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Platform-style rack has ratcheting hooks and large wheel cradles to carry a variety of bike styles - no frame contact. Front-mounted lever lets you tilt rack with bikes loaded for rear cargo area access and fold it up for storage. Includes locks.
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The RockyMounts MonoRail platform-style rack lets you easily carry 2 bikes using your 2" hitch. Ratcheting arms and adjustable wheel straps secure your bikes without contacting the frame. A front-mounted release lever allows you to tilt the rack down and gain access to your vehicle's rear cargo area, or it can fold the rack up for a simple storage solution. The included hitch lock secures the rack to your vehicle, and an integrated cable lock secures your bikes to the rack.
The rack allows you to quickly and easily load and carry 2 bikes on the back of your vehicle. The ratcheting arms securely hold your bikes by the front wheels so there's no frame contact. Simply push the button on the hook and slide it firmly into place over the front wheel. The wheel hooks are coated for grip and work with tire diameters up to 29".
The pivoting rear-wheel cradle allows the rack to accommodate bikes with wheel bases up to 48" long. The cradles include ratcheting, rubber straps to hold your bike's rear wheels securely in place on the tray.
The MonoRail also comes with a wheel strap extensions that attach to the standard ratcheting straps to increase the usable length and secure wider tires. This allows the cradles to hold fat bike tires up to 5" wide.
The front and back trays adjust 3" side-to-side to ensure you have enough space when loading your bikes. Just remove the bolts where the tray attaches to the bottom of the rack, slide the trays left or right to achieve the desired spacing, and then reinstall the bolts. This will prevent your bikes' handlebars from becoming tangled, and it eliminates the fear of bike-to-bike contact during transport.
The front-mounted release lever allows you to easily tilt the MonoRail. The rack tilts down with or without your bikes loaded for convenient access to your vehicle's rear cargo area
The lever also lets you fold the rack up for storage when you're not transporting the bikes. This is great for parking in places where space is limited such as a parking garage.
The MonoRail installs quickly and easily with a threaded, anti-rattle hitch pin. Simply slide the shank into your 2" hitch receiver, insert the threaded hitch pin, and tighten it down with the included tool. This will reduce noise and movement while the rack is installed.
The rack comes with a hitch lock and a cable lock to deter theft of both the rack and your bikes. The cable lock wraps around your bikes' frames and secures to the rack with the included lock core.
The hitch lock simply snaps onto the hitch pin and locks in place. The cable and hitch lock are keyed alike, so you'll only need 1 key for both locks.
There is an optional 1-bike add-on available (sold separately) for the RockyMount MonoRail that will allow you to convert it from a 2 bike carrier to a 3-bike carrier. This is great for occasions when an extra friend wants to tag along.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (160 Customer Reviews)
Platform-style rack has ratcheting hooks and large wheel cradles to carry a variety of bike styles - no frame contact. Front-mounted lever lets you tilt rack with bikes loaded for rear cargo area access and fold it up for storage. Includes locks.This thing is rock solid. Once I figured out the directions and put it on my 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee is was so impressed with how stable it was. With two hybrid bikes on the platform rack it didn't even wiggle in the slightest! The only negative comment I can make was in lack of information in the directions. I had the platforms backwards and didn't know it until I tried to fold the rack completely up. I reviewed the directions again and no mention or illustration is available. However the fix wasn't that hard and it now functions exactly like the videos. Customer service from etrailer was remarkable though both times I called I thought the wait time was a little long. I would recommend this product and this retailer to anyone. Great service, great product!
It was very easy to assemble the MonoRail 2. All of the parts were in the box and nothing was damaged. I would recommend etrailer to purchase from as they were the only ones to have this bike rack. Also I would recommend the MonoRail as well.
Looked at many platform-style racks for my fat tire ebike. It came down to the Thule T2 Classic and the RockyMounts MonoRail. Designs are identical, with the only major difference is that the T2 has integral locks and the MonoRail uses a cable. Lock cylinders are about $30 extra for the T2, so the MonoRail is about $80 cheaper. So far the build quality appears excellent. The only thing I would suggest is that the MonoRail should include single longer wheel strap instead of the strap extender for fat tire bikes.
The hitch went on well. Both bikes fit and are secure. Great follow up from etrailer.
Easy to assemble nice quality. Bikes are very solid on rack.
Very well made. Much easier to load bikes than the hanging rack we used before.
Awesome product. Easy to assemble and install in hitch.
Richard - 02/09/2021I was looking for a good two-bike platform rack for my SUV. I've used a couple other racks . . . one was an economy brand and the other an expensive Thule brand. But after spending a fair amount of time viewing etrailer's videos and descriptions I decided on the Rocky Mount Monorail. I received it yesterday. Assembly was quick and easy. The quality of the parts was excellent. The size, weight and profile fit the Goldilocks standard, of not being too big, or too small. It was just right! The accessible Blue pull lever makes loading and adjusting very convenient. Haven't yet traveled very far with the rack yet but based on overall design and quality I'm expecting it to be 'better than expected'
Arthur R - 02/01/2021
I've had this rack for a year now - this was one of my best investments. This rack is sturdy, well-built and has held up to many travels we've taken out of state. I have no problems with bikes moving during the miles we've driven and would purchase this rack again. While the platform style may be a little more investment, a worthwhile purchase. It gives me peace of mind that bikes aren't just hanging on tubes - read too many stories where they gave way and bikes ended up in the road. That won't be the case here :). While it does come with a locking cable, I bought an extra cable that is long enough to feed thru the hitch and thru both bikes - just another peace of mind when we're having to leave them on the car. All in all - you will not be disappointed with this rack. Def worth the buying.
