4 Bikes on luggage rack
Hello All, Looking for some first hand experience and suggestions. We have a 2018 Outback 325BH that came with a luggage rack mounted to the back. The rack is called "bike rack" in their marketin...
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kfp673 wrote:
Yes, the pic above is exactly what we have. There is a vertical bar that gets installed allowing things to be secured, but as mentioned, it is still a bunch of bikes and now a bunch of bikes with a bunch of damage. I still have the bolt on receiver hitch piece from my old trailer the I could mount to the bumper but that would then make it so I can't use the rack. I already own the Thule version of what you show above that we use on our other car, but will have to figure out how it could be used along with the rack.
You might have a vertical bar, but that is not enough for bikes.
You need a horizontal bar from the top of the vertical bar.
See the bar I circled in red..
That horizontal bar is what keeps the bikes apart and that part is what is missing from your setup.
Without that horizontal part your bikes are all jumbled together in one massive heap. There is no way they will travel without damage if they are not separated from each other.
You might be able to use "U" bolts to connect your existing Thule rack to the existing vertical bar as a work around..
Like this..
You can find that and many more types and sizes at Lowes or Home Depot.
