Bicycle rack for 4wding - Gripsport review

[outdoorgaz Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close outdoorgaz]

I travelled through some of the Victorian high country over January and needed a bike rack that wouldn't get hung up on rocks or other obstacles. My normal bike rack was a big name brand suitable for the city but it didn't cut it for the bush. This got me searching and I ended up testing one from Gripsport and did a review for Go Camping and 4wd Adventures magazine. I am not affiliated with Gripsport and the review is a completely honest account of how the rack performed .... which was great by the way.

This is the link to a pdf of the article: http://www.gripsport.com.au/images/u...ing_review.pdf

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

I have one of Grip's original racks and it is great. Photos in the 'other' bike rack thread.

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Photos in the 'other' bike rack thread.

Link, I'm too lazy to search tonight

[retroenduro Member Find all posts View Profile Close retroenduro]

jeez its seems as if quite a few of us on here are MTBers... maybe we need our own thread

[ratsack Member Find all posts View Profile Close ratsack]

I just want one that I can open the rear door with on our 95 series.

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...0430-Bike-Rack

Don't have any of those bikes now.

Door opens fine with no bikes on. Had to cut a few mm off to fit the 150.

[Jeff and Cel 120 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jeff and Cel 120]

I have one of these http://www.allensportsusa.com/products/645RR
I haven't taken it seriously off road with bikes on but it copes with ordinary dirt roads ok. I can get the rear door open about 400mm with the rack in the up position and maybe a little more with it folded down. The mounting straps for the bikes can turn allowing odd shaped or kids bikes to be mounted.

Jeff

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

The only issue with top mount racks is a lot of bikes don't have straight top tubes (none of mine do) and you need to rely on a temporary tube connected to the stem and seat post. With QR seat posts or dropper seat posts this isn't a good idea which is why I went for a wheel support rack. The Grip racks are very strong. The only thing I have considered is cutting and welding the main hitch beam in a Z to lift the bottom of the rack a bit higher but so far no need. I can also hang this off the back of my trailer. I will get some shots on the 150.

[disco Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close disco]

Would not want to damage the Lynskey