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my un-official Kuat Sherpa review
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Ok here are first impressions of my new Kuat Sherpa rack.
This thing is light, not officially put on a scale but you deffinitly notice it. The color is super nice but wish instead of paint it was powder coated. The cam that locks the rack in and prevents any wiggle is genius and does what it was meant to do. Unfortunately I was in a parking lot mishap and the handle was broken (as you may notice in some pics) with no perp to be found, damn hit and run....anyways the guys at Kuat have a replacement part on the way, awesome guys to deal with. Moving on up the rack the arms that hold the bikes in place are downright sexy and work. They hold the bike in place well and are super simple to use. There are stops at the pivot point to keep them from falling all the way to the ground. The rear tire is held with your typical cradle and strap found similar to many other racks. There is a nice two step section (wide and narrow) to the cradles. Perfect for road bikes, cross bikes and smaller BMX bikes that run narrow wheels. It comes with a cable and locking hitch pin that does its job.
The only thing I would like to change is the pin that holds the rack up/level/down is to have something with some sort of cam or even a bold and T-handle on the other side to really snug it down. The cam does a great job of holding the arm that goes into the hitch tight. But the main part of the rack still has play, not a lot but its there. I dont mind the extra step. Other than that just the paint. Its such a sexy rack to have paint fall off of.
Great rack!!! more pics to come.....
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This thing is light, not officially put on a scale but you deffinitly notice it. The color is super nice but wish instead of paint it was powder coated. The cam that locks the rack in and prevents any wiggle is genius and does what it was meant to do. Unfortunately I was in a parking lot mishap and the handle was broken (as you may notice in some pics) with no perp to be found, damn hit and run....anyways the guys at Kuat have a replacement part on the way, awesome guys to deal with. Moving on up the rack the arms that hold the bikes in place are downright sexy and work. They hold the bike in place well and are super simple to use. There are stops at the pivot point to keep them from falling all the way to the ground. The rear tire is held with your typical cradle and strap found similar to many other racks. There is a nice two step section (wide and narrow) to the cradles. Perfect for road bikes, cross bikes and smaller BMX bikes that run narrow wheels. It comes with a cable and locking hitch pin that does its job.
The only thing I would like to change is the pin that holds the rack up/level/down is to have something with some sort of cam or even a bold and T-handle on the other side to really snug it down. The cam does a great job of holding the arm that goes into the hitch tight. But the main part of the rack still has play, not a lot but its there. I dont mind the extra step. Other than that just the paint. Its such a sexy rack to have paint fall off of.
Great rack!!! more pics to come.....
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ok here are some I have already... in the first 2 pics you can see the accessories and tools that come with the rack. In the first one you can see the "T" handled hitch pin in the middle. The 2nd pic is of the adapter for wheels smaller than 24"s. The last pic is what it is capable of...Yeah thats 2 full on DH rigs on there, no problems on multiple trips from Las Vegas to Fontana Ca.!!
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