good bike rack?

Matt Sharp

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Crossett, Ark, United States
hey guys, my jeep has 35"s and I just bought a Trek trail bike. wondering what rack for it would clear the spare tire and be a good rack. I was looking at Thule racks but I just want to make sure the one I get clears the rear rack.
 
Have you thought about a rack that mounts to your spare tire? If you're still using the stock spare tire carrier this might not be an option.

I have the Mopar unit on my LJ. I don't think I'd like to have to swing down a hitch receiver mounted carrier every time I wanted to open my tailgate or lift glass. I'm not carrying a hi dollar bike so the Mopar carrier works for me. I only use my bike for transportation when I have the jeep at a campsite. Just my 2 cents.
 
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This is a thule hitch mount, plenty of clearance.
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I didn't want to hang my bikes off of the spare tire so I made one out of 2 roof top bike carriers. I welded them individually to 2" hitch receivers that fit into each other and can take 1 bike or 2 at a time. I also wanted to be able to open my tailgate with the rack(s) on so I made them to go below the bottom line of the tailgate. I can take the bikes of and on within abut 10 seconds so it's quite east to use.

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Here it is with 2 bikes on the back of my expedition trailer (unfinished at the time) ...
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