s106300 Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 We are wondering if anyone has successfully installed and used roof racks on their Smart for Two (ours is a 2012)? Also, we are contemplating buying electric bikes and are curious to know if any in the HDT community have purchased those and installed a bike rack on the Smart. Is it feasible? 2010 Volvo VNL 670 D13 500 HP Ishift - "THOR" 2016 DRV Elite Suites 38RSSA - "Freya" 2012 Smart For Two - "Loki" Ron & Shelley Johnston, pilots Toy, Nika, and Piranha, feline co-pilots and Demi-gods (at least if you ask them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis M Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Curt makes a receiver hitch for the smart, I put one on our 2011 and it works great carrying two bikes on a Swagman bike rack. As the smart is so low I had to have an extension made to bring the rack up 8" for ground clearance. The link shows the specs, but do a Google search on the hitch, they can be found a lot cheaper. Dennis & NancyTucson, AZ in winter, on the road in summer.1999 Volvo 610 "Bud" 425 HP Volvo, Super 10 spd.2005 Mountain Aire 35 BLKS2013 smart fortwo CityFlame riding on Bud(Replaced '05 smart first loaded in '06 and '11 smart that gave it's life to save me!)Our Travel Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdickinson Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 I have one of those racks, it is a pain to get the bike on the inside holder. If the rack tilted out like a Yakima model it would be a lot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis M Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 I have one of those racks, it is a pain to get the bike on the inside holder. If the rack tilted out like a Yakima model it would be a lot easier. Not sure why that would be. Doesn't the vertical post fold down on your rack? On mine I pull the pin and fold the vertical post, the inside bike loads just as easily as the outside one. Dennis & NancyTucson, AZ in winter, on the road in summer.1999 Volvo 610 "Bud" 425 HP Volvo, Super 10 spd.2005 Mountain Aire 35 BLKS2013 smart fortwo CityFlame riding on Bud(Replaced '05 smart first loaded in '06 and '11 smart that gave it's life to save me!)Our Travel Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdickinson Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 No, it doesn't. Got the Swagman last year. I looked for one that did, only Yakima had a 2 bike rack that folded down enough...shoulda got it instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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