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tll
May 17, 2013Explorer
It looks like it will work great. I hope it does not wiggle to much with all that weight about 5' above the mounting point. All that height can bend things because of the length, a little pressure is multiplied by the 5 feet of distance, so 35 pounds of pressure becomes 150 foot pounds of torque.
The total height of the rack is 33", nowhere close to 5". I was a bit concerned about the stress at the tubing weld point, that is why I installed the gussets. The rack is rock solid now. It is plenty strong to hold two bikes, however I wouldn't put a 4 bike rack on it.
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