Best bike transport rack???

terrabike01

terrabike01

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I may be getting a different pickup truck and may need to buy a bike rack (trailer receiver) to transport my bikes around. What is the best bike rack (quality and security wise)? It has to be able to carry 2 bikes at a time. Fat, gravel, road and XC bikes. And must a dedicated 2" receiver. Not have a 1 1/4" with a 2" sleeve on it. Thanks in advance.
 
I have the Kuat Sherpa ll and have been very pleased with. Weight wise it is easy to handle putting it on and off. It comes with a cable and lock.
 
1 up. They ship in ~2 weeks. Just order from the web site. I just got my single tray delivered yesterday.
 
I've had 2 Kuats (Sherpa and NV 2.0) and a Thule.

Kuat without a doubt out of those two companies. The trail doc is freakin sweet too.

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shrpshtr325 said:
Single bike in the bed, multiples on tailgate pad. Baby trucks may have issues with closing the tailgate ....
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Going from an F150 to maybe a Nissan Frontier or GMC canyon. Bikes dont fit in the bed and I drive too fast to leave the tailgate down lol
 
terrabike01 said:
Going from an F150 to maybe a Nissan Frontier or GMC canyon. Bikes dont fit in the bed and I drive too fast to leave the tailgate down lol
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If you have no cover they should be fine but will take finagaling (turn the handlebars)to get the gate to close . Those baby trucks only have a 5ft bed anymore the 5.5 on my dad's Dakota was tight enough
 
shrpshtr325 said:
If you have no cover they should be fine but will take finagaling (turn the handlebars)to get the gate to close . Those baby trucks only have a 5ft bed anymore the 5.5 on my dad's Dakota was tight enough
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Back when I had a frontier I had 2 Rocky mounts on the front utilitrack (think I got them from @Carson) and a kuat hitch mount. As long as the wheelbase didn’t require the tailgate be down I had capacity for 4 bikes.
 
jdog said:
I’m a fan of the newer Thule t2 pro. Lifetime warranty is legit. The new version beats their old stuff.
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This made me check the web site and the new version has wheels on it to cart it around - pretty good idea.

I think in some other threads bike racks were discussed - I can't complain about my T2 XT Pro2 aside from the weight, it's solid and the customer support has been 100% spot on for small little pieces i needed they sent for free even though I am not the original owner. I did pay $6 for a few extra keys since I only had one but NBD.

This or the Kuat were on my shopping list a while back - cant go wrong with either I think.
 
terrabike01 said:
I may be getting a different pickup truck and may need to buy a bike rack (trailer receiver) to transport my bikes around. What is the best bike rack (quality and security wise)? It has to be able to carry 2 bikes at a time. Fat, gravel, road and XC bikes. And must a dedicated 2" receiver. Not have a 1 1/4" with a 2" sleeve on it. Thanks in advance.
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If you’re getting another pick up truck why not get a tailgate pad
 
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