Bike rack

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   Going to pickup my first rpod (180) Friday.  My wife and I would like to get a bike rack for the back hitch, but the sales person didn't recommend we use the one suggested by Forrest River?

Does anyone have any recommendations / information on the best place to find one?

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dlighter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 Feb 2017 Location: Maine Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Topic: Bike rack Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 12:13am
	Going to pickup my first rpod (180) Friday. My wife and I would like to get a bike rack for the back hitch, but the sales person didn't recommend we use the one suggested by Forrest River? Does anyone have any recommendations / information on the best place to find one?

hogone Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1042	Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 5:43am
	i use a very basic rack(2 bikes) made by allen. i find it to be of very good quality and very reasonably priced. you can buy on line or check wally world. hogone
	Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD

dlighter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 Feb 2017 Location: Maine Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 6:21am
	Thanks! I'll look into that.

hogone Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1042	Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 7:54am
	I have the 522RR model. On amazon its $89, but I know I found it cheaper at wally world. That however was several years ago. hogone
	Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD

ronahue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316	Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 8:01am
	I am using the Highlander Sportwing which I am told is the same as the one sold by Forest River. It is mounted to the receiver for the spare tire carrier and transfers to the receiver on my TV when the R-Pod is parked. I use 2 additional bungee cords secured to the corners of the R-Pod bumper to minimize movement.
	Ron & Sharon 2015 R-Pod 179 2022 Nissan Frontier No trees were harmed in the sending of this message but a billion electrons were really agitated

mjlrpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214	Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 3:58pm
	The stromberg and carlson tongue mount is the rack i'm gonna use. infact it got delivered today. i'll install it in the spring. cant post a photo cause it says i gotta upload it to another site, then link it, and i just dont care THAT much. It shouldnt require that much work to share a simple jpg
	2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding

texman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Jul 2014 Location: TeXas Online Status: Offline Posts: 446	Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 4:37pm
	+1 on the pics.
	TexMan 2015 182g 2018 Sequoia TexManMods

dlighter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 Feb 2017 Location: Maine Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 11:45pm
	Thanks for all the feedback!

JET Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 Jan 2017 Location: Ashland, Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Posted: 18 Feb 2017 at 8:41am
	I bought the Swagman XC2. I think for the money it is an excellent bike rack. It will work with a 1 1/4 inch or 2 inch receiver. I saw that it is on sale on Amazon for $113 which is a great price for this rack.

ribet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 26 Aug 2016 Location: Hillsboro, Oreg Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Posted: 19 Feb 2017 at 7:28pm
	I removed my spare tire, installed it under my trailer, adapted a normal folding bike rack to the tire rack. Two bikes weigh less then the tire dose. The rack can be removed easily and be installed on my TV for day trips.