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Thule Spare Me 2 Bike Rack - Spare Tire Mount - Folding Dual Arms
I have aftermarket ExpeditionOne bumpers for my 2020 Ford Ranger. My spare tire is on a rear bumper swing arm (see photos). In my install what worked best was the short arm only, no spacer. If you read the instructions, that will make more sense. I think the instructions are for a Jeep, but my spare tire mount is different, considering I have 265/60 tires. Negatives The thule cable lock for the bike doesn't engage enough to lock, but looking at the design, not sure how robust it is anyway, so I'll just use a bike lock I already have through the swing arm frame and spare tire. Also, for offroading, I think it may be safest to take off both bike wheels and strap the frame separately. I drive on very narrow jeep trails, so I don't want a bike wheel catching on brush/branches that I'm driving by. Those two things are why I only gave 4 out of five stars. Positives The light weight of the rack (15lbs) and the thule bolt lock to the spare tire (different lock vs the bike, see photos), are why I got this rack. Really like that I could offset the rack some, so it's more centered. Really like the spacers that add more contact between the tire and the bike rack, see photos. Summary/Observations I'm lazy, so will try the orange tape, instead of always lowering the arms (see photos) I'm tall, so that should keep me from walking into them. My truck tires aren't huge, so I'm still in the weight range of the swing arm, keep that in mind too, but I'm happy to avoid a hitch bike rack, I didn't want to lose departure angle for off roading. I'll update the review if it doesn't perform like I expect, but I think it'll work well enough. I've had lots of different racks (roof, hitch, rear trunk, etc), so I'm not expecting any surprises.
This bike rack works great. Took my bike on a cross country road trip from Tampa, Florida to Whistler, British Columbia and back with no issues. There was no slipping or excessive shaking with highway speeds up to 80ish mph. Encountered 105 degree heat, rain squalls and snow storms with no issues. No problems with the set up and the fact that the rear spare tire on my 2011 Toyota Rav4 is off center was not an issue as the rack can accommodate for this. It's a well made product from a reputable company. Make sure to read the directions as they advise against opening the rear hatch with the bike on the rack due to weight concerns. Shipping was quick as were replies to questions to customer service. Follow up correspondence from etrailer was also appreciated. Overall great experience, would highly recommend the product as well as etrailer. Thanks!
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Hollywood Racks SR1 2-Bike Carrier - Spare Tire Mount
JeepIt's sturdy even off-road, and it's simple to take on and off. I've had to use my spare tire twice since owning this rack, and although I have to remove my bike and loosen the bike rack bolts a bit, it comes off and goes back on with minimal effort, which is nice when you're on the Alaska Highway and it's snowing. I've carried my full-suspension bike on this rack for 35k miles all over the U.S. and Canada. I like how my bike fits close to the tire, where I lock it. My tailgate opens without the bike touching the side of my Jeep. Great bang for the buck.
This HRSR1 bike carrier will not fit a 2023 Jeep Wrangler JL UNLESS you remove the stock Liddy Light and associated bracket. Upon discovering this, I was able to locate an aftermarket kit which allows for the relocation of the light to just above the rear camera. The kit was easily installed and the bike mount was installed just as easily as the directions explain. The new location of the light is partially obscured with the bikes mounted and, although not ideal, it is adequate and certainly better than total removal. I was unable to find any mention of this situation in the install instructions or reviews prior to purchase of the rack. I just wish I had been aware of this before purchase. I would have rated 5 stars for this product were it not for the slight hiccup. Kudos to etrailer. It is always a pleasure to do business with them. They are very helpful, friendly and knowledgeable.
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Yakima SpareRide 2 Bike Rack - Spare Tire Mount - Folding Arms
After a couple of weeks of researching which type of bike rack I wanted for my Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JK (hitch mount or spare tire), I decided on the spare tire mount. And after a 4hr (roundtrip) mountain biking weekend escape, I'm very happy with my decision. What I like about the rack: well built, very sturdy with bike(s) mounted (no sway or rattle), arms fold down and lock in place when not in use (looks slick), full access to cargo area without needing to remove rack, rack and bike cable locks included, economical, lifetime warranty and of course the dual bottle openers ; ) What I would improve upon or revise in a future model: arms should be longer (even just an inch because bikes rub slightly so I had to add padding), more use of aluminum rather than plastic (thinking long term durability of the plastic locking teeth and arms) Thanks eTrailer
2015 Jeep WranglerThis bike carrier is great! It is very well made and is secured to the vehicle with a keyed lock. It comes with a locking cable for the bike as well. I can open the tailgate and access the trailer hitch while the bike is on the carrier. I could not be more pleased!
