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Old 07-14-05 | 01:31 PM
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HiYoSilver
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From: SW. Sacramento Region, aka, down river

Bikes: Giant OCR T, Trek SC

PoorBehavior, your link is broken. And none of the performance racks are as substantial as the sportswork racks. With the extender, there is no problem mounting the rack on a hitch. If you have a bent or semi-bent like the Giant Revive, you'll need to get the mod series and one of the recumbent trays. Recommended for 2" hitches, but works fine with 1 1/4". Just make sure you have a good quality hitch.

About the racks, i.e. the mod series where you can use 1 tray or 2 trays according to how many bikes you want to carry.

-- extremely easy load and unload
-- if I had a flatter driveway approach, I would just leave the rack on most the time. Clearance with driveways and a rack on a sports car means you enter/exit at an angle.
-- there is a small about of movement at speed, but my guess is that is there with any rack. Basically the rack is supportedby a slightly larger than one inch square steel tube. Very solid but it's not one with the vehicle.
-- the tension loaded arms are a snap to lift and load your bike. Once the arm is dropped the bike stays put.
-- with 2 bikes, I like to put a bungee cord connecting them on the top so I see less bike movement in the rear view mirror.

More questions? Hope this helps.
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