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(More customer reviews)I bought the Softride hitch-mount Dura bike rack. When I found out about this ski attachment, I was excited about the convenience of living my hitch rack mounted through the winter.
The top plate (upper square plate that has slots for attachments) has square plastic fittings in the slots. Those broke after one day of use. There is a big design flaw in my opinion- the slots on the top plate are actually round, but the plastic fittings make it square to fit the bike attachments. This ski attachment fits into the square fittings loosely- way too much wiggle! That's what caused the fitting to brake. The 45 degree angle puts a lot of torque on the fittings. Softride customer service was great- they replaced them quickly. They had me take the ski attachment to my local bike shop just in case the "wiggle" present was from my rack's top plate, but it wasn't. Apparently that's the way it fits in all top plates. The customer service rep said that their engineers have determined that the wiggle was an acceptable amount. It was NOT for me. I didn't bother trying it a second time. I returned it.
The Dura rack with the bike attachments works great and I will definitely keep that. Just avoid the ski attachments.
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