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09-15-18, 07:22 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by jpescatore

I switched from roof rack to hitch mount rear rack years ago.

Be aware that hitch rack aren’t perfect. Found just about 20 miles from Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.

image by Stuart Black, on Flickr

image by Stuart Black, on Flickr

I’ll bet it was a hitch rack on an RV or on a vehicle towed by an RV and on a uphill. It looks like the threaded pin worked loose and the bikes were just gone. 4 of them all locked together. I put it at about $6000 of twisted bike parts sitting on the side of the road.

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