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  1. Hollywood Boomer Bar Ladies Rack Mount

    September 12, 2009 by admin


    Hollywood Boomer Bar Ladies Bike Car Rack Mount.  This is an outstanding way to mount Full Suspension or Ladies Bikes to Car Racks.  When you do not have a full length Top tube it is often really hard to install your bike on a car rack.  The Hollywood Boomer Bar quickly adapts your bike to fit most rear racks.  The Boomer Bar is padded where it touches the bike seat post and the handlebar stem to keep from damaging your bicycle finish.

    All of the major car rack manufacturers including, Yakima, Allen, Hollywood, Thule manufacture a ladies bike car rack adapter.   They all seem to do the same thing and mount the same way.  Without these adapters sometimes it is nearly impossible to mount your bike to the rack.


  2. Yakima SpareJoe Spare Tire Bicycle Rack

    September 12, 2009 by admin


    The Yakima SpareJoe Spare Tire Bicycle Rack will fit a lot of Small SUVs.   There are several features that I like on this rack.  The arms are offset and you can change the  offset from one side to the other.  Many spare tires are not mounted in the middle of the vehicle and if your bike s mounted right straight behind the tire your bike will be sticking urther off one side of your SUV than the other.

    Most Spare Tire racks stay mounted on the vehicle.  They are not as easy to mount and dismount as strap mounted racks.  The arms of the Yakima Spare Joe fold down out of the way while this rack is mounted on your car.

    Suggested List $130.00 of the Yakima SpareJoe Spare Tire Bicycle Rack


  3. Allen 303D Spare Tire Rack

    February 24, 2009 by admin



    The Allen 303d Spare tire rack can be a double duty rack. It will also work on a lot of cars that do not have a spare tire mounted on the back. This is a very simple rack that will hold two or three bikes.  Often you can mount or dismount this rack quickly to your car. Many of the smaller SUVs have their spare tire mounted on the back of the vehicle.

    If your SUV has a shroud around your spare tire this rack might not work.  The Hollywood SR1 Spare Tire Bike Rack will work on more different vehicles because it has a tighter fit to the vehicle tire.

    The 303D is a fairly inexpensive car rack and if it fits your car will make a good basic rack. The qualilty of the SR1 from Hollywood is a bit better although it will usually cost about $20 more. The SR 1 does not mount and dismount as quickly as the 303D but usually the SR1 is left on the vehicle full time after it has been mounted.

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    Closer look at the directions on the box.
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  4. Hollywood SR1 Spare Tire Rack

    February 24, 2009 by admin

    Hollywood SR1 Spare Tire Rack.
    This rack will fit most spare tires.

    It has a narrower profile in fitting around the tire than most and will fit between the cover and the tire on some of the new SUVs that will not fit the Allen 303d. The strapping system that holds this rack on is very secure. The arms fold out of the way when you are not using the rack. This rack takes a bit of time to install the first time. Most people will leave this rack on the vehicle as it does not go on and off quickly on many vehicles.

    Hollywood SR1 Spare Tire Rack

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    Hollywood SR1 Spare Tire Rack

    This rack is very popular with the many mini SUVs. Most do not have enough room to mount the tire under the vehicle or inside so they mount the tire on the back door. This usually gives a good sturdy platform to mount a bicycle rack on. Many people will leave the rack on their car all the time with the arms folded in. This makes it really easy to just extend the arms of the rack and install the bike on it. Not having to mount and dismount the rack on the vehicle allows the Hollywood SR1 Spare Tire rack to be used a lot more than most racks that are stored in your garage.


  5. Spare Tire Racks

    February 24, 2009 by admin

    Advantages to Spare Tire Racks

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    1. Often they are the only rack that will fit the vehicle.


    Disadvantages to Spare tire racks

    1. They only fit vehicles with the spare tire mounted externally on the back of the car. This is usually the small SUVs.
    2. They do not fit many cars
    3. Many of the new Mini SUVs have fairings over their spare tire so some of the spare tire car racks will not fit.
    4. Not many Spare Tire Racks get sold so there are only a couple of companies that manufacture them. Often they are more expensive than a comparable trunk rack.

    Always check the manufacturers fit chart to make sure the rack will fit your car.

    The Externally mounted spare tire can make your receiver hitch rack not fit also!