Seasucker Makes “World’s Smallest Bike Rack”, Fits in Your Messenger Bag

What prevents the seat from bouncing up and down or rubbing and destroying the paint?

Yeah, it needs some sort of seat cover with a strap going into the trunk, similar to the upper strap. Could have a foam end on it, like Saris/yakima upper glass hook adapters. I would be concerned for both my car’s paint, but more importantly a nicer saddle. It’s amazing how quickly road vibration can destroy things, especially a soft leather seat’s outer layer.
[In the example above, the seat is sitting on the Audi logo, which I would imagine would increase its likelihood of damaging the seat.]

I am sure that these vacuum mount are not strong enough and wouldnt work well i reality.

A STRAP TO THE BUMPER MAY HELP KEEP IT FROM BOUNCING BUT THE STARP IT HAS NOW IS A SECONDARY SAFTEY KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A SPARE RACK OR TRAVEL RACK SO IT WOULD NOT BE USED DAILY SO SADDLE WEAR IS NOT AN ISSUE

I think this is brilliant… agree the seat should be secured. A second safety strap secured through the bottom of the door and a $10 full Gel seat cover from Walmart would pretty much cover it.

I like the idea, and it looks like it could be convenient for occasional use, but for 184 bucks Im not so sure. Other racks are cheaper, about as easy to use and install, and can carry more than one bike.

What a great idea. The suckers are easily strong enough as they use things like that to pick huge great pains of glass up.

I agree it could do with another sucker or cover for the seat as I would think and material rubbing on paint would mark it on a long drive, especially if you throw in some dirt

I think I rather fold the seat down in that Audi and put the bike in the back.

I am not sure about my carbon handlebars.

Lots of good points/concerns made on the comments here (Other than the suckers not holding up) but IMO, it looks like SeaSucker’s intention for this rack is more of a travel friendly rack rather than an everyday use rack..

I did all the original testing on this rack for months at SeaSucker.
I went into it thinking the same thing that there would need to be a cover or extra strap to hold seat in place. It is definitely not needed though even though we can sell a cover or an extra cup or another strap easily. I went over every bump and crevice (railroad tracks and light offroading) I could and turned the wheels at the same time and the most radical movement I could get was maybe a foot in one direction and it would come right back…who cares. We have racks for up to 5 bikes but this is meant to be the smallest possible rack for one and it is now my go to favorite rack and the seat does not get worn (long trip I might wrap a towel or seat cover on though but most trips are less than an hour so no big deal) and I ride 180-250 miles a week and have never had a brake line issue. It looks weird but the balance of the bike is awesome like this, you can even let the bike sit in the handlebar mounts open, the bike wants to stay in that down and in position.

I thought that was pretty quick to set up a bike rack. Then I watched it at 2x speed and it was even quicker!

@CARBONCHRIS – why are you yelling?

This rack looks like it would be perfect for the urban/suburban rider. I have little doubt that it would last on a longer trip, but in reality it looks best suited for those of us who do not want to mount our hitch rack for a quick local ride. Basically, this rack is an enabler – it could very well mitigate that daunting feeling when you realize your hitch rack is not installed and you want to just get out the door!

Very Cool.

Looks like a damn nice piece of work and ingenuity……

I’m sure there are naysayers about the kitty hawk when she first took off….. Ride on seasucker!!!