Good info Like your shop. I made the mistake of getting straps not strong enough years ago moving my son's smaller bike strap broke bike fell over in the back of my truck. Not too much damage bought the heavier ones it's not where you want to save a buck.
After finishing the video I remembered two additional points, First the blue straps are 4 for $10 buck and the grey straps were about $25 for a set of four. Second on strapping and that is where you strap your front wheel by slipping the strap over the top of the front wheel under the fender. then having the strap hook onto the wheel chalks on either side of the wheel. Although this will work you'll have to watch as the straps may come into contact with the wheels single or dual disk brakes. Where the vibration of the trailer in transit may cut the straps leaving you with an unsecured bike. This happened to me when using the Pro Bike chalks. Luckily I caught it before the strap broke. If you have any questions shoot me a comment. Cheers
I agree with most of your choices. However I do know that if you over tighten your straps, compressing your shocks, you substantially increase the risk of blowing your seals by not allowing free movement of the shocks while traveling over the roadway. You also have to remember that while they do look strong people make the mistake of using your handlebars as a load/strap point. Handlebars are NOT structural load points. It's definitely not advisable to use handlebars as a strap point.
