Bicycle rack recommendations
Been camping several years in a travel trailer. Upgraded to a Montana 3160rl 5'er last fall. Wife wants a bike and I was looking for a high quality rack for the rear bumper. Do I need to reinforce the...
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Cider wrote:
Yakima has come out with an "RV approved 4 bike rack fitting into a 2" reciever. Here is the link: https://www.yakima.com/roadtrip
Personally, it is a step in the right direction , but I would not buy it as you have to buy several add ons to actually secure the bike. There are no locks, you would (probably) need a stabilizer bar to keep bike(s) from shifting. By the time you add this to a base price of $200, you are approaching $400 real quick. Not really a fan of the Swagman series either, but am thinking real hard about a Thule T2 system, even though it is not "approved" for RV use.m Just a much better system and not much more than a Yakima RoadTrip fully equipped.
Just an update to this - Yakima now has the "upgraded" RV approved hitch called "Longhaul". It retails for $299, and has a lot of the missing items that were cost adders to the $199 "Roadtrip". My only concern with the new system is that a thief can take a couple of wrenches to the rack and walk off with the whole thing (minus pin box piece) in about 5 minutes. Also taking a real hard look at the Kuat Sherpa 2.0 platform rack for my MBS 24" MH. Difference in distance from my 1 ton P/U rear wheel to face of hitch and MH is about 2, 2 1/2 feet. I don't think this is going to make a lot of difference in a solid mount system and still have a respectable bike rack for hauling MTB's and city bikes.
