License Plate Mount, Vehicle

I like the quality of the lock. It’s engineered well and will work as a good deterrent to keep would be thieves from quickly grabbing a bike from the rack.

One cool feature to add would be a spot on the main and secondary racks while they are stowed. As it’s designed we can leave it on the arm where it’s normally in place but that prevents the arm from being folded down completely when you stow the rack in the box. It would be really cool if there was some brackets on the face or ends of the wheel channels to insert the lock while still being able to fully fold and stow the rack.

Not sure how to reply to the Quikrstuff response to my initial review. Quikrstuff responded to my request with the following response.

“The strap does NOT have a metal buckle and a metal buckle is not shown in the product description nor anywhere else on our website. Please, if the picture with a metal buckle (that you mention) is actually on our website, let us know; we will need to remove it. “

You actually do have a picture of the Voile strap with a metal buckle on your website. It’s the second picture you have in the gallery for the product. As mentioned in my review my frustration was simply due to the fact that it feels slightly higher priced than it should be. I get that that not everyone needs the strap. I do because of fenders on our e-bikes. I simply felt like for the $1500 I’m spending on the rack, and it’s a relatively small component that many people would use, that it was a little crazy to pay more than I could get it for anywhere else. Fine if it’s not free, but regular retail price would be good for the end user. That and you show the higher priced strap with metal buckle in one of the pictures. I do see that you also show one other picture with the vinyl buckle. Maybe take down the one that is incorrectly shown.

Hey Nigel, The solution that I found works the best for the rattling locks is to put a thin O ring on the wheel lock shaft. After inserting the shaft, just lock in the normal fashion. O ring takes up the extra room. No more rattle

It's aluminum on aluminum, so when driving there is a rattle coming from the rack. Without the locks, it's dead silent. The tolerances are pretty tight to avoid anyone tampering, It's just enough wiggle room to be constantly vibrating and I find it loud. I definitely know when I have the locks installed. I don't want to put the locks on when I leave my car and then take them off when I'm driving. I think it could use some sort of gasket or rubber pad to absorb some of the vibrations which would go a long way to reduce or eliminate the noise.

Which I’d realized what it was before spending $30 on 2 of them. It’s a rebranded Voile strap that is commonly available to the public. But it doesn’t have the metal buckle that Quikrstuff shows in the picture. It’s a nylon buckle and they’re marked up 50% over the retail cost. It should come with the bike rack as a feature.

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