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By tifosi046 - Posted on 02 July 2007

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a rear bike rack for a Jeep Cherokee. With the spare wheel on the rear door I cannot use a
Swagman 3 bike standard fold down towball which would be ideal.

Any ideas?

Many thanks
Lee

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pikey's picture

Hi Lee,

Depending on how many bikes you need to carry I think your stuck with the models that attach to the spare tyre. Your rear window swings up and the rear door swings out right? Do you have the 50mm reece hitch? if you do then an extention could let you use any brand?

Greg

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Hi Greg,

I only need to carry two bikes; I do have the 50mm reece hitch,can you recommend extension bar?

I went to Roof rack city in Haberfield but they didn't offer an extension bars.

Lee

Rob's picture

There has been a bit of talk about racks before, for hitch stuff there was some useful comment here:

http://nobmob.com/node/1746

FWIW, I like the Thule a lot, but was not happy that somehow my bike dislodged twice from where I strapped it on the drive home yesterday and got a little rub on the top tube. This is probably user error not tightening it enough - doh! Will get a zipstick (think that's what they call it) to stop sway of multiple bikes on these long trips.

pikey's picture

It might be worth while calling into the local metal fabricater they might be able to make you an extention bar?

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