We have a Thule 4 rack, swing away. I don't recall the exact model. It's fine and does the job. If I'm loading 4 bikes (2 + 2 kids bikes), I need to take off baskets and sometimes have challenges with handlebars getting in the way. (Our bikes have albatross hbars.) If we had road bikes with drop bars (on the narrow side), the rack would be easy to load.
I do like that it swings out of the way to allow easy access to the back/rear hatch. If you're loading two bikes on the Helium 3 (designed for 3 bikes), I think it'll be pretty easy to load. When I load 2 bikes on my 4-bike rack, it's very easy. Tray rack might be easier, but four-bike trays are huge. Good luck! shoji Arlington MA On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 5:43:40 PM UTC-4 Ed Carolipio wrote: > I've owned a couple - both Yakimas - and I am not a fan. Not going to go > into details just that for me it always took a looong time to load and > secure more than one bike and have the confidence that the bikes won't move > around and bang against one another. Tray style hitch racks have their own > challenges but, if the fit is correct, bikes are easy on-and-off and no > worries about self inflicted damage. > > --Ed C. > > On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 2:09:17 PM UTC-7 Sean B. wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Does anyone have experience with these types of car racks? I recently >> purchased one, but am now seeing a lot of negative opinions on them. >> Worried about damaging my girlfriend and I's Rivs. I went to a local Rack >> Attack store and they suggested the Thule Helium Pro 3. I shouldn't have >> trusted them as the reviews do not look great. Then again, should I trust >> online reviews? Hence why I wanted to ask the good people here. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/08d9f05c-dcce-45fa-93da-d0db420f0c31n%40googlegroups.com.
