Bike Racks

[Twitchin Kitten]

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OK Twist - I managed to split this off the other thread and rename it so it's all about bike racks.

You read our minds! We've been toiling over a rack.

It has to be a hitch mount. We could use one of those things to put them in the bed, but if we haul shit too, we don't want things packed around the bikes.

I've got a class 4 hitch with a 2" receiver.

I don't like the idea of the kind you hang from the frame, especially since my bike does not have a straight bar across and it will be flopping around at an angle. Not good even if you tie them down.

The one you have on the Amazon link is more within my budget right now. Top it off, it's going to have to go on the Sears card.

So, this is the list of contenders, not in order of want - tell me what you think.

http://www.amazon.com/Swagman-Cross-Coun...B0001VO1YY

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM241810792P?prdNo=9&blockNo=9&blockType=G9 <-- I wish they had a better photo of this one.


Now the one you sent me for the Swagman on their site for $150 - well I saw one similar on the Sears site for twice the price. I got a feeling it's a hitch size issue.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM2959321602P?prdNo=3&blockNo=28&blockType=G28

I like that Thule one the best but I just can't afford that kind of money right now.

If you search Sears for Bike Carriers you'll get the list I got. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/search_10153_...ke+carrier

Right now we can put them in the bed and tie them down with the motorcycle straps but that's a friggin' pain to climb in and out of that big ass bed (the tailgate is near my shoulder when it's down - a good three inches above Matt's waist and he's 6' tall) and it's not really good to tie bicycles down like that. It's a lot of pressure on the handlebars and fork to keep it from bouncing and a two man operation to get it on and off the damn truck.

So - gimme your opinion on these that I picked. I'm leaning toward that Swagman but it has to be for a class 4 hitch. I think their site says up to class 3.