Heading to tignes in summer for family holiday for 2 weeks
Considering taking bikes or hiring.
Has anyone tried bike bags on roof of a hire car using a soft roof rack?
Inflatable roof bars.
Did it with a pram.
Although for a bike today. I'd just take my sea sucker and put the bike on the roof and fold the bag up in the car
I would caution you might invalidate the insurance of a rental vehicle by affixing your own equipment to it. I realise you are suggesting something 'soft' but it is usually against the T&C of rentals to fix anything to their cars, typically roof racks and bike racks will explicitly be listed as not allowed.
We took a roof rack once. It was one that fitted into roof rails and the hire car guy let us have a car with rails.
we commonly do this with surfboards and a soft rack. Thing is surfboards weigh a lot less than bikes. If I were renting a car out I wouldn't want 50kg pushing down on the middle of the soft roof skin of the car.
Soft racks can also scratch the car roof - although only (very) minor scuffs, this can get picked up by the hire company on return.
Good question, the best I’ve come up with (purely theoretical for now) is the sea sucker type of bike carrier.