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Tag: rack
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Fix that noisy Jeep rack with a Yakima Fairing I have a Kargo Master (Congo Cage) rack on my TJ... this is a great rack that is easy to use, strong and looks better than most of the racks out there... but at 30 miles an hour it began to make a low hum, 40 mph and it sound like a wind tunnel and 50 mph and above sounded like you had a set of subwoofers kickin at maximum volume on either side of your head. So load that if you have the top down at 60 mph you had to scream just to hear the perso... Read More
So check this out... I started using an old Yakima bike roof rack I had stripped off the wife's Subaru and installed on my Jeep. Coming back from a mountain bike ride, I was thinking about how great of a time I had on my new 29er (the bike was only two weeks old). I rounded the corner of my driveway, hit the garage remote and rolled right in... well half way, when I heard a thud and scrapping sound coming from the top of my Jeep. I remember clearly thinking... NOoooooo, oh $#!+ ... Read More
Fabricating a Cheap MTB Hitch Rack A few years ago I decided to start carrying my mountain bike on the front of my Jeep. There's a lot of reasons why I wanted to move it up front... less weight on the tailgate of the Jeep, I didn't like how rear hitch racks wobble around and I didn't like the tire mounted racks. But most of all, it was the chumps on cell phones and bumper riders who convinced me that carrying the bike in the rear... wasn't for me. I spent a few weeks researching various hi... Read More
There’s a lot of history and information floating around about the origins of mountain biking, some that’s recognized and some that depends on who has the best public relations firm. Mountain biking would have happened somewhere and it did. Did it begin with the Buffalo Soldiers, a turn-of-the-century infantry who customized bicycles to carry gear over rough terrain? It was August 1896, the riders, black enlisted men and a white lieutenant, rode from Missoula, Montana, to Yellowstone a... Read More
Considering I’ve been hit in the rear by other vehicles on 5 occasions over the years, the idea of carrying my bike on the rear of my vehicle is not something I’m too interested in. So about 3 years ago I started carrying my bike on the front of my Jeep using a hitch rack I made. It works good and has done a fine job. I never tailgate people and I’d consider myself a safe driver, so I feel that the bike is fairly safe from a collision… but there is always things that are unavoidabl... Read More
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