Saris Bike Beam

by Saris

Product Features

• Bridges the gap from stem to seat tube
• For use with the Saris Bones RS, Bones, Sentinel, Guardian, and T-RAX where bikes are secured to rack by the top tube

Product Description

The Saris Bike Beam bridges the gap from stem to seat tube, creating a virtual top tube for ladies and specialty frames. It's designed for use with Saris Bones RS, Bones, Sentinel, Guardian, and T-RAX where bikes are secured to rack by the top tube.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 4.1 x 2 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001EIKUG6
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,106 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars nerve racking for big bikes, November 13, 2006

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Pseudo Punk (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saris Bike Beam (Sports)

I've got a pretty large frame cruiser, but still within standard bike sizes, and the bar is just barely long enough to connect between the handlebar stem and the seat. If you try to pick the bar up in the middle (with the bike on it) the beam comes apart. It seems to be ok on the actual rack though, as there are two contact points towards the sides. I always keep a SUPER close eye on it though because I'm waay nervous that it's gonna separate and my bike will go tumbling down the road. I haven't used it very much because of it. If you've got a smaller frame bike you probably wouldn't have a problem at all.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Device but with design flaw, September 11, 2009

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Richard L. Wood "Woody san" (Chesapeake, Virginia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Saris Bike Beam (Misc.)

I received my Bike Beam this week and gave it a test. It does exactly what is advertised to do and appears well built except for a design flaw that will cause the plastic collar where the two tubes of the bike beam slide together. The molded collar has a wedge molded into the inside of the ring which rides into a grove of the smaller tube. The problem is that the end of the grove ends before the inner tube bottoms out in the outer tube. This causes the wedge of the molded ring to rise up out the groove, putting a large amount of stress on the molded ring causing it to crack and eventually causing the ring to break and fall off. I believe the purpose of this ring is to make for a smooth operation when expanding the bike beam and to prevent debris from getting in between the 2 tube walls. I can see after a period of time without the ring, the Bike Beam may become harder to put on and off the bike as the debris between the 2 tubes builds up. I have written to Saris company about this flaw, but as usual I suppose the e-mail was read by a person hired to handle first level complaints and has no understanding of what I am trying to describe to them unless they have a Beam to look at. They quickly offered to send me a new bike beam but until the design flaw is corrected, briskly contracting the the beam or jarring either end when it is fully closed will cause the ring to break again. I have no problem with the collar being cracked because I will repair it myself and as far as the beam doing what it is supposed to do, it has little effect on that unless it is left un-repaired and debris is allowed to build up. My main purpose was to make Saris aware of the problem and correct it, because the next person may not think it is as minor of an issue as I do. I would of given this Beam a 4 or 5 even with the broken piece because it is that good but I am giving it a 2 in hopes it will flag someone at Saris to take a look at this problem.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good value, June 7, 2007

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C. Frantilla (Brookfield, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saris Bike Beam (Sports)

Different manufacturers sell similar adapters which cost more but do essentially the same thing. Saris' bike beam works as advertised, does not feel cheap, but is still reasonably priced -- good thing, since I bought four of them!

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