The straps were hard to first attach them to the rack however, you only have to put them on the rack once. This rack is very affordable and effective! Tsukuyomi Ups Patcher. The hitch rack was very easy to put together and install on the car- very sturdy as well! I had my GF Cobia and my wife's hybrid on it for a 1.5 hour trip to some trails. It was a bit of a pain, but that could have been because I was doing it solo and the hitch is pretty heavy when you're laying under a car. I first had to install the hitch to my Hyundai Elantra- the instructions said it was fairly easy and would take 30 minutes. I bought the XPORT Slipstream 4 from Performance Bike a little while ago and finally had an opportunity to use it.