Bike Rack?

[veloindy]

I've used Yakima, Thule, and Kuat - 1upusa beats them any day of the week! I like the fact my wife can install in a pinch, if I'm stranded - nice and light, and not complicated. Also, if it's just me, I can use 1 tray, as opposed to 2, 3, 4. It's made in the USA. Search MTBR.com for reviews, you will not find a bad one. Crappy pic of mine below, you can almost see it, ha!

1up USA Bike Rack Review | Mountain Bike Review

 

[Jtwo]

Plat form racks are great and my preferred method for carrying 2 bikes. When carrying 4 I put two on a Thule T2 and two on the roof using Thule Circuit 526. The roof rails mount directly to the factory crossbars. 10+ years in the bike bizz has resulted in a garage full of carbon fiber mountain and road bikes and I will not use a rack that allows the bikes to hit each other or my TE. Good luck.

+1, have owned a few different types of racks and the plat forms are the way to go. Easy to load/unload, no bikes clacking against each other or hitting your T4R.
I have the Thule but really the Yak and Kuat are good as well, I just got a smoking deal on the Thule T2.

Cheers!

 

[GreyhoundGuy]

I've used Yakima, Thule, and Kuat - 1upusa beats them any day of the week! I like the fact my wife can install in a pinch, if I'm stranded - nice and light, and not complicated. Also, if it's just me, I can use 1 tray, as opposed to 2, 3, 4. It's made in the USA.

I'm glad you posted this. I was out driving the other day and saw this weird space age thing on the back of someone's car. It looked just like this one:

I couldn't figure out if it was. My first thought was that it was meant to assist in carrying motorized wheelchairs for a handicapped driver, but it didn't look strong enough to lift a power scooter.

It's got a good look to it. I'm often hauling a bike or two. I'll have to look into these!

-Joel

 

[jrhaze]

North Shore Bike Racks

Just do a search for the bike rack thread and...well I decided to do it for you...

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/88042-hitch-mounted-bike-rack.html

Agreed!

 

[syndicate1]

Tray type racks are the way to go if you care about your bike and they're also easier to use.

I know from experience that when a bike "hangs" on the rack from its down tube or top tube- frame WILL be scratched from bouncing around and swinging. Also, if you have more than one bike on the rack, the bouncing and swinging will also cause the bikes to bump (and scratch) each other like a monkey F**KING a football. Maybe this is the reason why racks like this are a dime a dozen on Craigslist?

North Shore racks and tray type racks like the Thule T2 and Kuat are an exceptions to the above comment.

I have a Thule T2 rack and the following goes for all North Shore racks and tray type racks. 1) Thru the rear window, the the cargo area is always accessible with the rack up or down and with or without a bike. 2) Without a bike on the rack, it takes 2 second to lower the rack down to the loaded position to access the cargo area. 3) With a bike on the rack, it takes 2 seconds to pull the lock pin and lower the rack into the "down" position to open the tailgate.

Yeah its a strong opinion, I'm a cyclist with four bikes worth more than a new SR5 so taking care of the steads is important for me when buying a rack.