a work in progress...

This was waiting for me yesterday when I got home from work. The box is a little beat-up as you can see.

I now know why! It's 70+ lbs of hurkey box. I'll bet that the UPS guy was pissed when he had to bring it to my front door! So I understand the conditions.

I got it inside and opened. This thing is BIG and HEAVY and HEAVY-DUTY. I attempted to start working on it last night. I got past step 2. I need to do as the instructions suggest and install it in the receiver hitch to "stablize" it.

Team Gibson can now haul 4 bikes! Word!

Rack Ordered

I currenlty own a Hollywood Rack. I like it andthink that it is built well and is very sturdy. All of this information swayed me towards them when looking for a new one.

I ended on this one. It ended up being cheaper than the Thule and better built than the Yakima - per the reviews anyway. A quick froogle search had me paying not the retail of $399 but a discounted price of $314 plus free shipping. How could I pass that up?

I'm driving to the first PSYCOWPATH race, and have room for 3 other bikes!

Bike Rack - What size?

This picture depicts neither my 4 wheeled ride nor my bikes.. but it does show the issue. That is, the fact that you are looking for a bike rack to hold 2 bikes, you need to purchase a rack that will hold 4! What's up with that?

I need to buy a bigger rack. It needs to be a hitch rack - 2" variety. I want to be able to carry at least 3 - Full Size, Adult, Dual Suspension Bikes.

I think that most of the time it will be just carrying my bike. My thought is that I will soon be carrying my kids and wife's bikes too.

I'm headed to MTBR.com ; but would love some advice! Got any?