Kuat Sherpa 2.0 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Wheel Mount - Gray

OMG!! I have been researching and pricing bike racks for a month. Every time I thought I was ready to pull the trigger, I have a question or review that through me off the trail. I was ready to purchase the rack from outdoor retail store and drive 2 hours to pick it up from store to save the $75 shipping, when I thought about etrailer that I had used when I had a travel trailer. Checked them out, they had the exact rack I decided to buy, with $[XX] discount and free shipping. Life doesn’t get any better. It was delivered right on time and in great shape. BTW etrailers website description and videos were better than the racks manufacturer site. You are Rock Stars in my book. Overall, start to finish was above and beyond expectations.1289446

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I would have given 10 stars to Kuat for this product if possible! The included assembly instructions were not the best but I watched a couple online videos and was able to assemble and install on my Outback in 45 minutes or less! Ingenious how they used the box for easy assembly and the tools were awesome (not cheap metal cutouts that I've gotten before). I am amazed how light yet how solid the rack is. I did a test drive with our 2 Beach Cruisers on it and they barely budged. GREAT product and one of the best purchases I've made in a long time. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.908222

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Since purchasing our Kuat bike rack from etrailer a year ago my lovely wife and I have made several trips from the NC mountains to the coast with our Beach Crusiers in tow. At 68 I’m no spring chicken anymore and the Kuat rack never fails to amaze me at how easy it is to load our bikes on and off. And I’m so relieved when I look in my rear view mirror and see our bikes barley moving as we wind down the road! And the rack still looks like the day I got it! Thanks etrailer & Kuat!

Bill - 11/05/2021

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always qualify products from etrailer! love this bike carrier941474

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great product, still like new holding up great

jamie m - 01/23/2022

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Got the KUAT Sherpa2 from etrailer website, got excellent service from them, got my bike rack in time as they promised. I have been ordering from them because of the quality products they carry.1179058

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My order was received on time and seems to be in good shape. I unpacked the bike rack and it seems to be a quality product, very sturdy. Because of work I have not assembled the rack or tried it out yet. Will have to give another review when I get to use it. But it appears that it will solve my bike transportation problems and allow me to use my bike more often. I am planning on taking my bike to work with me, so I can go riding after work. Before I would have to remove the front wheel from the bike to put it inside my Subaru. This should make life a lot easier on me, thanks Frank.1011908

I love this bike rack, looks good. Works even better. My bikes are secure even on long trips or when i go off-road.

Frank - 04/17/2022

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Absolutely love it! This bike rack will mainly be used on the back of our RV to transport our bikes from camp ground to camp ground!820086

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excellent! so glad I went with Kuat Sherpa

Berezay - 06/24/2021

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Took my time to pick out just the right platform rack. Absolutely hate to have to buy things twice. etrailer was just the place to do the research and eventually place the order. Can't find a better website with more objective information. That said, we are loving this choice. The Kuat Sherpa 2.0 is exactly the right fit for the truck (F150 4X4) and how we plan to use this unit to camp and bike. One of the critical features for us was that the platform rack, minus bikes, had to fit under the tailgate when gate was dropped fully down. Many, many of the otherwise very nice platform racks will not meet this requirement. Many of these will scrape your paint and dent your tailgate. With respect to the Kuat Sherpa, there is a full 2" clearance with the gate fully dropped, so no sweat there. Next, the unit had to be lightweight and with an easy on and off system. Heavy racks that require a ratchet to complete the install simply were not going to work for us. The Kuat is made out of tough tube aluminum, with a nice powder coat finish and weighs just over 30lbs, plus there are no tools required to install and secure it to the hitch. The rack locks in place with a simple hand-tightening cam system using a single, easy to get to, well-designed knob. Finally, carbon frame maybe in your future? Okay, again the Kuat fits the bill. This is a "no frame" contact, extremely easy bike load design. No exaggeration, the rack goes from garage to truck hitch, bikes loaded/secured, and then we're backing out of the drive in under 15 minutes. Did I mention how lightweight it is? Love the fact that I am thinking about the bike ride and not worrying about how I am getting the bikes there.423863

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Absolutely love the Kuat bike rack. My wife uses it easily by herself whenever she wants, which happens to be almost daily, and we use it all the time to take the dog and bikes to the park. Cant imagine not having it and if that were the case, wed have to buy it all over again. In sum, my guess is that the preceding dialog subtly reveals how much I think of the product.

Tim R - 08/23/2018

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by: Rosalee07/16/2022

I love love my bike rack. It is so easy to load bicycles without any strains or aches. This is very good after a long ride. The persons at etrailer are great. This is my 3rd time using their site to buy a rack or hitches1330745

by: Scott09/23/2020

I have had the Kuat rack for a year and find it to be a solid way to transport my bikes.
Pros:
Build quality is top notch. Bike rack has been mounted to my car for the entire year and not stored inside the garage. I ride 4 times a week and wanted to keep it on the car at all times. The rack has shown no signs of fading, rusting or feeling like it’s getting wore out. Bikes mount ok and remain seated while driving lever different kinds of material.