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Surco Spare Tire 3-Bike Carrier
Hi This is an Excellent Bike Rack, It came in no time, Nicely Plastic Wrapped incase of Rain, The Instructions were an Easy Read. I Installed it on my 2001 Honda CRV which was a Breeze, I do think that People Who are too week to lift a Tire shouldnt attempt this alone Though. When You install it you have one hand to hold the tire and one to Screw in your bolts. It does require Strength and Dexterity, and we who ride Bikes already Have that I would Think. I put My Trek Bike on the Rack it Fits Great ! , and Im Ready to tour the Countryside. Thanks etrailer.com You Guys Know your Stuff Alan J
Very easy to install, looks great on my jeep. Very strong materials used to make. Looks to last me several years of riding trips. Bonus is that I can also mount it on my pop up tent trailer when I go camping. Very satisfying. Price was decent too. Thank you for prompt delivery. Sincerely, Mr. Mendez
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Malone Runway Spare Tire Bike Rack for 3 Bikes - Adjustable Arms
The eTrailer has been a God send and we are so grateful. Our son-in-law died from COVID last year which left our daughter and two grand-daughters alone. This eTrailer was a gift which allows the three of them to get out for bike rides whenever they need to “clear their heads” and be refreshed in God’s glorious creation. This is the ONLY three bike carrier we know of… and Thank You for making it available. God bless.
I was excited to get this and eager to just pop it onto my spare tire like it shows in the video. 45 minutes later and I'm resigned to drilling an extra hole where the buttons are in order to tighten the hold over the tire, and chagrined that I had to "rear" my smaller bike frame angled upwards in order to seat it on the red rack receivers. This was because there wasn't enough room vertically on the frame or horizontally on the frame. Not sure how I would have been able to prepare for that, maybe there is some comment about smaller bike frames somewhere? One strap to secure the bikes is not enough in this situation, so things were strapped every which way, including the front tire of the bike so it wouldn't wobble everywhere. The bike and rack made it home for the maiden 60 mile highway trip, but I was not totally confident with it.
Best 2017 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the best spare tire mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the spare ride. Here's the Thule spare meat, and from Hollywood racks we have the SR1. Now all the bike racks we have here has been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversized tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33, 12/50 size, not too much over that.
Best 2016 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima, the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me, and from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now, all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now, the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large, oversized tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33-1250 size, not too much over that. The HR1, from Hollywood Racks, does extend out to 13.5 inches, but typically your tire sizes go from 12.5, then kind of back up to the 15, 15.5, those sizes.Now we can go over some of the similarities and differences in our racks.
Yakima Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2016 Jeep wrangler
Today on our 2016 Jeep Wrangler, we're doing the test fit on the Yakima SpareRide 2. This is a folding, two-bike rack, designed to mount right on the spare tire, here. Part number on it is Y02599. Now, this bike rack is going to hold two bikes up to 35 pounds. Something that I think is really nice, the provided cable lock that's going to come with it, 63 1/4 inches long. It's going to allow us to get through both of our rims, our sub-frame on both of our bikes. Now, they provide two keys with this.
Thule Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2016 Jeep Wrangler
Today on our 2016 Jeep Wrangler, we're test fitting the Thule Spare Me. This is a folding-style 2 bike, spare tire mounted bike rack. Part number is TH963PRO. As you can see this bike rack is going to attach right onto our spare tire. This gives us a great way to travel with 2 bikes behind the vehicle. We've got a couple of incorporated locks. The first is going to be a cable lock.
Saris Freedom Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2016 Jeep Wrangler
Today on our 2016 Jeep Wrangler, we've got the Saris Freedom Spare Tire Mounted Platform Style 2 Bike Rack out. We're test fitting it to let you see how it fits on the Wrangler. This is part number SA999TB. This spare tire rack is going to mount with the plate behind your spare tire, uses all the existing lug nuts, so it's really easy to get it installed, and it offers us a platform style rack, which we don't often see with the spare tire bike racks. We've got 3 points of contact that are going to hold the bike. Got a front cradle with strap, a rear cradle with strap, and also our center frame cradle strap here. It really does a good job of immobilizing the bike, keeps them from moving back and forth that we might get from some of those hanging style rack, might get some more sway out of those. To remove our bike, we're just going to release our straps.
