Hitch Mount Platform Bike Rack

Best for four bikes.

Hitch mount platform bike rack. The rack has sliding wheel hoops and ratcheting hook arms to safely and securely hold your bikes in place during transport. Yakima ridgeback 4 bike hitch rack at rei has a 160 pound weight limit and comes with anti sway cradles to keep bikes from touching best for suvs. You need a 2 inch receiver tube to mount this accessory but it can accept both 2 and 1 inch racks. This mainly means the model lacks the bells whistles and refinement of the higher priced competition.

The kuat transfer is a platform of hitch mount bike rack. Kuat nv base 2 0 at backcountry the foot assisted pivot system makes getting into the back of an suv easier best ultra light hitch rack. However testers found it to be a high quality alternative including the price. Thule helium pro 3 at thule.

Hitch mount racks come in hanging style and platform style. Platform style wheel mount hitch bike racks. Again they hold different levels of bikes and are easy to load and to unload your bikes. However most of the platform bike racks only carry a maximum of 4 bikes.

As the name suggests bikes carried on these racks hang supported by the bike frames which rest on the rack arm cradles. Unlike the hanging racks platform bike racks hold your bike by the wheels. This hitch mounted platform style 2 bike rack is perfect for bikes with extra wide wheelbases such as recumbent bikes. Hitch mounted bike rack weights vary widely from the 13 pound kuat beta to the burly 85 pound recon racks gen2 r6.

These designs are more stable and don t have sway problems.