Comments on: Shopping for a hitch rack: The Northshore 6-Bike Rack http://www.ihatebikes.net/site/gear/racks-gear/shopping-for-a-hitch-rack-the-northshore-6-bike-rack/ It's a love/ hate thing Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bryan Safarik http://www.ihatebikes.net/site/gear/racks-gear/shopping-for-a-hitch-rack-the-northshore-6-bike-rack/comment-page-1/#comment-4917 Bryan Safarik Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:25:57 +0000 http://www.ihatebikes.net/site/?p=2846#comment-4917 I've had he NSR 4-bike for almost two years, and you won't find a more intuitive, durable, or stable rack. Period. Especially for "big bikes". Shipping to the states was $45USD. The rack is also by no stretch of the imagination a "pain" to install and/or remove. Indeed, I find it MUCH less cumbersome than the behemoth Thule or Yakima 4-bike solutions. Finally, locking pin solutions can be had for about $12 at your local auto parts store. Use a product called the Hitch Vise for $30 more, and the NSR is both locked and bolted to your vehicle (yielding security and rock-solid stability, respectively). Also a point to consider is that the NSR reduces ground clearance the LEAST of all the hitch rack solutions. It also is built tough, and can handle rough offroad shuttles to remote trailheads with aplomb. Be prepared to bottom the back end of a (4-bike) Thule or Yakima frequently if you take it off level pavement, especially on low-clearance vehicles. Even given some of the more recent rack offerings, if I had to make a buying decision again right now, it would be the NSR without hesitation. I’ve had he NSR 4-bike for almost two years, and you won’t find a more intuitive, durable, or stable rack. Period. Especially for “big bikes”. Shipping to the states was $45USD. The rack is also by no stretch of the imagination a “pain” to install and/or remove. Indeed, I find it MUCH less cumbersome than the behemoth Thule or Yakima 4-bike solutions. Finally, locking pin solutions can be had for about $12 at your local auto parts store. Use a product called the Hitch Vise for $30 more, and the NSR is both locked and bolted to your vehicle (yielding security and rock-solid stability, respectively).

Also a point to consider is that the NSR reduces ground clearance the LEAST of all the hitch rack solutions. It also is built tough, and can handle rough offroad shuttles to remote trailheads with aplomb. Be prepared to bottom the back end of a (4-bike) Thule or Yakima frequently if you take it off level pavement, especially on low-clearance vehicles.

Even given some of the more recent rack offerings, if I had to make a buying decision again right now, it would be the NSR without hesitation.

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