Is there a man in your life who enjoys riding?
I am excited to give you a chance to win Yakima’s HighLite hitch rack {see below} in honor of Father’s Day.
Available in a 2 or 3 bike model, the carrier is impressively lightweight at under 20 pounds. It’s easy & painless to install and also has a built-in security cable to ensure that no one rides away with his equipment.
As a bonus, the carrier also includes two integrated bottle openers so he can enjoy a bottle of beer at the end of a ride.
Tim gives the HighLite a solid two thumbs up as a gift idea for any mountain biker.
You can check out more gift ideas for cyclists in last week’s mini gift guide.
WIN IT! One winner will receive a HighLite bike carrier by Yakima (~$330)! To enter, leave any topic-related comment on this post prior to Wednesday, June 22nd at 11:59 p.m. All generic comments like “Enter me!,” “Love it,” and “Cool stuff!” will be disqualified. Winner must provide a US mailing address.
* Yakima sent me a sample for review purposes and is also providing 1 product for the giveaway.
*UPDATE* The winner is #94 John S. Congratulations!
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Gianna says
June 22, 2011 at 9:36 pmThis would be very helpful for taking all the bikes with when we vacation or hit the trails.
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DanV says
June 22, 2011 at 8:40 pmThis would be handy for a biking vacation
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meme says
June 22, 2011 at 8:00 pmThis would be great to have because we take the kids to the park 3 or 4 times a week and its such a pain trying to put them in the back of the van each time.
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R Hicks says
June 22, 2011 at 7:19 pmcycling is one of my favorite past times and I know all too well that a good high quality bike is necessary. This one fits the bill with its lightness for sure. Would love to test it out!
ardy22 at earthlink dot net
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hbomb says
June 22, 2011 at 6:05 pmI’d love one of these! We are going to be moving into a condo in a few months, and the closest park to ride bikes around is a little away, where it’s not really safe to ride your bike too. This would be great to be able to take our bikes down and enjoy the weather!
xbeautifulcoma at yahoo dot com
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Candice Blair says
June 22, 2011 at 4:02 pmOur family which includes my husband, myself and the children have recently taken up bicycling and have been stacking the bikes in the back of the minivan. Just today we added the hitch to the minivan and have been shopping for a bike rack. This would be perfect AND in our budget! Thanks for the opportunity! Happy Father’s Day!
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Rachel says
June 22, 2011 at 2:54 pmI would give this to my sister who just herself a bike until I get a bike
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Emma Peel says
June 22, 2011 at 2:27 pmThis bike carrier is just the perfect thing for hitting the tails and it’s great it’s lightweight and can be installed easily who needs the hassle of a clunky heavy apparatus
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Vicki Dahlstrom says
June 22, 2011 at 2:08 pmI’ve always wanted a rack for my vehicle so I can take our bikes along when we go on trips to the lake.
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Steph A says
June 22, 2011 at 2:01 pmIt would be awesome to be able to carry our bikes with us to go camping as it is our car is too full to take them. This Yakima Highlite rack would be great so that we can use our mountain bikes on our trips!
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John S. says
June 22, 2011 at 1:22 pmThis would be fabulous. We are now a 3 bike family. However, we’ve been camping lately and thinking it would have been great to have the bikes with us, but without a rack that has not been possible. We’ve got more camping ahead. Thanks for the chance.
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EricD says
June 22, 2011 at 1:04 pmI used to ride my bike a lot and now don’t have a way to take it to the cooler parts of New Orleans. I would love to have this rack to make life a little easier and enjoy more bike riding of course!
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Jenny says
June 22, 2011 at 12:56 pmThat looks like the perfect rack for us!
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Jill L says
June 22, 2011 at 12:27 pmWe definitely need to get a bike rack for our car. It would get us out a lot more.
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mike says
June 22, 2011 at 12:25 pmI’ve been looking for a bike carrier to take the kids trail riding with me. This is the model I had my eye on!
