Nice Rack. :)

By Alan Ranked #1052 - Car Racks July 3, 2009

This rack is great. I love the fact that it doesn't have any chrome on it. The "other" brand has chrome that starts rusting quickly. It goes together well if you follow the directions. The below review is correct about over tightning the bolts. Don't do it. They don't need to be extremely tight.

The arms are almost not long enough for my 29r with the big tires. This is no big deal though because it can be worked around. You just have to play with it a little. My small tire 29r is no problem at all.

I like the way it can be lowered almost to the ground. This lets me open my rear hatch with the bikes on.

Here is a couple of ideas for Thule in case one of their people read this. First, weld a loop of steel somewhere on the rack so there is a place to hook a lock. This would be a simple thing to do and would really help when using a cable to lock the bikes on. Second, come up with a way to lock the rack to the hitch. Yeah I know it is bolted but anyone could easily take that off. One way would be to make the rack extend through the reciever enough to put a pad lock on. A hole drilled in the tube would make it easy to snap a lock on if it extended through the tube enough. Another solution would be to make a locking system for the bolt that holds the rack on. Again, this would be easy.

So with all that being said, I love the rack. It looks great and work great. I am so glad I bought it.

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