I've used my bike rack in the hitch before with nothing in the bed.
I don't have any other way to carry them without throwing them in the bed and letting them get thrown around. Not about to do that with a $1000 bike (more with friends' bikes), especially when I have paid $200 for a nice hitch rack. I got the hitch rack back when I had a Ranger, which didn't have room for 4 bikes.
Don't be so quick to judge.
I need to start riding again (I could use the exercise) and the only way I could transport my bike is to lay the seats down and pile the bikes inside. A Suburban doesnt have a bed, so I'd like a nice receiver mounted bike rack that also wont kill my bank account (which is sadly of life support right now
). I'll need one to hold at least two bikes.I always get a kick out people who have bike racks in the receiver hitch on a truck with an open box and nothing in it![]()
Any good suggestions on a receiver monted bike rack?I need to start riding again (I could use the exercise) and the only way I could transport my bike is to lay the seats down and pile the bikes inside. A Suburban doesnt have a bed, so I'd like a nice receiver mounted bike rack that also wont kill my bank account (which is sadly of life support right now
). I'll need one to hold at least two bikes.
Naturally they get more expensive as you add more bikes and more features (hinge down, pivot, etc.)
Any good suggestions on a receiver monted bike rack?I need to start riding again (I could use the exercise) and the only way I could transport my bike is to lay the seats down and pile the bikes inside. A Suburban doesnt have a bed, so I'd like a nice receiver mounted bike rack that also wont kill my bank account (which is sadly of life support right now
). I'll need one to hold at least two bikes.
Thule and Yakima are 2 of the major brands of racks. I don't have either (seeing how I have a bed) but thousands of people do.
I have this link saved in my bookmarks http://www.rackattack.com/hitch-mount-bike-racks.asp
You can see they make all shapes and sizes of them.Naturally they get more expensive as you add more bikes and more features (hinge down, pivot, etc.)
Probably any local sporting goods stores would have something to look at. And I bet Craigslist would have loads of them. Especially guys wanting to dump their old one for a bigger/newer one.![]()
You get what you pay for I guess. I'll just keep searching and maybe find a used one on CL or Ebay. If not, I guess I'll just stuff the bikes inside the Burb again. I'd mount em on my roof, but I can't lift a bike up onto my roof with a fucked up back. 