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Failure of the hitch when transporting bikes has me worried. 12 Aug, 2008 I had been looking for a good way to transport bikes and skis and thought I had found the answer in the aftermarket trailer hitch and bike rack being sold by smartcaruniverse.com. This seemed to have a lot of advantages over the bolt-on rack sold by smart, not the least of which is that it could also tow a small trailer. I actually pre-ordered and paid for the hitch before they were ready, and patiently waited fo… Continue

I actually did this modification to my smart back in May, but I just got a chance to post it. So,as promised, here it is: First off, I owe a lot of thanks to forfiveone. He did the original research and used his smart as a guinea pig for this mod. To avoid a lot of duplication, I will give you the link to his original post, and then give you the overview of how my mod differed. Here is forfiveone's… Continue