"You deserve to be as happy transporting your bikes as you are riding them."
No more pool noodles, no more struggling to load the bike, no more burnt tyres from exhausts, no more stone chips on those rims, no more anxiety on gravel roads, no more frustration trying to load gear into your boot, no more struggling with heavier e-bikes, no more car convoys to get you and a few other mates to a race or ride.
As the saying goes, "necessity is the mother of invention". We initially tried to run our tour business with commercially available bike racks, but they were not robust, became costly to maintain and put our customers bikes at risk. Load and offload times were also unacceptable.
No more pool noodles, no more struggling to load the bike, no more burnt tyres from exhausts, no more stone chips on those rims, no more anxiety on gravel roads, no more frustration trying to load gear into your boot, no more struggling with heavier e-bikes, no more car convoys to get you and a few other mates to a race or ride.
As the saying goes, "necessity is the mother of invention". We initially tried to run our tour business with commercially available bike racks, but they were not robust, became costly to maintain and put our customers bikes at risk. Load and offload times were also unacceptable.
The KAROORAK system was first designed and tested on a 32 bike trailer and we then later built hitch mounted versions. We have been using the system in it's current form for 4 years and have transported hundreds of customer's bikes over thousands of kilometres of Karoo dirt roads.
Rack Features
- Load up to 100kg of bikes on a 2 , 4 or 6 bike rack version.
- Load time under 15 secs per bike.
- Load heavier e-bikes with an effortless hydraulic system.
- Hydraulic drop back system allows effortless access to rear baggage compartments.
- Accommodates 24, 26 and 29 inch mountain bikes, gravel bikes and road bikes.
- protective cushions available for carbon or narrow tyred rims on gravel and road bikes.
- No breakable plastic parts
- Drivetrain protected from road debris
- No more melted tyres and rims from vehicle exhausts.
- No pool noodles needed.
- No clamps to damage the frame of the bike.
- Flat profile for easy parking when bikes not loaded
- Secure on very bad road surfaces, no more worrying on gravel roads.
- Fits a 50mm receiver hitch or uses an adapter for 2 bolt ball hitches.
- Can be mounted at different distances from hitch to accommodate spare tyres, tailgates etc.
Manufacturing is in full swing.
Production parts and powder coating are outsourced to companies in the George, Western Cape area, assembly, quality assurance and packaging are done at our warehouse and shipped out using the "The Courier Guy". Post delivery assembly will be relatively simple using spanners and allen keys.
Pricing
- 2 Bike KarooRak with hydraulic drop-back and load system. - R 21 000.00
- 4 Bike KarooRak with hydraulic drop-back and load system. - R 22 500.00
- 6 Bike KarooRak with hydraulic drop-back and load system. - R 24 500.00
Certain hitch types are supported.
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We support the 2 bolt hitch mechanism, we have a plate that bolts in behind the towing ball, it remains on the vehicle and does not interfere with normal trailer towing.
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We support a 50mm receiver hitch found on many SUV's and trucks.
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The rack does not have ball friction mount option, due to friction system weight limitations, we therefore do not accommodate "gooseneck" style vehicle hitches.
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