Bike Racks

[AlbyVaz]

From my experience, a rack works well if you play a bit of bike Tetris and I highly recommend buying some foam pipe lagging to clip around the frames and forks in areas where they might run to save any tears. I’ve also got the 4th bike adaptor too. For my kids' bikes. Have used the adapter on long trips to France as well as lots of local trips, and to transport a BBQ. The only downside is it’s quite bulky and heavy when off the car.

 

[davebo]

You have to make a small cut (think 1.5" x 1.5") to the underside of the diffuser, so the slot for the hitch is exposed. If I took the mount off the car you'd never see it; with the rack off you can see the hitch mount but it's pretty unobtrusive. I usually have an M-dot (Ironman) hitch cover on it but when I don't it doesn't look bad at all.

If you look closely you can see the hitch and cover under the diffuser in this pic:

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I know it's an old post but I just came across this and thought it was funny I recognized the gas station and Wendy's right near me.