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susan smoaks says
June 22, 2011 at 11:24 ammy husband and i love to take our bikes and go on trail rides but we do not have a bike rack
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james says
June 22, 2011 at 11:09 amWould love to not have to take the truck when we have the bikes.
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dorothy says
June 22, 2011 at 10:48 amwe do a lot of bike riding and could really use a new rack
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tomato says
June 22, 2011 at 9:20 amThis would be great for our bikes. Thanks for the chance to win!
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tina reynolds says
June 22, 2011 at 9:15 amMy husband Chris would love this, we have been wanting to get one for a while. he would be really excited thanks for the chance eaglesforjack@gmail.com
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Joseph says
June 22, 2011 at 8:33 amI just bought a bike last summer and haven’t had a chance to get a bike rack for my car installed. I’ve looked at the Yakima product line before but just couldn’t decide on the best rack for me. I’ve just been putting my bike in the back end of my station wagon when I do go riding with friends and it does take up a lot of space that way.
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OlyveOyl says
June 22, 2011 at 8:30 amIt would be so terrific to take the kids somewhere to ride our bikes safely – thanks for this chance to win a product NOT in my budget. The picture shown is of the bike rack attached to a truck – is it actually a trailer hitch? Does it require tools and time to connect/disconnect the bike rack from a vehicle? You mentioned that it is easy to install, this would be great! The mention of a security cable is great…do we need to use a lock to deter thieves (actually I would have to own bikes worth stealing – lol).
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jes [a mountain bride] says
June 22, 2011 at 3:55 amour fam would love this! it would get used so much :-)
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Uri Eiger says
June 21, 2011 at 11:18 pmThis is exactly what I need. I just bought a new road bike but my car is too small to transport my bike. I would love to ride along the beach. This bike rack would be perfect.
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misty says
June 21, 2011 at 10:11 pmMy husband enjoys riding his bike, and we are considering to buy a car soon because our current car is too small to carry bicycles. This would be awesome! Every cyclist friend told us that Yakima is the best when it comes to bike carriers. Great giveaway!
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Salleefur/Jesselyn/Jesster says
June 21, 2011 at 9:40 pmMy Honey/Hubby rides his bike almost everywhere and I’m trying to ride as much as I can. Hubby wants us both to go up to Northern Michigan this Fall to do a 50 mile ride up near Mackinac Island – but we need to take our bikes up there and it is a 9 hour drive BY CAR! We can’t possibly fit the bikes in the car. Of course if we had a bike rack like this one – we would bring our bikes with us just about everywhere so we could take rides and have adventures in all kinds of new places – near and far.
P.S. I just became your 599th Facebook Fan – bet you break 600 before sunrise on the ALMOST longest day of the year! Happy Summer!
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Stephanie says
June 23, 2011 at 7:45 pmThanks for entering the contest and fanning Metropolitan Mama! You were right – I have 600 fans now. :)
P.S. Stay tuned for more cool giveaways – coming soon!
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April Bever says
June 21, 2011 at 9:27 pmI would love for my husband to be able to go riding the bike trails around the area with the kids but all of the bikes do not fit in our SUV and the trails are a couple miles away. Which is to far for them to ride there and back.
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amy deeter says
June 21, 2011 at 8:37 pmthis would be perfect for the bikes i have.
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com
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Paula Hafner says
June 21, 2011 at 7:38 pmMy husband loves to ride. He’s always trying to drag me along :)
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JulieK says
June 21, 2011 at 6:39 pmWe are just reviving bicycling in our family – this looks like a great rack! We’d also love to get a bike trailer for the little guy – did you ever use one of those?
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Stephanie says
June 26, 2011 at 12:42 pmNo, but I’ve always wanted to try one! Maybe when we settle down again somewhere!
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Damian Marks says
June 21, 2011 at 3:34 pmIt really is a nice bike rack and since I am in the market for a bike rack , this one is on my shortlist.
