Quote Originally Posted by wackyjacky1 View Post
Is a trunk rack sturdy/stable enough to haul a couple of bikes at highway speeds? I may be taking multiple people and multiple bikes up to Dallas next weekend -- I wanna be sure the bikes make it up there with us!

PS Hoping to not have to spend a ton o' money, either. Is there a good CHEAP trunk-mounted rack out there?
How many bikes are we talking about?

Back when I had the red Camry, I used to transport 2 bikes with a trunk rack with no problems, on both highways and local roads.

I did once see a bike come loose from the trunk rack of the vehicle in front of me while driving to the Sea Gull Century, but the bike never fell completely off. After a couple of minutes the driver realized there was a problem, pulled over and fixed it. Nothing unusual happened to cause the bike to fall off (like hitting a huge bump at high speed) so I assumed it just wasn't put securely on the rack in the first place.

Being a bit obsessive, I always used a few bungy cords for additional attachment of the bikes to the rack, as well as to keep the front wheels of the bikes from moving.