Velocirax Releases No Lift Vertical Bike Racks

 #duthie might be more appropriately offensive for this niche

 The specificity of this makes me so happy.

 To be fair i ride with quite a few females who struggle to get bikes onto northshores racks due to height and usually the truck is lifted for the rough shuttle roads so that doesnt help

 @endurogan:

* “The truck is lifted for compensating for a small penis.”

You don’t need a lifted truck for rough roads. Deactivated roads, maybe.

 @crsimmons: haha yas

 Its for all the old people that buy those damn eBikes that can not lift them on to the rack.

This is what our trails will look like soon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqNmrpLHDQk

 I've ruled out vertical carry racks in the past as I've assumed that my wife would have trouble loading her bike onto something likely above head height for her. She's not that tall or that strong and I can just imagine her somehow missing the basket and cracking the rear window with a fork stanchion as she heaves he bike up. This looks like it would help lower that danger.

 @BrianColes: Yah probably dont need it when you live in Golden the roads are a little less maintained up north though

 @BrianColes: if you have a truck why have a rack !!! . I don’t understand this

 @endurogan: to be faaaaaaiiiirrrr

 If masking the bolt heads is too much work maybe manufacturing is probably the wrong thing for you.

 @BrianColes: I've driven up some bombed out shuttle roads in a fiesta st

 @Fat-Thor: lmfao

 @Fat-Thor:
Explain to me how pedelecs chew up trails more than regular mountain bikes please

 I have a back, shoulder and wrist injury from a car accident. healed now but I'm stuck with the pain for life. For about 3 years I could not lift my bike on to racks or even chair lifts. I always had the lift attendant help me or my friends would throw my bike on the tail gate or rack for me. There are people that need it.

 @mxmtb: for my use I have a recon 6 rack, then carry 6-8 additional bikes on the tailgate, and stack the cab/bed with the riders. Works great for shuttle days.

 Tell that to someone like Paul Basagoitia

 So then a 4’8”-5’ tall woman ( or man ) shouldn’t be allowed to mountain bike if they have trouble lifting there 40lb downhill bike onto their rack? Well we’ve taken MTB elitism to a new level here haven’t we.

 @gozerthegozarian: Welcome to Pinkbike: Where people are only allowed to say/do/ride exactly how the person posting says/does/rides.

 @YoKev: They don't..

 @justinyami: total attempt to copy Cody's recon racks.

 Spoken like a true neanderthal who has no consideration for others who may be short and /or small in stature (esp children and petite women) or have physical limitations (temporary or permanent) that make lifting a bike above head-height difficult. And consider this: A 35lb mtb is just 19% of a 180# man's weight, whereas it is a whopping 35% of a child or small woman's weight of 100lbs.

 @mxmtb: I thought the same thing for ages, until my Van died and I bought a truck to better suit my occupation.

Canopy/Topper, and bed size and usage. My Tacoma has a small bed and a canopy. Dry, secure storage for things other than bikes makes the topper necessary so I use a rack.

Also the tailgate on the early Tacos is small enough that my 29er fork lower sits on the bumper when using the shuttle pad.

 I'll stick with the original, first-to-market Recon Rack made in Ferndale, WA USA.
recon-racks.com

 @connerg: Glad to see that LK has made its way to the pink bike comment section!

 6 E-bike x 44lbs each.....will that work?

 How are those disabled, old people suppose handle 44lbs Ebikes?

 @drivereight: I manage.

 What if it's not a physical challenge, but you're just lazy?

 @YoKev: simple. If we assume every ride on a trail regardless of the bike has some impact, however large or small, by being able to ride a trail 2-3 times more in a single session than a non-elec, elec bikes have 2-3 times the impact.

 @RealRusty: That's assuming that people will ride the same trail multiple times in a day. Honestly .. that's not very likely.

 @mxmtb: I travel with my family and the back of the truck is full. So a bike rack is a necessity. You'll understand when you get older.

 @YoKev: they don't. End of story. Anyone who says different is just ignorant. Or mad because they can't afford one.

 @BeerGuzlinFool: haha I’m 42 , but I don’t have a family ….too expensive

 @mxmtb: good choice

 Nope totally different. The baskets are red.

 Shame on these copy cats. You can load a Recon the same way, but will find its actually more pain in the ass than just picking bike up to load it. Lifting full rack when loaded as in video takes at least 2 and is super awkward. (I've had every iteration of Recon over last few years)
Moreover I'll throw a few bucks down that the cages will have failures due to size and design when real world mobbing up gravel roads happens.

