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When the Kuat Piston Pro X debuted, it brought several novel features to market. The most visible was the integrated taillights and Kashima-coated sliders, but those weren’t really what made this rack special and unique.
Fortunately, the followup Piston Pro dropped $300 from the X’s price by losing those “gimmicks” while keeping the thing that made this rack really cool: The Pistons. The Piston Gimmick
closeup details of cradle release button on kuat piston pro bike rack. Arguably, even the pneumatic pistons that open the tire cradles could be considered a gimmick.
Are they necessary? No. Do they make it easier to load bikes? Absolutely.
Basically, you push the OneTap paddle to release the piston, which then pushes the tire cradle up and out. Tap both sides and you can easily load your bike in without having to juggle it while leveraging the cradles open.
It’s a small thing, but when you have spouses and kids also loading bikes, or you have heavier e-bikes, it makes life easier. You can even tap it with your foot and it opens.The cradles open wide, and you can easily push them beyond horizontal if you need to. The only catch is that you HAVE to use the piston paddle to open the rack…don’t pull it open like normal or it can mess things up.There’s also a release lever that lets the […]
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