Interested to know your thoughts on this. That's what I'm holding out forI ended up snagging one of the official "tesla racks" . Will report back on usage and ease of use soon.
Model X/Y Hitch Rack
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Interested to know your thoughts on this. That's what I'm holding out forI ended up snagging one of the official "tesla racks" . Will report back on usage and ease of use soon.
Model X/Y Hitch Rack
From model Y owners manual (page 72):Thanks for the confirmation of the 120 lb tongue weight limit. This entire situation is confusing because someone else posted a 160 lb limit from the Model Y owners manual. If the Model X only has 120 lb tongue weight, there's no way that the Model Y has more at 160 lb.
A typical 2-bike steel platform bike rack weighs 40 lb, so that limits us to 80 lb of bikes, as the Model X manual says. It may be worth investigating a light-weight aluminum rack for > 2 bikes, but that would still limit the weight of each bike significantly as the aluminum would not be able to support as much weight as steel.
Unfortunately that rules out many e-bikes, assuming you want your rack to hold two at the same time.This means that assuming a 40 lb bike rack, we are able to load up to 80 lb of bikes, or roughly 40 lb per bike for 2 bikes.
The Model Y Bosal factory hitch tongue weight limit is irrelevant when you are using the hitch for a bike rack, in which case the weight limit is 120 lbs total, which means the weight of the bike rack plus plus the weight of the bikes.the only downside is that the 4 bike version is probably not practical on the Y due to the tongue limits.
Nice bike rack. Stated weight is 58 lbs and is rated to carry two bikes up to 80 lbs each. But for the Bosal hitch that Tesla offers on the Model Y, that rack would be limited to two bikes weighing up to 31 lbs each or one bike up to 62 lbs.I looking at this carrier. We have electric fat tire bikes that are about 60lbs each without the batteries. It has very good reviews and seems to be sturdy. Will post a review after I get it and try it out.
Sport Rider for Electric Bikes
Regarding the difference between tongue weight and hitch-carrying weight - they aren't the same thing. In the case of tongue weight, that represents near direct downward force on the trailer hitch at the point of connection. Trailers, after all, have an axle of their own. Hitch trays, on the other hand, are cantilevered out of the back. Torque increases by distance away from the hitch attachment point... If that doesn't make immediate sense to you logically, imagine picking up the tongue of a trailer that weighs 150 lbs. You can lift it, but you're doing it like a seesaw with the axle as the fulcrum. Now imagine holding the post of a flat tray, and putting 150 lbs on that tray. You can't hold it from underneath, only by gripping the post. Obviously the latter is significantly more strain.
The web page for that rack states “This rack can be folded flat against the car when not being used and tilted in order to easily gain access the cargo area” but there are not any photos showing how it “tilts”. Can you post a photo showing that? Thanks!Here's a vote for the Hollywood Sport Rider SE2. Sport Rider SE2 Hitch Bike Rack
Just completed a 1,000 mile round trip, with my 50lb e-bike on this rack. Rock solid, and very little impact on energy consumption.
A similar Sport Rider rack for heavier ebikes with fatter tires has a picture of it folded: Sport Rider for Electric Bikesthere are not any photos showing how it “tilts”
I don't have the rack on, but there are three positions: folded up (DO NOT OPEN HATCH!!!), partially folded (around 45 degrees, allowing hatch access), and fully down (transport mode for bikes). With bikes on, in the last position DO NOT OPEN HATCH!!!. With no bikes on, if the tower piece (the one that the clamps to secure bikes' frames) is folded down, no problem with the hatch. I did not look at clearances when it was in transport mode sans bikes.The web page for that rack states “This rack can be folded flat against the car when not being used and tilted in order to easily gain access the cargo area” but there are not any photos showing how it “tilts”. Can you post a photo showing that? Thanks!