Comments on: First Impressions: Tyte Rack

By: Sugar Preacher

Sugar Preacher — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:49:00 +0000

The price is great! Does it work with a road bike? I only see mtn. bikes mounted in the pics.http://www.sugarshun.com/

By: RL

RL — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:35:42 +0000

anyone else want to chime in on this?

By: Curtis

Curtis — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:29:40 +0000

Aaron, as Daniel stated I do not work for Tyte Rack. I would love to have Thule or Yakima rack on my car. But what attracted me to these racks was the pricing and the simplicity. And, I can remove it after use and put back in the trunk of the car. I understand your concerns about stresses placed on certain parts of your bike. Don’t buy if you are that worried. But for the average person it is great. The bigger rack companies are not going anywhere. We all know that. This is just another alternative.

By: Daniel Smith

Daniel Smith — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:51:42 +0000

Isn’t that the whole point Mr. Aaron, and by the way Curtis was our first customer and does not work for Tyte rack. He’s an electrical engineer that rides specialized hope we didn’t hurt your feelings too badly. You should wrap your bike in a baby blanket next to your boo bear.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:40:35 +0000

Daniel Smihth and Curtis, nobody asked for your blatant advertising.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:22:01 +0000

I have had and used the rack for almost a year. The design is simple and can easily be adapted for other sports. Which is something that I like about it. I too was a little skeptical. But after setting it up and driving around town with the bike on. My opinion changed. As recommended you should retighten the rack after a couple of miles. I have two different size seat posts and I do have to carry them both. But, this is not a problem. I do keep a small baggy of spare parts and velcro should any problem arise. I can happily report that I have not had any problems.

By: Daniel Smith

Daniel Smith — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:27:53 +0000

The TYTE rack, roof rack is meant as a reasonable alternative to the obviously more expensive and more permanent THULE or Yakima. Made for the recreational rider primarily, so everyone can benefit from the luxuries of a roof top rack without a big investment. Many people would like to ride more often but can’t and for those, it may be difficult to justify spending $500.00 or more on a rack. A TYTE rack can however benefit the competitive rider as well, in that it’s a great back-up rack. $100.00 and kept for emergencies. Wouldn’t it be nice to know you have a back-up plan? If one of your team members has a car problem, it’s no problem they use the TYTE rack on a rental or loaner vehicle until their vehicle is running again. It’s mobile, safe and easy to use. We hope to enhance the sport and make trails more accessible to the average folk. We’d like to think that when children get a new bicycle on Christmas day the bike won’t stay in the garage because their parents are too concerned about the increased traffic near and around the house. Instead they throw the rack on and it’s off to the trails or beach. We all know that the trunk mount racks block access to precious cargo space and are a far cry from a roof-top rack, were trying to make it more reasonable for more people.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:50:34 +0000

Great point all of them. Thank you very much for your thoughts. I will make sure to consider them over the review period and include them in the final review.

Thanks again.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:16:11 +0000

On a side note… I don’t even have a seat post! (on my trials bike) lol

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:15:05 +0000

Good price, but I am not very fond of the concept either. I mean shoot… I didn’t even want a bike rack that I needed to take my front tire off to mount it! (Plus I needed a rack that would fit my odd shaped trials bike frame)

Also I like to have locks on my bike rack just in case I need to run into the store or something.