Joined: May 2012
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From: The old Northwest Coast.
Bikes: 1973 Motobecane Grand Jubilee, 1981 Centurion Super LeMans, 2010 Gary Fisher Wahoo, 2003 Colnago Dream Lux, 2014 Giant Defy 1, 2015 Framed Bikes Minnesota 3.0, several older family Treks
Regards, hope you heal just fine.
I use a Kuat Alpha receiver hitch rack. It has the snug feature which allows an internal jam wedge thingee to tighten inside the receiver..works good if I use...a few zip ties as shims. The rack won't wiggle. The best feature is the rack..aluminum and nice and light, about 16 pounds. It's a 2" receiver, not sure if smaller ones have the wedge. Shims can help take out the wiggle, you just have to fiddle around to get the right shim. The Kuat folds up small too.
Once upon a time I used a Thule steel 4 bike rack that was built tough but as such weighed in at perhaps 35-40 pounds? heavy bastard. With 4 Mt. bikes that was like 140+ pounds back there and it was a pain to put on and off and wouldn't fold so storage was another PITA.
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