Originally Posted by mikereyno' date='May 28 2005, 10:20 AM

Wondering if anyone has any experience or suggestions for my problem.? Have been a long time road bike rider and had purchased an extensive amount of Thule roof rack equipment that I used on my 1995 325 until I purchased my 525 in December.? Thule has not made a fit kit for the e60 so I was forced to buy the base roof rack for the e60.? I was hoping to be able to utilize my Thule bike rails with the BMW based on privious posts here on the forum that alluded to the existance of a possible connector for the two.? When I contacted BMW NA they gave me the following response:

"Thank you for contacting BMW of North America, LLC regarding BMW accessories for your 2005 BMW 525i.? We appreciate your enthusiasm for our vehicles.?

Unfortunately, we do not have a connector designed to support the Thule bike rack equipment.? However, there are 2 lockable Cycle holders for the rack support you have purchased.? These locks may work with the Thule equipment, but because they were not designed for this purpose, I cannot confirm if they will or not.? Please contact the parts department at your local BMW center for pricing and availability of the locking systems. "

Basically their response was that I was going to have to purchase a couple of hundred dollars worth of BMW bike holders and the investment in Thule equipment would be gathering dust in the basement.

Any suggestion or do I just suck it up and spend the extra cash on the BMW equipment?

Thanks,