Originally Posted by
20grit
I just mounted an older Rhode Gear trunk rack on my car for making a trip to North Carolina this weekend. Seems like a solid piece of equipment other than the rubber straps for securing the bike have degraded/disappeared long ago.
If it has the yellow plastic center where all the tubes join, beware. With a heavy load the plastic will break eventually.
I didn't believe someone who told me, who owns a bike shop and also knows the guy I Know who worked for Rhode Gear, and kept using the rack. Almost lost four bikes on the highway. One side broke but the other side held the bikes just barely above the pavement. When I turned into a drive way barely moving, one if the bikes touched the ground. Get an all steel Allen rack.