Carrying bikes with a 5er

I just bought a 2" to 1-1/4" hitch-opening reducer made of steel, because the plastic spacer on my Bell bike rack was wearing and allowing WAY too much slop in the rack. But I'm still going to tie a rope from the bike rack to the spare tire just to stabilize things a bit at the back of the 5er.

I WISH I had that Swagman platform rack!