 Looks really like a recon knock-off. But this one does come with a garage mount. I made my own garage mount for my recon. Curious what the anti rattle mechanism is.

 @jgainey: pushing up my Recon with 5 bikes is doable for me - but I'm 230# and reasonably strong. However, rigging a pulley system or even just a cam strap to the roof rack or tailgate is easy and would allow a more reasonably sized person to do that as well, without the grunting.

The pivot looks likely to be a failure spot, the baskets strike me as undersized, and I really resent the blatant ripoff. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, it's funny to me that these guys ripped off Cody's design without learning from him - there a reason he went to the uber-beefy pivots. Then again, they probably won't be around to deal with the fallout from their corner cutting...

 @jgainey: It seems like what they're doing here is adding a hydraulic assist to make lifting the bikes back up easier. I'm not sure how well it works, but that seems to be the claimed improvement over something like Recon Racks.

 It’s not rocket science, hanging a bike vertically only allows for three options:
Fork, Wheel, Bars.

We all love the guy who builds something by himself in a little shop, but saying it’s a rip off is like claiming anything is unique; where dud Cody get his idea?

So I bought a rack from Cody, it took three months to arrive, it worked well until I lost a bike off the rack when I crossed a cattle guard. Bike was trashed.

I could say that the oversized hoop design played a part or that the failure of the bungee cord design was the issue or that I should have had a safety cable securing the wheels.

Once you lose a bike off a rack, security takes on a different meaning.

Still appreciate what Cody is doing, super nice guy, working hard at what he loves.

But yeah, no more a rip off than anything else in this world.

Don’t forget that the majority of us are riding bikes designed and built in Asia, just saying, don’t be the kettle.

 @nurseben: This sounds a bit fishy. I've blasted up and down roads much rougher than a cattle guard with my recon. Sure you didn't forget to strap the front wheel?

 @jubilee55: agreed, I have a Recon Rack on a side-by-side and rally the piss out of it, never had a problem.

 @nurseben: Thanks for setting me straight. I was worried my personal experience over several years and multiple iterations of the rack weren't reality based. Thank goodness for the internet and you, nurseben, for correcting my false impressions based on empirical evidence. See you on the flat Earth and antivax forums good sir!

 Hahahahaha @Gregorysmithj1:

 @jubilee55: just cuz you don’t want to admit it doesn’t make it so.

So I’ve had all three hanging bike mounting styles. If I had to do it again I’d just get a Northshore, fork mount is the most secure.

Never liked bar mount, wore the finish of my bars and hard to load.

All these folks talking about rallying with a wheel mount hanging rack are FOS, the bikes go friggin crazy on the rack, wish I could post video.

Best rack ever for clearance and security: One Up. Only a realist option for a couple bikes, maybe three. Sold mine to my brother, regret it ever since.

 Yes, except this one looks like it will ravage the sidewall.

 You're not the kind of monkey that gets his hand stuck in the coconut.

 I just got my Recon Rack at the end of last season after looking at many other 6 bike racks. Quite happy with my decision. Cody was awesome to work with. His responses were always prompt, and he hooked me up with a longer stinger to provide better clearance with rear mounted spare tire. Any other rack manufacturer would have told me to pound sand. Recon Racks for the win!!!

 Cody is the shit, recon racks are the shit. Don't buy this shit....buy a recon rack

 I believe that these guys are based out the salt lake city (UT) area if I recall. I talked to them a bit last fall at a race. I was quite impressed with it in person

 It’s the Chinese way man. Things I’ve designed were copied after we released them at a show and put to market before we could get them out. We had trouble getting our stuff UL certified and well, the Chinese don’t need certifications!

 @Duderz7: yeah, Cody sold ne a longer stinger too, nice guy

 My eyes are up here

 Uh, 7x32=224.

 Or you're a dentist who is riding with 6 of your friends who are also dentists !

 @QuebecPoulin:

C'mon, so self respecting dentist would ride with another dentist.

....If they did, how could they emit their "self-superior, I ride a Yeti" persona?

 @enis:

 @QuebecPoulin: first dentist comment. what's a pinkbike comment section without mentioning dentists.

 @jamesbrant: complaining about each other bikes since day one

 Recon has a number of mounting positions so you can move the mast up or down a fair bit. Does the new NSR do that as well these days?

 @g-42: Actually even the original NS rack you could adjust a bit, but even all the way high, with a lifted Tacoma, I lost a few bikes at low speeds on hills. Always with my super long 29er bikes. The new NS rack has a much taller mast, so I have not even been close to contact with the ground. The Recon rack looked awesome, but a bit bulky and heavy for me as I take the rack off for work frequently.

