Why was it discontinued? I still see them around.
What happened to the Swagman Jackknife?
We're they unrealble? Plastic trays break? Hard to use?
They developed a ton of slop rapidly and were taken off the market rather unceremoniously.... I had one and while the premise of the design was great, the execution was not... Yakima has a new upright rack coming in the spring that I have heard good things about...
I liked the design, too bad they got taken off the market. I always thought that an upright rack with the tire tray in the bottom would be a better design...there has got to be a reason that no one has done it yet though.
Good info, thanks
Posted by: pedalhound
I liked the design, too bad they got taken off the market. I always thought that an upright rack with the tire tray in the bottom would be a better design...there has got to be a reason that no one has done it yet though.
Try and find an Arbutus Rack - the original version of the Jacknife. Developed in Victoria too.
I know Arbutus and the engineer behind it (and the Jacknife). ;)
Posted by: tashi
Posted by: pedalhound
I liked the design, too bad they got taken off the market. I always thought that an upright rack with the tire tray in the bottom would be a better design...there has got to be a reason that no one has done it yet though.
Try and find an Arbutus Rack - the original version of the Jacknife. Developed in Victoria too.
Arbutus was simplicity & genius. Swagman took that & made an abortion. HEAVY & hung the bikes sideways instead of forward like Arbutus. It did fold nice but that was it. I bought one for a friend for his birthday. He used it two or three times & sold it, gave me the money lol.
Is Arbutus going to make a come back?
Posted by: pedalhound
I know Arbutus and the engineer behind it (and the Jacknife). ;)
I thought that was the case.
Too bad this is how it turned out in the end. I was worried when I found out that it was licensed to Swagman, I was hoping they'd use this product to climb up the quality ladder a bit. Turns out it got Swagman'd.
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