rented a thule once and found it heavy ugly and that it worked great. Used the lock onto receiver and integrated cable locks. Marked up my wheel rims w the strap.
bought the 2 pos heavy duty 1up and its strong as i hoped.
Goes on and off easily with a tool.
Uses a hitch lock for retaining safety
never marks my bike
bikes go on and off super easily and fast. U need locks for traffic stops. Its that fast
hoses off nicely after a trip
works as a stand for checking the bike or washing it in the driveway !!!
dont like
you have to hold the latch level with your hand to smoothly lower the wheel guides. This gets old fast
they dont sell the tilt mechanism as part of the rack standard. Its an absolute must to have. i guess this is done so you can purchase add ons and then get the release length needed. Or two of them perhaps of diff lengths
must use your bike handlebars to lift the rack back into travel position. It works. But requires more force that i thought it would.
the rack barely fits so that when tilted down you can open a truck tailgate. But it does fit. Hard to keep it away from your backup sensors, it needs to be close to the bumper. So we have 1/2" position sweet spot. i will likely mark this position w tape, then spray paint the part that goes into the receiver red. This will let me line it up best each time.
but my biggest beef is that there is no security to this rack. Any dummy w a cordless impact gun has it partially disassembled and off your truck in 30 seconds. nothing is ever safe anyways. But this rack just begs to be stolen.
worth it... any rack that gets the job done is worth it. They all have their ups and downs. 😀
