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Installing and using a hitch Bike Rack on my R1S (video)

Tony de Veyra

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I go through the assembly, and correct multiple things that I installed wrong the first time, so hopefully you won't have to lol.

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I go through the assembly, and correct multiple things that I installed wrong the first time, so hopefully you won't have to lol.

Thank you for taking the time to make this! I am about to purchase an e-bike and I think I’m more worried about the rack purchase than the bike! I’m quite small and there is no world where I could get a bike onto this rack. I’m so grateful that you made this video!
 
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This bike rack does have a ramp, I show it's use in the video at 13:08. Definitely not as fancy as the ramps in higher end brands like Thule, etc, but given that this is less than half the price...I think it's worth it.
 
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Thank you for taking the time to make this! I am about to purchase an e-bike and I think I’m more worried about the rack purchase than the bike! I’m quite small and there is no world where I could get a bike onto this rack. I’m so grateful that you made this video!
glad this could be helpful! I have gotten a few more reps with the rack in since I filmed this video and a big thing that makes it easier is taking the grabber entirely off the swinging arm while placing the bike on the rack, then sliding it on and grabbing the center of the bike. Another protip is that once you get the bike in position, you can turn on the bike and use the bike's throttle to assist you with rolling up the ramp. That's actually huge.

Anyways, I hope you were able to find the right ebike/rack combination that worked for you!
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