Cons:
This is just a small gripe due to the bikes I ride. When mounting large enduro style bikes figment in the cradle area for the tires can get pretty tight and awkward. I run 2.6 inch wide tires and had to add an additional strap to keep the tire from popping out. Yet again, just my own observation due to wide sized tires.

Bottom line up front, best bike track for the money and long term investment.887397

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Comments here are about the Kuat Sherpa 2.0 (2 inch hitch) mounted on a 2019 VW Tiguan SE fitted with a Drawtite 76192 trailer hitch (also purchased from etrailer).

Positives: This is a great bike rack! It's super light, easy to use, very well built, and it works just as it should.

Negatives: Security is weak, just as with most other racks. (But security is easily improved.)

Details: etrailer delivered the rack with lightning speed, of course. (Thanks!) Assembly was a breeze, and learning to mount and secure bikes was equally simple. The hitch cam works much better than I had expected --- no need for a wrench to get a steady-riding rack. And with two bikes mounted, there's no sway, no wobble, no noise, no worries. A great rack, really.

One concern (pre-purchase) was about ground clearance. Photo #1 shows 2 bikes mounted. The vertical distance from the ground to the bottom of the rack is exactly 12 inches. That's more than adequate for negotiating my driveway, as well as all for the roads I've travelled so far.

Another concern (pre-purchase) was about interference with the backup camera, mainly when the rack is folded up. Photo #2 shows the hitch in that position. The camera is located near the center of that yellow rectangle, so there's some clearance both above and below the outer (upper) tray. Photo #3 shows the Tiguan's camera display as I back into a parking space. So, yes, there is some interference but it's really not bad at all. If you're adept at using your backup camera, the folded up Sherpa 2.0 won't cause major difficulties.

Negatives about the Sherpa 2.0 have to do with security. I've got little confidence in the Kuat hitch pin lock, and the cable for locking bikes to the rack is, per the cliche, best at keeping honest people honest. But, a lot of shopping around uncovered few (if any) competing racks that are much better about security.

Therefore: Choose your rack based on other criteria, and plan to spend extra money to deal with security. Given that view, the Sherpa 2.0 is an easy winner. 5 stars!

On security: I leave a bike rack on my car for 9 months of the year; hence my concern about the backup camera. Photo #4 shows a closeup of the Sherpa 2.0 on my Tiguan. That's a Big Brand high security chain looped around the inner (lower) tray. The padlock passes over the Kuat hitch pin lock (protecting it a little) and then passes through the chain ring of the Drawtite hitch. It will take some effort to steal my Sherpa 2.0.

The chain is 100 cm long --- just enough that the rack can fold down to carry bikes. But it's too short to allow the rack to tilt downward fully, so tailgate access is impacted. Photo #5 shows the situation with two trail bikes mounted. That's actually more than enough room to get at the cargo area, and with road bikes mounted the tailgate opens fully. So it's a very minor problem; a slightly longer chain would avoid it but look sloppy most of the time.

Typically, I don't need to lock the bikes to the rack, but for those times when I do, I've got two more Big Brand chains each 160 cm long. Each chain can lock one bike's frame and the other bike's front wheel to the chain that protects the rack.

This is not ideal, I know. But it's a big improvement over the security of any well-known rack. And the cost of those three chains is tiny compared to replacing a Sherpa 2.0 plus two bikes.778374

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This rack is fantastic. Lightweight and very easy to use. Love the locks so that neither rack or bikes can be stolen. Used it on day one to take mountain bikes to the trails.906967

Still a fantastic rack. So easy to take on and off the vehicle. Lightweight and easy to store in garage when not regularly being used.

Louise - 11/28/2021

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Super easy to put together and I love it, keep in mind the max wheelbase of your bikes for this rack is 47in1013399

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by: Craig 12/13/2021

Absolutely love this bike rack. Super easy to mount. No rattle, fits snuggly in 2” hitch. Security lock gives peace of mind. Holds two bikes comfortably. Looks nice. Plenty of clearance for hatch to open when tilted and it’s easy to tilt with foot lever. I was also very pleased with the service from the etrailer team.1223460

It was so worth the wait for this beautiful, lightweight bike rack. Really liked the in-box assembly directions. Easy to slide rack into the hitch , and love how it can be easily bent back to access the trunk with bikes still on rack. I bought this basically for it's lightweight feature, but it has so much more. Highly recommend!911299

