1Up bike rack on a E21

[richardr]

Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz

is that Formosa(?) cover home made or something you bought ? pictures and/or details?


? Formosa is an old name for Taiwan... Did you mean Formica or something else ?

No, Here's the link on Amazon.

[Upfisk]

We bought the 2 bike Formosa cover 2 years ago from Amazon. With shipping it was $64. Today it is $119! It is still a great cover for that price. It zips around the hitch and bike rack, is adjustable with many straps, fully waterproof, and has a reinforced visqueen type fabric for the taillights to show through. We have carried bikes about 15,000 miles inside our cover, and it is just starting to show wear. If you look on the Amazon.CA site it is over $300!

[Meandering Minstrel]

Amazon sells the 6" receiver extender. I had to get one in order to mount our bike rack. The extender just stays in there permanently; I also got a clamp to keep it from rattling and put that on nice & tight and leave it on all the time also. The stock receiver is too short with the spare tire mounted back there.

[John in Santa Cruz]

Originally Posted by Meandering Minstrel

Amazon sells the 6" receiver extender. I had to get one in order to mount our bike rack. The extender just stays in there permanently; I also got a clamp to keep it from rattling and put that on nice & tight and leave it on all the time also. The stock receiver is too short with the spare tire mounted back there.

note that moving the center of gravity of the rack farther back increases the torque load on the reciever, therefore undoubtably derates the hitch.... by how much, its hard to say.

[gshadel795]

what was the exact model of your 1 Up bike rack? and are you pleased with it?

[John in Santa Cruz]

I have the 1Up Super Duty Double, and am VERY pleased. I've had at least 5-6 different hitch racks over the years, ranging from Yakima/Thule stuff where the bikes hung by their top tube (and I had this 'fake top tube' accessory for stepthrough bikes that went around the seat post and handlebar stem) to a Swagman XC2 to a Swagman Escape2 and now the 1Up, and its by far the nicest of any of them.