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Angela W says
June 21, 2011 at 1:17 pmI love going on bike rides with my husband. This would be great for the back of the car so we can take them to farther away parks and destinations
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Amanda says
June 21, 2011 at 1:02 pmoh wow. my whole family rides bikes, my brother, mom, dad, husband, and myself and we could use this!!!!
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tess says
June 21, 2011 at 11:45 ammy hubby needs a bike rack for his truck- he just throw his bike in the back of the truck and its getting messed up b/c of that.
tcogbill at live dot com
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Michelle Hall says
June 21, 2011 at 9:41 amIt’s hard to fit a bike AND all the kids’ stuff in the car when we go to the park. This would be very helpful! :)
Thanks!
Michelle
michellehall@mail.com
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sarah says
June 21, 2011 at 8:19 amMy kids love to ride. I’d like to have the rack to make it easier to take them outside of our neighborhood for rides.
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Heather McDonough says
June 21, 2011 at 7:25 amI’d love to win this. Both my husband and myself have started biking recently.
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Kristi C says
June 21, 2011 at 6:39 amMy husband and I just bought new bicycles so that we could start exercising together and this would be much better than piling the bikes in the back of the truck.
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DANIELLE W says
June 20, 2011 at 10:44 pmOur family loves riding our bikes around the Neighborhood. This would make it so much more exciting we could take the bikes to the park, To grandmas, oh and there is a bike park we would love to go to with the kids, but right now can not fit kids and bikes in one vehicle
texaswaitress (at) live (dot) com
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FRANK STUBBLEFIELD says
June 20, 2011 at 10:14 pmI’ve been trying to get a bike for an out of town friend, and this would be perfect to go with it – Yakima is known for their high quality equipment!
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Janna Johnson says
June 20, 2011 at 10:01 pmI am getting new bikes for my family soon so this would be fab!
Great giveaway! thanks! Janna Johnson jannajanna@hotmail.com
janna@feedyoupig on GFC
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Aimee says
June 20, 2011 at 6:59 pmI just got my husband a roof rack for Father’s Day, and this would be a super upgrade!
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Marlena U. says
June 20, 2011 at 6:49 pmWe bought bikes over the winter still haven’t had the chance to use them. This would be a great way to transport our bikes to the bike path and get some exercise. My husband would be thrilled with this, too!
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G R says
June 20, 2011 at 4:31 pmYakima has great products! Now that it is summer, this would be great for me to go biking to places further out. No need to disassemble my wheel and try to squeeze my bike into the trunk anymore!!!
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Alex K says
June 20, 2011 at 1:41 pmI’ve only heard great things from Yakima. On the plus side, I myself love to ride
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Janet W. says
June 20, 2011 at 1:22 pmThis would be great for our family. We love to go bike riding on a greenway nearby our house. This will help us get there more easily. Biking is a great form of exercise and enjoyable for our entire family.
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tiffany says
June 20, 2011 at 12:24 pmOh swoooooooooon!!!! My husband has been wanting a bike rack for FOREVER. But he never would spend that kind of money on himself, even though he deserves something like this that will help him take his cycling hobby wherever the car can go. We have so many great mountain trails here.
Oh man, wow. Fingers crossed. And if I don’t win, this is such an amazing gift for whoever does! Good luck to all! Thanks, Stephanie!
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Jessica says
June 20, 2011 at 11:43 amWe are a bike-loving family and this would be great for taking trips away from home!
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Geoff K says
June 20, 2011 at 8:18 amWe could definitely use a sturdier, reliable bike rack for when we go camping and biking in the summer – and the bottle opener is an inspired design feature. Thanks for the chance to enter!
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david basile says
June 20, 2011 at 8:10 ami have the older version that you strap to your car it is a pain also scratched the car . I enjoy road biking and trail riding sounds great
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ferriz says
June 19, 2011 at 11:49 pmi just started riding my bike again and could really use this. there is nowhere to really ride around me and my bike wont fit IN my car. :(
ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com
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Janelle - The Opinionated Mama says
June 19, 2011 at 9:49 pmWe were just talking about getting one of these! How wonderful to hear your thoughts!
