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    Mr B
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    Howdy,

    I'm in the market for a trailer htich bike rack and am
    looking for any general recommendations. I want a 4 bike
    holder that is made for a 2" hitch and doesn't need some
    sort of adaptor.

    From what I've gathered, Thule, Saris, and Yakima seem to be
    the top brands. I've also seen other brands at local stores
    and wanted to get input on pros and cons so I don't buy
    something and find my bike behind me on the freeway.

    Here are the ones I've come across recently at local stores:
    Schwinn 4 bike hitch rack (Dunhams) - $119 Thule 934 (Sport
    Mart) $174 Saris T-Rax (Local bike shop) $169 Impact Stealth
    (online) $150ish Outback HitchRack (Target) $99

    I'm sure the Saris or Thule would be the highest quality but
    I hadn't ever seen the Schwinn one before and was told it
    was relatively new at the SportMart I was at.

    If anyone has firsthand experience with these or would
    recommend one over the other, please let me know. The rack
    would probably only be used a couple times per year so I'm
    leaning towards the cheaper ones but a open to other info.

    Thanks.

    Report
  2. Mr B
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    Mr B said:

    Howdy,

    I'm in the market for a trailer htich bike rack and am
    looking for any general recommendations. I want a 4 bike
    holder that is made for a 2" hitch and doesn't need some
    sort of adaptor.

    From what I've gathered, Thule, Saris, and Yakima seem to
    be the top brands. I've also seen other brands at local
    stores and wanted to get input on pros and cons so I don't
    buy something and find my bike behind me on the freeway.

    Here are the ones I've come across recently at local
    stores: Schwinn 4 bike hitch rack (Dunhams) - $119 Thule
    934 (Sport Mart) $174 Saris T-Rax (Local bike shop) $169
    Impact Stealth (online) $150ish Outback HitchRack
    (Target) $99

    I'm sure the Saris or Thule would be the highest quality
    but I hadn't ever seen the Schwinn one before and was told
    it was relatively new at the SportMart I was at.

    If anyone has firsthand experience with these or would
    recommend one over the other, please let me know. The rack
    would probably only be used a couple times per year so I'm
    leaning towards the cheaper ones but a open to other info.

    Thanks.

    Anyone?

    Report
  3. Gene
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    Mr B <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Mr B said:

    Howdy,

    I'm in the market for a trailer htich bike rack and am
    looking for any general recommendations. I want a 4 bike
    holder that is made for a 2" hitch and doesn't need some
    sort of adaptor.

    From what I've gathered, Thule, Saris, and Yakima seem to
    be the top brands. I've also seen other brands at local
    stores and wanted to get input on pros and cons so I
    don't buy something and find my bike behind me on the
    freeway.

    Here are the ones I've come across recently at local
    stores: Schwinn 4 bike hitch rack (Dunhams) - $119 Thule
    934 (Sport Mart) $174 Saris T-Rax (Local bike shop) $169
    Impact Stealth (online) $150ish Outback HitchRack
    (Target) $99

    I'm sure the Saris or Thule would be the highest quality
    but I hadn't ever seen the Schwinn one before and was
    told it was relatively new at the SportMart I was at.

    If anyone has firsthand experience with these or would
    recommend one over the other, please let me know. The
    rack would probably only be used a couple times per year
    so I'm leaning towards the cheaper ones but a open to
    other info.

    Thanks.

    Anyone?

    Check usenet news with google. www.mtbr.com reviews.

    I posted recently re: a GM hitch rack purchase. Such a
    price! Seems hitch racks are widely available at competitive
    prices right now. I do not recall seeing the same choices
    five years ago.

    My hitch rack was a Yakima Roc-4. It was strong (enough) and
    easy to use. Carried top tubes bars in either of two
    trays... the main difference being the straps (rubber vs.
    ratchet). The Roc-2 or Roc-4 came with an arm to stabilize
    the bike... attached to the down tube. Using the rack with
    bungy cords for the front wheel was simple. Carried four
    bikes a lot. $160 on sale (obsolete?).

