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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By RL.Robertson
My wife purchased me of these for my Christmas 2011. At first I was very skeptical. I have owned several bike racks, and it seems
that the only ones worth buying are way overpriced. Installing is easy, but goes quicker if you have an extra set of hands. There
are several straps that wrap around your tailgate to hold your pad in place. After installing, I have just left it on. It comes with
plenty of Velcro loops that goes around the bike to hold it securely onto the pad. It works as described, and is so much easier to load
than any other bike rack that I have used (this is my 3rd, all of different varieties). Having to remove my front wheel seemed to be the
worst of the designs. It literally takes less than 10 seconds to put the bike in the truck and secure it. I have not tried it with 6
bikes, but it seems that they should fit. The nice thing is that it does not matter the design, whether it is a hard tail, FS, DH, or any
other bike.. all of them fit.
I have (accidentally) hit railroad tracks going way to fast, and the bike held perfectly secure and upright even with the truck going airborne
for a second. I am sold on the product. For the price point and convenience it does not get any better than this. As far as durability, I
do not know how long the product will last. It seems to be made out of very thick weather resistant material. At this price range as long as
I get about 5 years out of it I will be very happy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By houserinak
Love this and it worked great for > 4K miles up the Al-Can through rain and some snow. Only drawback was the attachment to the truck and I was able to revise the system so it was easier to attach. Just required a few more clips and NOW I love it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
By CNCRob
I bought this product less than a year ago and it is already falling apart. The second time I used it one of the plastic fasteners broke. I have heard about people leaving this product on their truck all the time so I left mine on my truck for a week straight while doing a lot of biking and the straps started rotting,so far two of them have broke. It is also nearly impossible for one person to install it by their self. It would have been better if the straps inserted from the other side of the tailgate. You have to balance the tailgate with one hand while you try to reach under the truck and feed the straps up from the bottom. The back of my tailgate isn't in very good shape anyway but if it where I would be afraid to use this product. At the bottom the straps rub the paint pretty bad. I purchased this cover instead of a cheaper one that our local bike shop sells because I liked the Velcro straps that hold the bike. The one at the bike shop was another brand and did't have any. So far the Velcro straps are a joke. I only used them the first time I used the cover because they really don't do anything. Also it is nearly impossible to install the cover if the temperature is below 50 degrees. The plastic gets real stiff and is very hard to bend. I wish I would have never bought this product.