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Christine Jensen says
June 19, 2011 at 8:11 pmOOh, we just got a car with a hitch and my hubby has been talking about getting something like this for taking our bikes on trips and to trails!
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Kendra G says
June 19, 2011 at 6:19 pmwe all like to ride and in Colorado mountains we could use this for transport and thanks for the chance
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Elisabeth says
June 19, 2011 at 12:01 pmAhh! I haven’t read your blog in so long Stephanie! But I’m back!! Yay:) I would love to win the bike! Our bikes got stolen recently (along with our baby charriot!) so I’m in the market!! Love this one for my hubbs!
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Stephanie says
June 20, 2011 at 8:29 pmI’m so glad that you’re back, Elisabeth! How have you been?
P.S. I’m so sorry to hear about the bikes + chariot!
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Kim says
June 19, 2011 at 8:14 amWELL, we have two LITTLE ones, so we don’t own bikes – would be too hard – BUT we plan to – for sure. So this would RULE.
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Dasha says
June 18, 2011 at 5:24 pmMy brother-in-law would love this! He is an avid bike rider! Or, maybe this would convince my hubby that we need to get some bikes for ourselves! ;)
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Marie Collins says
June 18, 2011 at 12:59 pmIt’s amazing how much bike racks have advanced. I like the security cable and bottle openers. We have been cramming the bikes in the back of his truck.
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Alison says
June 18, 2011 at 12:21 pmAs our kids get older we’ll be needing something like this for all our bikes. What a great Father’s Day surprise this would be!
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Carol says
June 18, 2011 at 5:43 amThis is a wonderful prize as my husband is an avid biker, I bike occasionally.
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Dana says
June 17, 2011 at 9:24 pmWe love riding bikes. This would be great for when we travel every year from TX to NC …to grandma and grandpa’s house. We are there for over two weeks . My hubby and the kids would love to be able to finally bring their bikes. Thank you for the chance.
zippieee@msn.com
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shannon b says
June 17, 2011 at 6:15 pmI would love to win this. As a mom of three boys and a baby on the way we are running out of space to hold the bikes in the van when we go riding along the parkway. I love the fact that it is light weight and easy to install. I am not that handy and it sounds like I could install it with ease.
sbaka3 at gmail dot com
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hj says
June 17, 2011 at 5:20 pmWe just moved to the northwest where everyone bikes, and we just invested in two bikes (well, we didn’t pay as much as most people around here did for their bikes, but it was still a pretty penny!) and now we need all the accessories– this would be perfect for our “beginners” tour of the mountains!
thanks so much
hmcnaron at gmail dotcom
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Betsy Hoff says
June 17, 2011 at 5:19 pmWe would love something like this! We just bought new mountain bikes so this would be great for exploring areas away from home! Thanks for the chance!
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SANDY says
June 17, 2011 at 5:07 pmwould be great instead if shoving in the trunk, looks sturdy.
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Meghan Fravel says
June 17, 2011 at 3:26 pmWOW That is such an awesome giveaway, my hubby is a huge biker. He rides his bike to work often and is looking forward to hitting the bike trails again once the hot arizona summer passes!! This would be such a great gift for him!
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Allison says
June 17, 2011 at 3:21 pmMy babies Godfather is a fabulous cyclist! This would make a great “fathers day” gift for him!!!
I love the bottle opener. Genius!
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sharyn jensen says
June 17, 2011 at 2:17 pmwe just bought a motor home and want to take our bikes!! :o)
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addrienne mertens says
June 17, 2011 at 1:46 pmmy hunnys truck has been out of commission for almost a year now ..they guy who said hed fix it ..well tore it apart..and thhen took hhis $$ and drank it all and took off..just now hes getting it back together slowly with help from my sis boyfriend… last month he decided to go and buy a bike to ride 9 miles to work. been tough getting back in shape. now he doesnt know if he wants to drive to work when its fixed..hmm who knew?
so when i hafta pick him up from work i could have this on my car and easily strap the bike up and go on our way! that would be ideal!
thanx!
zippy573 AT netscape DOT net
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beth shepherd says
June 17, 2011 at 12:46 pmThis would be wonderful for our bike rides since we have to take 2 vehicles to the bike path – the truck and the suv for the kids
thank you
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
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Denise B. says
June 17, 2011 at 10:40 amMy oldest son could use a new bike. He does have his own truck, but he prefers to ride his bicycle everywhere he goes at times.
