| If you've got a pickup truck or an SUV, you may think | | | | which a trailer hitch is placed.) |
| that you don't need to make an investment in a bike | | | | Everybody Wins with a Receiver Hitch Bike Rack |
| rack of any kind, because there's plenty of room in the | | | | Lots of companies offer hitch racks, from Advantage |
| back of the truck or your sports utility vehicle for a | | | | to Saris to Yakima. |
| bike or two. Right? | | | | There's a couple of things you need to bear in mind |
| However, after you've driven around with your bike | | | | when buying a hitch or receiver rack - what's the |
| rattling around in the back of your SUV or truck, you | | | | diameter of the ball on which the hitch has to fit? Once |
| may change your mind. | | | | you know that dimension, you also have to decide |
| It's not only the noise that may get on your nerves. | | | | how many bikes you're going to carry. You can buy a |
| Grease and dirt can quite easily transfer from your | | | | hitch rack that will carry up to five bikes at a time. |
| bike to the upholstery of the SUV, and of course you'll | | | | If you're nervous about having your bicycles secured |
| have to flip those seats up and down to ensure you | | | | on the back of you vehicle, you can also explore the |
| have enough room. | | | | option of a bed mount. |
| Even if you don't care about the state of your truck | | | | This is a device that runs horizontally from one side of |
| bed, it's easy to scratch your bike as well and you | | | | your truck bed to the other. You then put your bikes |
| don't want that. Scratches turn into rust. And if you're | | | | onto this rack and secure them down so that they |
| carrying more than one bike, the chances of scratches | | | | stand up securely and don't rattle around. You can also |
| or staining is multiplied. | | | | buy a similar device for your SUV, although you still |
| What can you do about it? You can't get a roof rack | | | | have the hassle of moving around the seats - |
| for your truck, obviously, and the roof of your SUV will | | | | depending on the size of your vehicle. |
| be too high to comfortably lift a bike up to the roof. | | | | If you've got a pickup or an SUV, then you've invested |
| No problem - if you've got a trailer hitch on the back of | | | | a lot in your vehicle. You've probably also invested a |
| your truck or SUV, then all you need to do is get a | | | | lot in your bike as well. So why not invest a little bit |
| receiver bike rack, more commonly known as a hitch | | | | more in a receiver bike rack to keep everything safe, |
| bike rack. (The receiver is the name of the ball on | | | | clean, and neat. |