Comments on: Kuat Innovations The NV Hitch Mount Rack-Being Tested

By: Randy Policar

Randy Policar — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:55:08 +0000

Looks good!

By: Dial Tone

Dial Tone — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:16:00 +0000

The rack DEFINITELY looks sexier than my Thule T2. The integrated repair stand is an excellent touch and makes me wonder why hasn’t anyone though about this sooner. BUT, I do see some design omissions though. From the pictures the bike trays appear to be fixed; lacking the adjustability of moving up/down or sliding a little bit to the left/right.
Not all vehicles and bikes are the same. In the upright position, the bike trays could potentially obstruct the taillights/turn signals. In the lowered position, side by side bikes wouldnt be able to ‘stagger’ i.e. bike facing left will hit saddle/frame of bike facing right especially if both bikes are of the same size.

I could be wrong as I have not seen it in person.

I do agree with Dan though, $475 is a bit steep and I’d rather take along a folding (Park Tool) stand. Maybe at a lower pricepoint KUAT would be more of a threat with other (expensive) hitchmounted carriers like Thule and Yakima

By: RL

RL — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:38:35 +0000

I believe the purpose of the work stand is to have it there when you need to work on the bike before or after a ride. It’s not so much a shop stand.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:21:52 +0000

Looks good, but not the budget option. You get the work stand for an extra $100 over the Thule. I would rather be able to walk all the way around the work stand and not need a car to use it. Like the idea though.

By: RL

RL — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:18:22 +0000

Jeremy saw it for $475 via rackoutfitters.com

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:58:56 +0000

Great looking rack!

By: ART AGUILAR

ART AGUILAR — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:57:38 +0000

This is way cool. What is the MSRP.
All I can say is “Look out Thule and Yakima”!