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Sammi says
June 17, 2011 at 10:31 amMy one problem with biking – they can’t fit in my tiny car – so this is great
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Dan M. says
June 17, 2011 at 8:00 amI’ve been looking at getting one of these…especially now that I am selling my truck and will need a better way to bring our bikes with us.
Thanks!
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Adie says
June 17, 2011 at 7:59 amThis would be great for our family. We just bought a bike trailer for our little girl and this would be a great way for daddy to take his little girl on bike rides!
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deana c says
June 17, 2011 at 7:46 amWe used to have a bike rack for the car but got rid of it because we hadn’t been bkiking. Now that we are again my husband and I could use a new bike rack!
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Melissa B says
June 17, 2011 at 7:46 amMy husband has been wanting this bike rack forever…. well, at least since before we got married and my parents gave theirs to my brother (who knows where that is now!). We’ve had the cheapy bike racks but now he has a jeep that makes it impossible to use anything but this style. It would be so great for him so he can get back to mountain biking again without scratching up my car!
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Annette D says
June 17, 2011 at 7:16 amBoth of my sons ride bicycles for exercise. They are 22 and 18 and both just graduated. The oldest from college and the youngest from high school. We would love to have this bike rack! Thank you for the chance!
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cindy r says
June 17, 2011 at 6:26 amThanks for the chance to win this great bike rack. I would love to win it to give it to my younger brother as this will be his first Father’s Day being a daddy.
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Barbara Fox says
June 17, 2011 at 6:03 amRight now, me & my husband are traveling around the country with our 5th wheel camper. We recently brought our bicycles on the road with us & have no way to haul them other than dragging them into the camper. I would love to win this rack!!
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Sara says
June 17, 2011 at 5:55 amOur favorite biking trip was Hiawatha in Montana. I think you guys would love it because you can bring the kiddos. It’s an old rail path through the rockies and the scenery is breathtaking. Plus, it’s all slightly downhill so it is easy for little ones and parents with small ones in tow.
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Sharon says
June 17, 2011 at 5:04 amThis would be great to have along on camping trips! The bikes usually stay behind …but what a bonus it would be to be able to transport them along with us.
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Jenn says
June 17, 2011 at 4:47 amI like this option for hauling bikes! We’ve got a couple of areas close to us that we would like to ride at, but getting all the bikes there to ride is challenging!
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Meredith says
June 16, 2011 at 11:53 pmGreat hitch rack! We’ve been throwing our bikes in the back of our Jetta wagon, but now that we have a baby and we use the back seat for her, we need an alternate way to transport our bikes. This looks perfect!
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Renee G says
June 16, 2011 at 10:11 pmMy husband got a bike this last weekend ( an early Father’s day gift). And now he could really use a way to haul it.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
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Susan C says
June 16, 2011 at 8:31 pmEverybody in my family down to the smallest grandkid loves to mountain bike!
smchester at gmail dot com
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Jennifer says
June 16, 2011 at 8:20 pmWow- What a great prize. Sigh- one of our daughters will never be able to mountain bike due to her anatomy so we’ve decided not to do it- as there are many other things that she can do! However, we still love to bike, just not on mtn trails;)
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Pamela James says
June 16, 2011 at 8:16 pmWe were just checking out a bike rack at a garage sell-it wasn’t what we wanted. This, however, would be perfect!
Thanks!
pjames330 at aol dot com
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melissa n says
June 16, 2011 at 8:13 pmThis would be nice to carry our bikes when we go on our camping trips. I hate using the car in the park so bringing the bikes would be great.
