Yakima Fullback 3-Bike Rack

This bike rack doesn’t even fit two bikes without damaging them both. The mounts are not spaced apart far enough to mount two bikes without the handlebars damaging the wheel spokes or the chain mechanism. And they are not adjustable whatsoever.Good luck fitting anything other than stupid hipster road bikes on this thing. If your frame is even slightly slanted, you have to buy the $50 adapter to put your bike on. Mountain bike? Forget about it? Child’s bike? Nope. Womens bike? Good luck.Horrible. Horrible product.Save your money and save your bikes. Stay away from this overpriced piece of junk.

First off, I bought this trunk rack as id previously been using the roof top Frontloader and while that is a solid rack I just got tired of trying to throw my Trek Stache on top of my Jeep renegade. Yakima is reputable and builds a quality product. There are a few reasons I did not rate this 5 stars. 1) Yakima instructs you to mount your bike in the position closest to your vehicle when hauling a single bike. The integrated lock only reaches the rack position furthest from your vehicle, rendering the lock useless for the inner-most position when hauling a single bike per the instructions. 2) there is a Phillips head screw protruding underneath on the non-lock bearing side that, when used with Yakima brand Tube Top adapter, scratched my top tube. 3) when reaching out ... MoreFirst off, I bought this trunk rack as id previously been using the roof top Frontloader and while that is a solid rack I just got tired of trying to throw my Trek Stache on top of my Jeep renegade. Yakima is reputable and builds a quality product. There are a few reasons I did not rate this 5 stars. 1) Yakima instructs you to mount your bike in the position closest to your vehicle when hauling a single bike. The integrated lock only reaches the rack position furthest from your vehicle, rendering the lock useless for the inner-most position when hauling a single bike per the instructions. 2) there is a Phillips head screw protruding underneath on the non-lock bearing side that, when used with Yakima brand Tube Top adapter, scratched my top tube. 3) when reaching out to Yakima about this issue, though they responded quickly, I was advised to essentially “tape it with gorilla tape or use flex seal” over the screw head. 3) the geometry of my Stache and the Tube Top adapter makes it difficult to mount the bike on the rack. The zip strip to hold the Tube Top adapter has to go BENEATH my saddle between the saddle and frame in order for me to be able to zip strip the seat tube in tightly and securely. This requires finagling that honestly is about as annoying as pulling out a step ladder to throw my bike up top on the Frontloader I was originally using. Overall, without my bikes geometry and having to use the Tube Top adapter this rack would probably be 5 stars. But still there’s the issue of the lock being useless for a single bike when mounted in the position closest to your vehicle and the protruding screw to be wary of. I’ve taken my bike on this rack on the Atlantic City Expressway doing 80-85 without ever feeling like my bike was moving about. The rack itself is sturdily constructed, just a few flaws for me.

Overall, it works well. Kind of hard to get two small size gravel bike frames on there but we can make it work with the drop bars of one bike woven through the spokes of the other bike. We haven't used the rack to vehicle anti-theft system bc I haven't been able to get the strap through the slot between the hatchback and the back of either vehicle, though I only tried once. The cord on the rack to bike lock is pretty short but we've been able to use it. The ZipStrips have survived 3 months of regular use and are pretty nice. I'm docking a star bc it's so. freakin. heavy. It makes the hatchback of the Crosstrek slam shut hard if you don't hold tight to it. It doesn't slam the door of the Sienna but be careful closing the door with the rack arms extended. One guy ... MoreOverall, it works well. Kind of hard to get two small size gravel bike frames on there but we can make it work with the drop bars of one bike woven through the spokes of the other bike. We haven't used the rack to vehicle anti-theft system bc I haven't been able to get the strap through the slot between the hatchback and the back of either vehicle, though I only tried once. The cord on the rack to bike lock is pretty short but we've been able to use it. The ZipStrips have survived 3 months of regular use and are pretty nice. I'm docking a star bc it's so. freakin. heavy. It makes the hatchback of the Crosstrek slam shut hard if you don't hold tight to it. It doesn't slam the door of the Sienna but be careful closing the door with the rack arms extended. One guy posted a youtube review of this rack and talked about getting hit in the head hard with the rack arms. I thought, "What a moron. I'll never do that." But I almost took myself out during a period of brain fog after a long ride. It could happen to you...Related to the concussion hazard, I think the sharp edge of the bottle opener just makes the arms more dangerous. Booby traps aside, it's a solid bike rack.