A little paranoia can be a good thing.
Told by many, seen by many. So I installed a bike rack on the bumper of my 5er. Told, "no problem", the bumper can handle that little bit of weight. Got back from a 3 week tour of some of the best ...
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This post disturbs me...
...most everyone here recommends against this. Who told you to install it and that it would be OK?
Plus, as so many have said, it's not the weight, but the leverage of long bars hanging bikes a relatively long way off the bumper. Spare tire racks generally keep things close in on shorter support members.
I should confess, that I installed a bike rack on the cheap bumper (and fortunately had read some of the warnings here). It lasted about 300 miles- there were no near-disasters, but the bumper was bending.
Unfortunately, it is kind of tricky to see spare tire racks all over creation (and a tire is fairly heavy), so hey, what's a couple of bikes...again, leverage.
...most everyone here recommends against this. Who told you to install it and that it would be OK?
Plus, as so many have said, it's not the weight, but the leverage of long bars hanging bikes a relatively long way off the bumper. Spare tire racks generally keep things close in on shorter support members.
I should confess, that I installed a bike rack on the cheap bumper (and fortunately had read some of the warnings here). It lasted about 300 miles- there were no near-disasters, but the bumper was bending.
Unfortunately, it is kind of tricky to see spare tire racks all over creation (and a tire is fairly heavy), so hey, what's a couple of bikes...again, leverage.
