Outside Magazine – Yakima Frontloader & TwoTimer

BUY THE RIGHT RACK FOR YOUR TERRAIN

“Where you live matters,” Dorr says, founder of the website Exploring Elements. If you live where trees might hit a bike on your roof, use a rear hitch system. If you’re out in steep, rocky terrain like Moab, where you might smash your Hitch, buy a roof system like the Yakima Frontloader.

If you’re too short to reach the top of your car or can’t lift your bike that high, don’t buy a roof rack. Go with a hitch instead. We like the Yakima TwoTimer because it carries both road and mountain bikes.