 The longest bike in the picture is (I’m petty sure) a 2017 Reign SX... not exactly a long bike! You would need a big riser for the hitch.

 ....You're really going to admit that you're not an engineer? What type of modesty are you trying to exude? This is Pinkbike. No place for modesty and intelligent, well thought out comments. Jeepers, people these days.

 @DHhack: yup, I use a Kuat riser, works great on my van.

I think design wise, Alta makes the best wheel hung vertical rack, best for quality, best for security, best for ground clearance.

This is a good rack for the price and it’s more readily available than Recon.

 I have a Guerilla Gravity size 3 Megatrail, WB is 1246, no issues with ground clearance as the rear wheel is well above the receiver. I also use a 2” riser.

Honestly, these big racks don’t belong on anything other than a truck, full sized SUV, or commercial van. You need a 2” receiver with 400# load rating.

All these folks trying to carry five bikes on the back of a Subaru are pushing their luck.

 @nurseben:

Ill second that simply to just say that anyone driving a subaru at all is pushing their luck.
regardless of said bike rack system

 We met Bryce at Moab's fall outerbike and I was impressed with the design and the build, though I couldn't get one delivered to Hawaii so I held off on buying one until I could solve the shipping issues. Finally, got that resolved (checked baggage after trip to Utah).

My kids have started riding so I need something that would hold all of our bikes without a lot of hassle and would be easy for them to load as well. Here's a shot of it on our SUV ...

ep1.pinkbike.org/p3pb18264225/p3pb18264225.jpg

5 bikes ... one 20", one 24", two 27.5" and one 29'er. Even my son can load it and we even experimented with a tiny kids bike which still fits since you can hook the wheel tray trough the front wheel (something you can't do with the recon).

I shuttle weekly with a crew here and there are at least 3 others that have vertical racks (recon, NS) and this is easily the best design in terms of how it holds the bikes and it's ability to handle just about any kind of bike without issue. The rubber straps are a little more difficult to put on, but are also more secure. Can't speak to durability yet but so far we love this and everybody that's seen it loves it as well. It's the best design I've seen and the price is really hard to beat.

Bryce was also super accommodating and even provided touch up paint for the rack with the purchase. I hope they are successful because this really is a great product.

 @enis: yeah, Subaru’s are a total yupster mobile, great for the soccer mom who won’t drive a minivan

 @enis: We have two Subaru’s. Both have had blown motors under 100k. But they are great up our steep driveway and in sh** weather, and haven’t cost us anything extra. Yet... I’ll roll the dice again tomorrow.

 @iduckett:
Im just poking fun, mainly at my wife. She wont get rid of her outback, definitely reliable.

I just cant fit in the thing for more than a trip to the store before my back goes spastic

 @enis: Hah! At least we’ve got both ends of the spectrum covered!

 @enis: Well come to think of it, I do have a PHD in PBP. Pink Bike Pontificating.

 @wolfe1027: Lolo rack?

 You honestly need to put a run bike on a rack? It'll nearly fit in the glove box

 @babymorox: Lolo Rack.

 I have a 29er ,26er and a runbike on my Recon...the Velocirax should work with runbike to ?

 @49thbiker: sorry just saw this. Nothing but good things to say about mine. It’s solid, does what it advertises and I haven’t had to think about it once after installing it...not sure what what else to say. Easy to load bikes once you get the hang of it.

 Gotta say, I'm impressed with the youtube review. Looks legit. Don't know what all the haters are hating on, There are only so many way to rack a bike. And so what if it's an oversea company; how about all the other parts on our bikes...

 @TW80: they’re hating because they feel bad that Recon racks (Cody) will lose some business to a knock off competitor.

They got a point, but they aren’t considering that they are guilty of the same as they ride their foreign made bike down the trail..

pot = kettle

 So because large conglomerates have bought up or out competed all our beloved American bike companies thus reducing competition and shipped production overseas, we should just allow that to happen with racks?

 I'll say it! " Your Mom!". Not your Mom, of course, but the proverbial Mom

 If you ever take more than two bikes trays keep the load closer, so yes that's a better deal. Four bikes, and you all of a sudden have a lot of leverage bobbing the tail up and down. 1Up are a little closer to the hatch than most tray racks as they allow the bikes to be closer to each other thanks to being able to position bikes laterally to allow less interference.

 @g-42: I only have room for 2 people, so I max at 2 bikes. If I needed to carry more, stick a 3 tray in the back and a 2 in the front. +1 for 1up, my favourite design by far.