Interesting Cecily, I have a similar suspension rack from Saris and found that the "sissy bar" put her albatross bars right into the real wheel and rack on my Saluki. Without the bar we can struggle to mount the bike between the down tubes but then it will clear the rear of my bike. And if the two of us work together I can get my drop bars disentangled from her rear, large Nitto rack. All in all, annoying.
Anyway, I made the financially unwise decision to go ahead and sprung for the 1upUSA. When I get it I'll post a review. Michael On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 4:57:16 AM UTC-4, Cecily Walker wrote: > > I have an earlier model of one of these on my Ford Focus: > http://www.rackattack.com/product-pages/yakima-highlite-2-silver-hitch-bike-carrier.asp > > . The bike doesn't sit in a well, it's suspended from the rack with ties > and other gizmos. > > The best part was it came with a "sissy bar" that I can put on the Betty > (or any other step-through bikes) so I can keep it level with my > ex-husband's diamond frame bike. I've had no trouble with fenders, baskets, > giant Bosco handlebars, or anything. I've even carried a 42-pound Dutch > upright city bicycle on the back of the Focus without problem. > > The installation, chassis work and rack cost us about $900-ish, but it was > money well spent. > > On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 5:52:05 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> >> >> So... I have been looking at a new hitch racks, especially ones where the >> bikes sit in a well and get clamped around the tire. Does anyone have >> experience with these to share? Do you have to put the top clamp around >> the tire, or is it OK to put it over the fender? The Yakima rack >> installation instructions specifically say to put the top hook within 2" of >> the fork, which clearly rules out using it with any top rack, like my >> Mark's mini. The Saris instructions don't say that is necessary, but the >> video on their web site shows them setting it up that way. Finally, how >> close together are the wells; is there sufficient space for Albatross bars? >> >> Michael >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
