High Capacity Bike Racks? Bike racks in general.

[byathread]

Have some pics over here in case anyone is interested:

https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/lolo-bike-rack.40643/

 

[shane_th_ee]

I went with the Lolo as I needed something to go on the camper and something for my family of six (kids 4, 6, 8, 11)

Is the receiver on the camper installed even with the rear bumper? If so, does it clear the bumper mounted spare on the camper? (That's the other thing I don't like about my Thule. I had my TT receiver installed even with the bumper so the spare tire keeps me from being able to store it in the upright position.)

 

[duneslider]

I need to get a good hitch installed on the back of my camper but I still don't trust putting bikes back there. I have seen too many bikes with racks that have come off trailers. Just seems to be some weird bounce on the back of trailers that causes something to fail. These upright racks may not suffer that sort of fate though. Not sure what the root cause is.

 

[shane_th_ee]

I have seen too many bikes with racks that have come off trailers... Not sure what the root cause is.

That's people buying the $40-$70 bumper receiver adapters instead of spending hundreds of dollars to have a welding shop custom fab and weld a class III/IV receiver to the trailer frame. Most people are carrying cheap hybrids and some kids bikes. They're not spending $1500-2000 on a receiver and rack. Those of us transporting several times that amount in bikes will though...

 

[duneslider]

I have seen bike racks broken off at the hitch laying on the ground. I think its the leverage of those long 4 bike racks (yakima, thule, kuat), in fact, all those manufacturers say in their manuals not to put their racks on the back of RV's.

Yes, I have seen whole RV bumpers on the ground with bikes and rack still attached when people use those bolt on bumper hitches.

 

[Artie]

Ban all high capacity bike racks. No one needs that many bikes!

Think of the children!

 

[duneslider]

Ban all high capacity bike racks. No one needs that many bikes!

I wasn't going to even respond to this because it is wrong on so many levels. The correct number of bikes is obviously n+1.

 

[shane_th_ee]

(channeling my best Tom Hanks)Uhh... lessee.... they's time trial bikes, cyclo-cross bikes, they's down hill bikes, cross country bikes, trials bikes, road touring bikes, racing bikes, beach cruising bikes, they's commuter bikes...

 

[aporthole]

We have a 6-bike Recon Rack. It is the best rack you can buy. We are in the Pacific Northwest and big into mountain biking. The Recon is the primo-gold standard.
http://recon-racks.com/

 

[aporthole]

We have a 6-bike Recon Rack. It is the best rack you can buy. We are in the Pacific Northwest and big into mountain biking. The Recon is the primo-gold standard.
http://recon-racks.com/

 

[duneslider]

The Recon Rack has been on the top of my list but I have seen pictures of bikes with holes worn through the tires side walls and heard of bikes bouncing out of the baskets. I think he has improved the straps that hold the tire down, so that issue is maybe gone now but I have seen pictures of tires being worn through. The Recon from what I am told also doesn't handle little kids bikes very well and he doesn't care about that, or care to offer anything that would help that situation, again which is fine but for someone like me that makes it hard for me to want to drop $1400 and then not be able to carry the bikes I have.

The Recon is also by far the most expensive rack out there. The LOLO is also made in the PNW and costs half as much. I was pretty much set on the Recon until I saw the LOLO and now my interest has been peeked.