Hollywood Racks SR2 Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2016 Jeep Wrangler
Today on our 2016 Jeep Wrangler we're test fitting the Hollywood Racks SR2. This is a folding-style tube bike rack designed to mount right onto your spare tire. Part number on this is HRSR2. The Hollywood Racks is going to be a rack that holds the bike in 2 different positions. We're going to have the rear and the front top tube cradle. Go ahead and pull that down and out of the way. We've also got a sway strap here.
Best 2015 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2014 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Thule Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2014 Jeep Wrangler
Today on our 2014 Jeep Wrangler, we're going to test fit the Thule Spare Me 2 Spare Tire Mounted Bike Carrier, part number TH963PRO. Now we've already taken our tire off and we placed our metal plate in place. We followed the instructions for that so just double-check. Make sure that's the right way for your vehicle. Simply slide it on and then we can mount up our tire. Before we mount that up, we want to take off this cap here.
Best 2013 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Yakima Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2013 Jeep Wrangler
Speaker 1: Today on our 2013 Jeep Wrangler we're test fitting the Yakima SpareRide. This is a spare tire mounted two bike rack. It's designed to work with most of your tire sizes that you'll have on the Jeep. It's going to be anywhere from 7 11/16 inch wide all the way up 12 1/2. The part number on it is Y02599.This bike rack is going to use three cradles to hold each bike in position. You're going to have two here on your frame, and then also an anti-sway cradle here on the back.
Thule Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2013 Jeep Wrangler
Speaker 1: Today in our 2013 Jeep Wrangler, we're doing a quick test for the Thule Spare Me 2. Now, this is a spare tire mounted to a bike rack. It's designed to work with your road bikes, designed to work with your mountain bikes, fat tire bikes, you name it. The part number on this TH963PRO.Now this rack is going to be connected to your vehicle through the center of your spare tire. We've got a plate that mounts in behind there and allows quick and easy attachment and unattachment. We'll show you that in just a few minutes.You'll see we've got our road bike loaded up here.
Best 2012 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Hollywood Racks SR2 Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2012 Jeep Wrangler
Today on our 2012 Jeep Wrangler, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Rack SR-2. This is a spare tire-mounted, two bike rack. Its part number is HRSR-2. First up in our test fit, removing the spare tire. (drilling) Once we get to the third one here, we have it removed, keep a hand on your tire, on your spare, you don't want it coming off there before you're ready for it. This'll help keep you safe. Just going to set that down, out of the way for now.
Saris Freedom Spare Tire Bike Racks Review - 2012 Jeep Wrangler
Today on our 2012 Jeep Wrangler we're going to do a test fit of the Saris Freedom spare tire-mounted platform-style 2-bike rack. Part number on it is SA999TB. Now to begin our test fit the first thing we're going to need to do is remove our spare. This one has a smart owner and he's put a wheel lock on the lower one to hold his spare, so we'll remove that first. Set that aside. Now with all three of the lug nuts removed it's a good idea to keep a hand on the spare so it doesn't come off at you.
Thule Spare Me Spare Tire Mount Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Wrangler
Today on our 2012 Jeep Wrangler, we'll be test fitting the Thule Spare Me 2 Bike Carrier, part number TH963XTR. Now, we've gone ahead and removed the spare tire as the mount will be located underneath the spare. So we'll go ahead and install our bike rack mount. We can then reinstall our spare. We will want to make sure that we knock the center cap out of the wheel as the mount does pass through it. And with our mount in and our spare tire reattached, we can go ahead and slide our bike rack into position and tighten it down using the black knob.
Best 2011 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2010 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2009 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2008 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the Spare Ride. Here is the Thule Spare Me. From Hollywood Racks we have the SR1. All the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide of Wrangler Jeeps.The biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversized tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/12-50 size.
Best 2007 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2006 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2005 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2004 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
Best 2003 Jeep Wrangler Spare Tire Bike Rack Options
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best spare tire-mounted bike racks for the Jeep Wrangler. Here we have from Yakima the SpareRide. Here's the Thule Spare Me. And from Hollywood Racks, we have the SR1.Now all of the bike racks we have here have been designed to work with a very wide range of Wrangler Jeeps. Now the biggest fitment issue that you're typically going to have is with really large oversize tires. All of our racks are designed to work with the 33/1250 size, not too much over that.
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