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Pros & Cons
Pros
It takes a while to get it installed and adjusted properly. The thing that impressed me most is the lack of polystyrene packaging materials. In this reviewers humble opinion, this is a great hitch and you can't go wrong by buying it.
They include the allen wrench you need to screw in the bolts; your crescent wrench or even pliers hold the nuts while you do this.
Light weight makes installing and removing easier than most racks. Built well, sturdy, and easy to load. Bikes once on are solidly in place.
The frame clamp attaches easily to most standard bike racks. The cross bar folder is a little flatter than i would like. The adjustable center * don't go up any higher.
Cons
The clamp on the upright clamp isn't long enough to fit around the frame where the battery attaches. The light gauge metal just not being a heavy enough gauge. The plastic protection in the post strap is useless and will not stay slid up on the straps... Read More
Highlights
Quality
It’s sturdy and holds our bikes nicely
Easy to assemble and a very sturdy rack!
The straps feel like cheap plastic and the locking mechanism for the straps is not well designed.
Once in the wheel holders, we leaned the bike back and let it rest against the car while we brought the center post back up str... Read More
Price
Seems like a good value for the money but may be a little more tedious than i was expecting.
99 which is a great price for a rack made in the usa.
Shipping
I received it quickly and it was packed extremely well.
Competitiveness
The saris freedom 2 was easy to assemble and robust but light weight, as compared to a freedom 4 i recently sold.
Overview
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easy, center, two, down and plastic. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 219.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 449 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 1 2024.
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The fasteners for the wheels and frame are not the best
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The straps feel like cheap plastic and the locking mechanism for the straps is not well designed
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Other than that there is nothing wrong with the rack
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It doesn’t tilt like some more expensive one or fold up but i don’t care about those features
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The adjustments did take a while with several trials and tweaks with the wheel holders and centerpost clamp positionings
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Once in the wheel holders we leaned the bike back and let it rest against the car while we brought the center post back up straight and slid up the center clamp onto the down tube
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Again you can tilt the bike outward to slide the center clamp up or down into position
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Once all six clamps were tied down the whole affair was quite stable
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