Comments on: How Very West Coast, My Dear

By: Warren Anthony

Warren Anthony — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:40:19 +0000

They use a square hitch, there’s two sizes here – I think it’s 2″ and 1.5″. This is the smaller of the two, and basically the rack just slots into a hole in the hitch, which is mounted to the bottom of the car.

Yakima, Thule, Sportrack and a bunch of others make the racks, but I think the mounts are the problem in the UK – it may be because the rack is really just held on by one bolt, unlike the ball mount type.

By: Kieran

Kieran — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:47:11 +0000

That looks a neat solution. I take it it uses a tow bar mount? Who produces them?

By: Sol

Sol — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:34:25 +0000

I had one of those till someone drove into the back of my car…

Pretty effective if you don’t mind bikes on the outside of a car.