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by: James10/28/2021

love the light weight because it saves on the little range my EV has. i wish it was shifted to the left of the car 6 inches to keep it from hanging off the right side. or maybe a longer mount centered for large size 29” enduro trail bikes with 1250mm wheelbase. It’s dangerous if it sticks out the car and someone I know opened the door on her bike that I was carrying as I was pulling away and destroyed her rear wheel. Her bike was a medium. It stick out nearly 10” or so. I had to tighten the nuts on mount rotation screw and the mount survived without issue. I like that I can open the rear hatchback without moving the folded up mount. I also like the lock cable for security from snatch and run piece of mind while I nap in car when charging. It’s been supreme easy to use although if you go too tight on the rear wheel strap, the notch lever will need some give to release especially when at angles from rim curve. I would definitely buy again especially if they update these slight issues1189593

by: Pkg08/07/2020

This is a great rack for our mountain bikes- very study, easy to use (both putting bikes on and off and tilting to access vehicle with bikes on or off), light enough to take off or install easily, lots of great features. It works well on both our Subaru and with our truck mounted camper, travels well on highways and rough roads. We looked at many racks and this one is great. Only 2 small problems- we have to adjust the bike seats down to carry them on the rack and one piece fell off over the tilt but still works without it.857924

Great! We still love it

Pkg - 08/10/2021

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I'm very pleased with the Kuat Sherpa 2.0. Fast delivery, and straightforward assembly. Some reviews noted having trouble inserting the bolt in step 5, but the assembly video from Kuat shows that pivoting the rack a bit makes it trivial (Search for "Sherpa 2.0 - Assembly" on YouTube). It is very well constructed and solid on the hitch. The back up camera on my 2017 VW Tiguan SEL is obscured a bit, but still usable. Even with the wide bars on my mountain bike there is plenty of clearance between the bikes, and to the back of the car, including tilting it down to open the hatch. It fits the 3" tires on my 6Fattie perfectly. The cable lock is long enough to secure both front wheels and frames of my bikes. I also use the cable to secure the rack in my garage to deter casual thieves. Highly recommended.499477

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I had been interested in a Kuat rack for some time based on reputation, light weight, ease of use and that it just looks good. It realized it would not work on my JK wrangler with an over sized spare tire so I needed to also use the Kuat Hi Lo extension.

First off when this rack was place in my etrailer.com cart the price dropped to an amount I had not seen anywhere!!! More than offset the extension and the sales tax - Sweet!

The rack came quickly on the day it was stated and with free shipping, Usually large items get beat up in transit but this was packaged very well.

TIP!!! Don't pull everything out of the box like I did. The way it is packaged is designed to make assembly easy - very cool! I had to put things back into to do what they recommended and it worked great. (Needed a torque wrench for the installation)

For my application using the Kuat Hi Lo I needed 2 locking pins other wise the rack and bikes were not a secure as I would like them to be. Since the Kuat Hi Lo extension did not come with a lock I used the rack pin lock on the Hi Lo and bought another after market lock to use on the rack itself.

It is incredible easy to use and even looks good on the Jeep. 664164

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Love this rack. Easy to attach, detach or fold up. Safe secure fit for my carbon fiber bike.1416303

by: Joy04/24/2022

Excellent bike rack! Very easy to mount and transport two bikes. We love it so much, we will be purchasing the 4 rack bike rack by Kuat form etrailer and give the two rack to my parents!1289833

Installed this on my 2018 Nissan Leaf. Excellent product and extremely light weight. Makes loading and loading the bikes super easy, I can even get into the hatch with both bike loaded by tilting the rack down. Wish I would have had this years ago! 544742

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by: Michael03/12/2022

I am very pleased with the kuat Sherpa 2. I often carry two bikes and did so from vermont to South Carolina and back without a problem. One tip I would say is make sure the front tire is locked down with the hook as close to the forks as possible. If it’s to far forward on the tire the front of the bike can fall off in travel. Very well constructed and easy to use. I would recommend this product.1271992

by: Miguel J03/28/2022

Loved the kuat Serpa 2.0 bike rack on my 2021 4Runner. Sturdy w two mountain bikes on it and it Carrie’s them well.
Highly recommended. The people from etrailer has excellent customer service1278763

by: Nathan04/04/2022

Right off the top, this is an awesome bike rack. It's durable, light, and convenient getting my bike or bikes on and off. Easily fold up after bike or bikes are removed at the trail or at home when not in use. The anti-rattle feature is a plus because it make the rack steady too when traveling.1281514

by: Kelly03/10/2022

Love this bike rack! It is way easier to use than our previous one. I like that it locks onto to hitch and that it has a lock for the bikes. The price at etrailer.com was great as was the customer service. We’ve had it a year now and we’ve had no problems with it.1271090