VERTICAL BIKE RACK FEATURES AND BENEFITS
TITLTING SYSTEM
Both the ELITE LITE and ELITE PRO models share the same tilting system with 5 easy adjusted rear tilt positions ranging from 10 degress to 55 degress rear tilt + fully tilted to ground level with tilt stop pin removed.
Both models also have the same vertical and foward tilt positions that rack can be used for custom fit to suit vehicle.
ELITE LITE is locked in vertical of foward tilt position via a 1/2" high tensile pin
ELITE PRO has the advantage of a spring loaded foot latch to lock it in place (1/2" pin is then insalled as an extra level of safety)
REAR TILT:
Fully loaded rack can easily be tilted down to 1 of 5 optional positions from 10 to 55 degress by placing tilt stop pin in the hole to suit. This allows rack to be tilted back just enough to open rear door or for roll on/rll off loading of bikes but no more making it significatly easier to use that racks that do not have this adjustability.
FORWARD TILT: rack can be locked in vertical position or locked in a foward tilted position which is great for utes or SUV vehicles with an angled rear window to position the rack closer to vehicle and move the weight foward reducing strain on tow bar.
ELITE LITE TILTING BASE
ELITE PRO TILTING BASE
Rock Racks have been manufactureing tilting racks for many years and have developed some unique features to create a system with minimal wear on parts and ensure rack lasts a life time.
These include:
- Bushing right through pivot bolt and pin holes. This esentially means almost no wear in pin hole. Without bushing the pin hole will wear and become larger creating a very loose fit. This wear speeds up as hole gets larger.
- Large washers either side to allow rack to tilt with no metal on metal contact and no damage to powder coat finish. Without this system, the powder coat will wear very quickly and rust will start to develop causing damage to steel.
BOTTOM BAR SYSTEM
The bottom bar on our vertical bike racks have bolt on wheel keeps to help hold bikes in position. This is no so critical when driving on smooth sealed roads but is esential when rack is being used on rougher shingle roads or 4WD tracks. We have tested rack with bottom bar bungees un-attached and spacer blocks still held bikes in position without any bike to bike contact. If you ever have a worn bungee lock break, you will be grateful to own a rack with these wheel keep holders!
TWIN LOCK HITCH SYSTEM
The unique twin lock system features 2 locking mechinisms to ensure rack is locked into vehicle hitch receiver with absolutly no movement at all.
The TWIN LOCK SYSTEM includes a side lock bolt with internal nut to lock the rack tightly to the side of hitch receiver and remove 100% of any horizontal movement combined with a u-bolt hitch lock plate to remove 100% of any vertical movement.
The result is a very strong and rigid mount of the bike rack to your vehicle.
The U-Bolt plate can be used either on top or underneath 50mm square hitch mount depending on vehicle and best fit.
ELITE PRO HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY
Our ELITE model rack has 100mm telescopic height adjustment to allow rack to be custom fitted to your vehicles tow bar height.
There are 3 posible height settings which are 50mm lower, same height and 50mm higher than our CLASSIC model vertical bike rack.
Height is adjusted by bolting the top bar mount assembly in 1 orf the 3 positions with bottom bar having the same 3 adjustable height settings to match.