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A car top bicycle carrier in which a bicycle is supported in an upright, fully assembled position. There is a generally V-shaped trough into which the bicycle tires are placed and one or more straps for retaining the tires in the trough. A U-shaped stanchion is provided with a clamping mechanism for

A car top bicycle carrier in which a bicycle is supported in an upright, fully assembled position. There is a generally V-shaped trough into which the bicycle tires are placed and one or more straps for retaining the tires in the trough. A U-shaped stanchion is provided with a clamping mechanism for clamping the upper part of one of the bicycle wheels so as to retain the bicycle in an upright position and against movement longitudinally of the trough. The clamping mechanism can be adapted to bicycles with relatively large wheels and to bicycles with relatively small wheels.

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A car top carrier for a bicycle comprising an elongate rigid V-shaped channel adapted to receive the bicycle tires therein, means for mounting the channel on a car top in a substantially horizontal position oriented longitudinally of the car, a generally U-shaped stanchion including a pair of depend

A car top carrier for a bicycle comprising an elongate rigid V-shaped channel adapted to receive the bicycle tires therein, means for mounting the channel on a car top in a substantially horizontal position oriented longitudinally of the car, a generally U-shaped stanchion including a pair of depending stanchion legs that have lengths approximately the diameter of the bicycle tire, means for attaching the lower extremities of respective said stanchion legs to said channel for pivotal movement about an axis substantially transverse to the channel, the upper portions of said stanchion legs being joined to one another by a crosspiece to space the upper portion of said stanchion legs apart from one another by a distance approximating the width of a bicycle tire, a clamping lever pivotally mounted on one of said stanchion legs and having a first portion that extends inward from said stanchion leg and confronts the crosspiece across an interval greater than the radial extent of the bicycle tire and rim, said clamping lever having a second portion rigid with the first portion and angularly oriented with respect thereto so that when the first portion is in a generally horizontal position said second portion resides substantially parallel to said stanchion leg, means for releasably locking said second portion into substantially parallel relation to said stanchion leg, and a clamping member secured to the distal region of said first portion of said lever, said clamping member including a high friction clamping piece for engaging the inner radial extremity of the bicycle rim and means for positioning the high friction member toward and away from the rim so that the rim and tire can be clamped between the crosspiece and the high friction member, said clamping member being releasable by disengaging said locking means and pivoting said clamping lever to move said clamping piece away from the bicycle rim.