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kristen says
June 16, 2011 at 6:26 pmOOOOOHHHHHH…. I am pretty sure Jay would drool over this (or maybe he already did?? I see a familiar bike in the photo!). It would fit on either car… making either a little more manly! :)
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Stephanie says
June 20, 2011 at 10:46 amJay was actually IN the picture, but I had to crop it so that it would align left in my blog post. ;)
P.S. I’m glad they got to go on at least one ride together while we were in Richmond. Hopefully, there will be more mountain bike rides in their future…perhaps in Oregon? :)
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Angie says
June 16, 2011 at 6:09 pmOh WOW this is cool. Kev has been wanting to get bikes but we keep changing our minds. Lately he has been talking about it more and although I prefer to go to spin class, I think we are leaning towards buying bikes so we can do something new and fun. I know that my preferred bike is one of those beach crusiers but that is not something that would work around here LOL
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Becca says
June 16, 2011 at 2:38 pmMy husband has a roof rack for his bike on his car, but soon our kids will be old enough to go on bike rides, and we’ll want a rack for the minivan to take bikes on camping trips and long weekend vacations.
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Vanessa says
June 16, 2011 at 2:08 pmWe were just talking about this over the weekend. We have awesome bikes, and even a cart to hold two of the kids, but we don’t have a bike carrier (we’ve just thrown them in the back of the truck). This would be awesome to have!! Hope Tim has a great Father’s Day!!
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Mamatini says
June 16, 2011 at 2:05 pmAwesome! Hubby and I both love to mountainbike ride. We have no problem when we take his truck, but there are times when we would prefer to use my Forester (better gas mileage!), but we don’t have a bike rack for it. I like the built in security cable, but the bottle opener really sealed the deal! :)
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Terri Smith says
June 16, 2011 at 1:56 pmPerfect Father’s Day gift for my hard working hubby!
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Michael says
June 16, 2011 at 12:59 pmThis would be great for transporting our bikes
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Marina at My Busy Children says
June 16, 2011 at 12:38 pmI bought a bike for my daughters but neither of us (parents) ave bikes. This is one of my dreams to go biking as a family to a local park
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DeAun Nieto says
June 16, 2011 at 12:06 pmMy husband and my boys love mountain biking. In fact my hubby rode in the 24 hour race this year in February for the first time and plans to do it again. This bike rack would be an awesome gift for my amazing husband. He probably bikes between 50 and 60 miles a week!
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Adrienne Gordon says
June 16, 2011 at 12:03 pmWe bike ALL the time, unfortunately our current rack only fits two and we are a family of four.We’d love a new rack as we are all avid cyclists.
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Lachelle B says
June 16, 2011 at 11:51 amWe just bought my husband a bike and he’s been riding to work and all around the trails near our house. We’ve been throwing the bike in the back of our car (okay SQUEEZING it in) so this would be perfect!
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Melinda H says
June 16, 2011 at 10:02 amMy husband could really use this! He would be really surprised if I won this for him.
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ruthy says
June 16, 2011 at 8:51 amMy hubby is a cyclist and he would love this! I however, would not know what to do with it. :)
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D Schmidt says
June 16, 2011 at 8:50 amMy Husband is an avid cyclist so the lightweight design of this carrier is perfect, the security cable is certainly an added bonus. I visited their site and was also impressed by Sliding SWITCHBLADE™ anti-sway cradles eliminates bike-to-bike contact and improve ease of loading.
mummytotwoboys@yahoo.com
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Anouk S says
June 16, 2011 at 8:33 amHubby and I have been talking about getting into biking for fresh air and exercise. This would be perfect!
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Meandering Matt says
June 16, 2011 at 8:15 amI’d love to win something like this! I love to ride my bike, but with the cap on my truck, it makes it really difficult to take my bike somewhere for a ride. This becomes even more difficult when we take my bike, along with my wife’s and son’s. This would be a great addition to our family!