I ordered a tilting Rocky Mount bike rack from etrailer.com. After receiving notification of the ship date of the bike rack, I realized that the product wasn’t going to arrive until after a bike trip I had planned, I spoke to Jenny, a representative from etrailer.com. She worked with me in selecting another model that would be available and arrive in time for my trip. I am impressed by the professionalism and service excellence I received from my phone experience at etrailer.com.
After recently purchasing ebikes I needed a rack that could handle the weight. This rack will be convenient for local use but it was particularly attractive to me because I can easily remove the monorails and mount them to a tailgate style rack on the back of our 5th wheel camper when we travel.
Well built, solid bike rack. Like the additional strap extensions for fat bikes. Holds bike well. Only minor issue was that instructions did not reference the rear wheel straps, but easy to figure out. I like that the rack tilt allows access to the rear hatch of my Subaru Forester.
Rick - 02/13/2019Easy assembly. Since this is made here in Colorado (USA), the assembly tools provided actually fit the bolts and work as intended. My only issue is even with bikes off the rack you can not open the tail gate on a jeep. Will need to completely remove rack from hitch to do so. Bike mounting is easy although the supplied locks feel a little flimsy.
I bought this rack for transporting my full suspension mountain bike and gravel bike on the back of my 2016 subaru outback. The rack itself so far is great - I spent a while researching different systems, and the Rocky Mounts MonoRail had the best value for features of all racks I looked at. The tilt feature is great, and the loading/offloading is easy. The integrated locks for the rack and your bikes are a great feature, although the cable would not stop a determined thief with tools. Bikes are relatively stable in the cradles on highways, minimal movement on gravel roads. One complaint is that the entire rack is not very snug in the 2" hitch installed on my vehicle. There is a noticeable bob and sway on the entire loaded unit on bumpy roads. Ideally, I would add shims. Finally, this unit does block ~60% of my backup camera, which just means you have to be careful and use the old school method of turning around to look before backing up.
Well made hitch. Easy to install. It took me less than an hour including watching the install video twice. I did not have to jack up the vehicle although that would have made it a bit easier. Using it with a RockyMounts Monorail bike rack to carry 2 48 lb. e-bikes.
Great bike rack and easy to fold up or tilt down. I took off 1 star for the cheapy locks. I would rather get my own secure locks and not pay for a substandard set of locks built into the rack. If not for this it would be 5 stars.
Wanted to give a follow-up after some use of the rack. It served very well on our trip, meeting all of the expectations I had. It was easy to assembly, easy to install and the tilt down feature works great when loading the e-bikes, which weigh 56 lbs. each. I watched them on the RV's Backup Camera traveling down the highway and saw very, very minimum movement. I will for sure recommend it to anyone needing a “heavy duty” bike rack, for their RV! A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO "BRANDI" FOR THE GREA CUSTOMER SERVICE!!
The rack took almost 2 months to arrive due to backorder issues. However,we were pleased with the easy assembly. We have used several times and are comfortable with the rack. We are planning a trip with our grandson and will let him help assemble the addon so we can carry his bike as well.
Excellent rack, easy to put on and remove, bikes go on quick and secure
Exceptionally solid hitch mount / tray platform type bicycle carrier. I The instructions were very clear and complete - with one exception of the the tray straps and strap extenders (not shown/mentioned). Some basic assembly was required - again the directions were very clear and everything need was supplied in the package. I took my time and it only took 15 minutes. The bike rack is outstanding in design, quality of materials, construction and function. It's very solid in all 3 positions (carrying bikes, laid 'down' to open the tailgate, and 'stowed' in the up/close position when not carrying bikes. I've had bike racks from other 'big name' vendors - this Rocky Mounts rack is much better, and less expensive.
Just used the rack to take two bikes roundtrip from South Carolina to Buffalo, NY for biking the Erie Canalway Trail. It was secure and steady, easy to load, easy to move for access to rear hatch, and easy to install/remove from hitch receiver. Loved not lifting my bikes above my head to load on car roof!!
This is going to be an excellent product and I'm so excited for the ease of use. Putting it together wasn't great as the instructions are quite vague, but found a YouTube video and that made it very easy. Assembled it in about 25 minutes because I put a few of the pieces on backward at first. Love the fact that it easily folds up and doesn't take up a lot of space on the back of my car. Very excited to use it!
This 60 year old woman had no problem putting the device together and installing it on my car. Works great. I especially like the way it rack folds up and out of the way. The bike wobbles a little when driving, but it is securely attached to the rack. You can see this in the reviews by etrailer. It is exactly the same. The rack is attached to the car with zero rattle issues.
Awesome bike rack!! Works perfect for my two Rad power bikes. Assembly is very simple. Extremely sturdy, holds bikes in place very well. Great price from etrailer as always.
Excellent rack, no regrets. I use this for mountain and road bikes, and it is very secure for both.
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