What have you hauled with your CX-9?

[hw4ng3r]

Good bike racks are super expensive, but I'd recommend this one.

Had to MacGyver the pool noodle on the tire basket so I could fit my son's 14" bike (with ratchet straps/bungee).

Held super steady at highways speeds for 4 hours to camping (didn't even notice it back there).

 

[Silly Wabbit]

Just curious what makes this one good? Stability?

 

[hw4ng3r]

Just curious what makes this one good? Stability?

I was looking for a vertical mount bike rack and did some cross shopping with other major (i.e. Thule) and less-major brands.

The features that stuck out:

-rubber-only contact (well.. had to modify with pool noodle for the kids bike)
-hydraulic dampers (for self lowering the rack; this one is only for lowering while Thule is bi-directional)
-"camping mode" (you can drop the rack horizontal with ground for bike parking)
-garage storage (comes with brackets to hang the rack with bikes on the rack to garage wall)
-hitch locking mechanism (I think most major ones have this as well. The Velocirax just uses a 17mm wrench/socket to stabilize the rack once in the receiver).

It's very similar to the Thule ReVert, but the Velocirax I believe has higher carrying capacity (overall and per bike tray, if you're hauling heavier bikes like e-bikes).

 

[Luk]

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Good bike racks are super expensive, but I'd recommend this one.

Had to MacGyver the pool noodle on the tire basket so I could fit my son's 14" bike (with ratchet straps/bungee).

Held super steady at highways speeds for 4 hours to camping (didn't even notice it back there).

Have you experienced any issues with it since purchasing it? Currently looking at the 4 bike VelociRAX, but concerned about the tongue weight. VelociRAX recommends a minimum of 500 lbs tongue weight, but the CX9 has a max of 350 lbs.

 

[hw4ng3r]

Have you experienced any issues with it since purchasing it? Currently looking at the 4 bike VelociRAX, but concerned about the tongue weight. VelociRAX recommends a minimum of 500 lbs tongue weight, but the CX9 has a max of 350 lbs.

Sorry for the late response; I only just saw this as I haven't been checking too often.

Lugged it around to a few places camping last year and it's been pretty solid so far.

I've got a Curt Class 3 hitch with a tongue weight max of 400 lbs. You're correct the 412 Max recommends a 500 lbs tongue weight receiver.

I'm not too concerned about this for a few reasons:

1. We do not have e-bikes and will never get one.

2. The 412 Max has an empty weight of 80 lbs with a total bike weight of 300 lbs. Unless I'm mistaken, this means the max weight of bikes + bike rack = 380 lbs; this is under my 400 lbs tongue weight max on my receiver.

3. I have a family of 3 with 2 adult mountain bikes (no fat tires, etc, etc, ie. not heavy bikes) and a small bike for a 6 year old (at the moment). I'd be damn surprised if I even hit 200 lbs with everything loaded.