I am no longer a minivan driver. The old gal gave up the ghost and I replaced her with a Kia Telluride (Leah’s Kia!). I’ve got an appt to have a hitch installed Aug 12, and meanwhile am handwringing about racks. I have a Saris Freedom 4 bike rack that I really liked. But it’s full of plastic pieces, which are beginning to fail, AND the rack doesn’t play well with all vehicles. My husband’s Jeep Gladiator has a bumper that interferes with the rack being in the folded position. I won’t know how it fits with the Telluride until I get that hitch.
So, I’ve been looking into racks that will work with fendered, racked bikes. There are no perfect options, only options that *might* work. I emailed RivSister Joyce, who has fendered, racked Rivs and a 1Up rack and she said something interesting. She likes her 1Up, but also, the makers split and there’s another company out there making a similar rack with improvements. Well! I did some sleuthing and found this: https://web.archive.org/web/20210212153807/https://www.1upusahistory.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20210212153807/https://www.1upusahistory.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20210212153807/https://www.1upusahistory.com/ And then I went to their website: https://quikrstuff.com I think the Quikr racks look really, really fantastic. They just cost a MINT. I’m wondering if any of you have heard of them and/or have one. I really need a good option in my back pocket for when this Saris fails or when I discover it hits into the back of my Telluride. If nothing else, this is an interesting discussion because there are a lot of 1Up fans here and if the article is true, that’s pretty despicable behavior on the one guy’s part… Leah -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/915d8e25-b4a7-4971-bec0-e094b90e26c5n%40googlegroups.com.