    So you need to know if the bike rack can actually carry four
    bikes without squishing them together. How do the bikes
    mount? How to keep them from swaying? Frames and front
    wheels will move about. Is the hitch receiver pin threaded?
    If no, then an anti-sway attachment is needed to keep the
    hitch rack from clanking. Lock system? The ROc-4 included a
    theft deterrent (sp?) cable that went around the outer-most
    bike frame. It was something anyway. Oh... $40 extra.

    qbike.comqbike.com bestwebbuys.comstores
    forums.mtbr.comforumdisplay.php

    try froogle too.

    HTH.

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  4. Name
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    I got a Hidden Hitch 1 1/4" hitch (installed it myself), and
    a Hollywood Engineering HR310. Hitch went on nice, I can
    recommend it. It took me _way_ too long to install due to me
    boo-booing and knocking a bolt into a blind hole - but if I
    had it to do over again it would be a 30 min job. The HR310
    I only picked up yesterday, and didn't get to try it out
    yet, but read a lot of good reviews. Its nice that it has
    lower stabilizer bars so the bikes can't sway.

    Mr B said:

    Howdy,

    I'm in the market for a trailer htich bike rack and am
    looking for any general recommendations. I want a 4 bike
    holder that is made for a 2" hitch and doesn't need some
    sort of adaptor.

    From what I've gathered, Thule, Saris, and Yakima seem to
    be the top brands. I've also seen other brands at local
    stores and wanted to get input on pros and cons so I don't
    buy something and find my bike behind me on the freeway.

    Here are the ones I've come across recently at local
    stores: Schwinn 4 bike hitch rack (Dunhams) - $119 Thule
    934 (Sport Mart) $174 Saris T-Rax (Local bike shop) $169
    Impact Stealth (online) $150ish Outback HitchRack
    (Target) $99

    I'm sure the Saris or Thule would be the highest quality
    but I hadn't ever seen the Schwinn one before and was told
    it was relatively new at the SportMart I was at.

    If anyone has firsthand experience with these or would
    recommend one over the other, please let me know. The rack
    would probably only be used a couple times per year so I'm
    leaning towards the cheaper ones but a open to other info.

    Thanks.

    sp@m trap [email hidden]

    .

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  5. Cohenfive
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    i would also suggest checking out the following two
    companies. if i were getting a rack i'd go this direction..

    1up usa

    draftmaster

    these racks are fairly expensive but get very, very high
    marks from users. also in both cases the racks allow both
    wheels to stay on the bike.

    good luck

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  6. Dion Dock
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    #6

    I have a DraftMaster and it works very well. You have to
    take the front wheel off though. It can be disassembled
    without tools and access to the rear hatch is pretty good.
    It would be really nice if it had locking skewers though.

    www.draftmaster.com

    I think your prices are low; most of these systems are a
    hitch mount and you then purchase more pieces for each bike
    you want to carry.

    -Dion

    "Mr B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Mr B said:

    Howdy,

    I'm in the market for a trailer htich bike rack and am
    looking for any


    general recommendations. I

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    want a 4 bike holder that is made for a 2" hitch and
    doesn't need some


    sort of adaptor.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    From what I've gathered, Thule, Saris, and Yakima seem to
    be the top


    brands. I've also seen other

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    brands at local stores and wanted to get input on pros
    and cons so I


    don't buy something and find my

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    bike behind me on the freeway.

    Here are the ones I've come across recently at local
    stores: Schwinn 4 bike hitch rack (Dunhams) - $119 Thule
    934 (Sport Mart) $174 Saris T-Rax (Local bike shop) $169
    Impact Stealth (online) $150ish Outback HitchRack
    (Target) $99

    I'm sure the Saris or Thule would be the highest quality
    but I hadn't


    ever seen the Schwinn one

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    before and was told it was relatively new at the
    SportMart I was at.

    If anyone has firsthand experience with these or would
    recommend one over


    the other, please let me

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    know. The rack would probably only be used a couple times
    per year so


    I'm leaning towards the

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    cheaper ones but a open to other info.

    Thanks.

    Anyone?

    Report

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