{"id":898,"date":"2017-11-24T11:38:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T10:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3rd-eye.com\/?p=898"},"modified":"2021-10-15T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T12:33:34","slug":"best-hitch-bike-racks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebestpicks.com\/best-hitch-bike-racks\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Hitch Bike Racks: 6 Versatile And Durable Bicycle Carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"

It doesn’t matter if you are a serious or casual rider. Someday, you will find yourself looking for a way to transport your bike(s) for one or two reasons. It could be you have to explore faraway places and needed to get your bike where the adventure begins. Or, you are relocating to another area and would rather move with your bike instead of the common practice of selling the bike and buying another when you arrive at your destination.<\/p>\n

Whichever way, hitch bike racks are the best way to transport the single-track vehicles when it’s not sensible to ride them to where you need them to be. Hitch bike racks are available in a vast range of styles and sizes. And, regardless of the kind of bike you have, there’s a rack to carry it. All you have to do is to find the proper hitch mounted bike rack for your car.<\/p>\n

In doing that, you ought to be certain you have the right hitch receiver size which can bear the weight of the bikes you want to carry. To avoid picking a mediocre rack, one has to reflect on several factors ranging from the racks’ security system, to how user-friendly it is, its capacity, convenience, durability, and other tiny details. Considering these factors, we thoroughly inspected a vast range of bike racks. The following are the ones that emerged as the best hitch bike racks in the market.<\/p>\n

Best Hitch Bike Racks<\/h2>\n

Swagman XC Cross-Country\u00a0Hitch Bike Rack<\/h2>\n

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It wouldn’t be entirely out of place to say Swagman is the genesis of hitch bike racks. The company founded by Jim and Jan Morris was one of the first in the world to make and market a hitch style bike rack after they identified the need for a better way to transport bikes. That was in the ’90s. Today, we have the Swagman XC Cross-Country, a 2 bike platform hitch rack designed to make the transportation of bikes easy and unstressful. This hitch bike rack fits 20″ to 29″ wheel sizes, 1-1\/4″ and 2″ hitch receiver. With a maximum load capacity of 35 lb. per bike, it can transport up to 2 bikes in a go.<\/p>\n

Swagman XC has an inbuilt anti-wobble hitch device that excellently ensures that the bikes are secured at the frame and the wheels. While its upright ratchet arms can be easily adjusted to fit different bike frame sizes, the center arm is well-crafted to allow access to the rear-of-vehicle without removing the rack. Also, its frame grip arms have a fine coating that protects the bikes. These features work together to stiffly secure the bikes as they are being transported thereby enabling a safe and stable ride.<\/p>\n

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