring the toggle nuts just to the other side, in which the holder is unscrewed and replaced on both sides. After all, as that. Before, it was riveting, but I is not a problem with the old design.
(Who rebuilds that the self-locking nuts should then screw the other way around and lock a 2.Mutter it!)
c) After the conversion, the clamping nut is then where space is. Thanks to the long screw this is along with the gag but not folded at each frame. Then the T-screw must be like the old model again completely unscrewed.
d) It is not a flying change between screw right or left, side by side what is actually desirable in multiple carriers.

As a result, and because it is not a problem for me, I have the 3 carriers mounted on the crossbeams of our car. And I have a customized according a carrier for trekking and for the child's bike. Now I take the whole system in one piece from the roof and build it so it, because I need the roof rack for anything else.

Who shuns the screws have to take another carrier, but then spend more money on the same stability.