Review: Yakima HighRoller
Monday, July 30th, 2007
If you’re looking for a roof rack solution to transport your bikes, check out what Yakima’s new HighRoller has to offer. It holds the bike upright and doesn’t contact your bikes frame or require any wheel removal no matter if you’ve got a 20″ bike, or a 29″ bike.
Check out our review of it inside.
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July 30th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Your review doesn’t mention one difficulty reported with this rack: having to hold the bike on the rack while stabilizing and securing it. It seems that some people actually prefer the King Cobra because once the wheels are held by the front wheel trays, the bike will stand on its own, while the HR doesn’t allow for that. What is your take on the situation?
July 30th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Hey Justin,
Just like the King Cobra, once you have the front wheel in there and the rear arm moved up onto the wheel it held in there on its own just fine for me.
I’m not entirely sure what the issue is you’re trying to describe but the issue i did have with it was addressed which i guess could be tied in with the issue you refer to was:
This is in the issues section. It does make removing bikes harder as noted, as the red button can not be pressed without removing or adding some preload to the rear arm.
Is that what you’re referring to?
August 1st, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Thanks for the response. For clarification, in the King Cobras, when the bike is rolled forward, the rear “hoop” will automatically come to an upright position to secure the bike while you go about your tightening business. Same for the dismount…
To borrow from an mtbr post: “Should be that simple, but you must use one hand to slightly support the hoop as you use another hand to press the red button. No hands on the bike. But as soon as the hoop drops away from the front wheel, the bike wants to lean over and fall off. So I have to make do by both supporting the hoop and holding the bike with one hand.”
August 1st, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Yep, that issue is in the review in the issues section. I never had to have any additional help to remove any bike ranging from an 18lb road bike to a 44lb downhill bike and it takes only 30 seconds for me to do it.
It does require a bit more finesse when removing as i stated as the button can’t just be pressed, but its not the end of the world for me but it is an issue.
September 24th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
One funny quirk I notice is that the rack labels 29″ tire size as “DH”.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:40 am
It actually doesn’t say that but indicates what size tires that specific mount accepts (29″ or DH). It has multiple markings for varying sizes (check the 26″ tire labels).