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Rhino-Rack Bike Frame Adapter Bar for Women's and Alternative Frame Bikes
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Price: $33.30
Rhino-Rack Bike Frame Adapter Bar for Women's and Alternative Frame Bikes
Item # RRRBCA021
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Rhino Rack Accessories and Parts - RRRBCA021
- Hitch Bike Racks
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- Bike Adapter Bar
- Rhino Rack
- 23 - 29 Inch Long
Adapter lets you carry a woman's, child's, or alternative frame bicycle on your single- or dual-arm bike rack. Bar telescopes from 23" to 29" long. Easy-to-use collars secure your bike at the handlebars and seat post.
Features:
- Adapter allows for safe, level transport of a woman's, child's, or full-suspension bike on a hanging-style bike rack
- Provides attachment point for bike rack
- Telescoping tube adjusts to fit a variety of bicycle sizes
- Plastic collars clamp around your bike's seat post and handlebar stem post
- Open and close with simple, push-to-operate tabs
- Won't mark your bike's finish
- Sturdy, rust-resistant steel with black powder coat finish
Specs:
- Carrying capacity: 1 bicycle
- Adapter length: 23" - 29"
- Maximum bike dimensions:
- Head stem diameter: 2"
- Seat tube diameter: 1-1/5"
- Weight capaticy: 33 lbs
- 3-Year limited warranty
Bike Frame Adapter for Hanging-Style Carriers
If you have a bicycle with an irregular frame - such as a woman's, child's, or full-suspension bike - you may need a bike adapter bar to carry your bike on a single- or dual-arm, hanging-style bike rack. This adapter bar creates a horizontal mounting point that ensures your bike will hang level on the rack for safe transport.
Telescoping Tube and Easy-To-Use Collars
This adapter telescopes from 23" to 29" long. The ends of the telescoping tube have plastic collars that clamp around your bike's seat post and handlebar stem post. To open a collar, push down on the tab and slide it open.
Place the collar around your bike frame and slide it back into place until it secures with an audible click. These plastic collars help protect your bike from scratches. And the black powder coated steel construction resists rust.
RBCA021 Rhino Rack Bike Frame Adapter Bar for Ladies' and Kids' Bikes
Installation Details 
Video of Rhino-Rack Bike Frame Adapter Bar for Women's and Alternative Frame Bikes
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Video Transcript for Rhino-Rack Bike Frame Adapter Bar Review
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Rhino-Rack bike adapter bar, designed for use with women's, kid's, or hybrid-style frame bikes. The part number is RRRBCA021. As you can see, mounting a standard women's frame bike, kid's frame, or alternative frame bike, can sometimes be a problem. We've got our tire and our seat way up in the air back here, our front tire's pointed down. It's just not doing our bike justice, it's not going ot give it a good ride down the road. So Rhino Rack's bike adapter bar's going to help us out with that. The bar itself is completely adjustable, we can move this in and out to fit a wide variety of lengths of bikes.
We've got a nice rubber coating all the way around the inside. This is going to protect our bike, our frame, stuff like that, from any kind of damage. The design is unique in that it slides rearward, allowing us to get the adapter bar around the portions of our bike we need to without one of those levers that kind of come up and down and sometimes cause interference. Now, to open it, all we do is press down on the small tab and slide the moving portion rearward. Then bring it around, and as you can see we're going around our seat, too, here at the rear, and at the front we've gone around the stem here on our steering wheel. Once we have our adapter installed it's just a matter of placing it right up into the rack.
As you can see, this is going to give our bike a much more level, flat ride. The weight's distributed evenly across the bar, so we don't have to worry about any kind of pressure differences or anything like that. As you can see, for demonstration purposes we are going to use the outside cradle, but if you're actually going to be transporting your bike you will want to have it all the way on the inside. Essentially now we're just going to bring our straps on around. We secure our bike as we normally wood.
We can take advantage of all the anti-sway cradles and things like that without any interference. This is just acting as our standard upper tube on most bikes. That will complete today's look at the Rhino-Rack bike frame adapter bar, designed for use with women's, kid's, and alternative frame bikes, part number RRRBCA021. .
Customer Reviews
Rhino-Rack Bike Frame Adapter Bar for Women's and Alternative Frame Bikes - RRRBCA021
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (31 Customer Reviews)
Adapter lets you carry a woman's, child's, or alternative frame bicycle on your single- or dual-arm bike rack. Bar telescopes from 23" to 29" long. Easy-to-use collars secure your bike at the handlebars and seat post.
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by: Wayne / Donald08/11/2016
As usual, excellent service, excellent products. Nothing else to say! 282501
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by: Brian H03/09/2017
I have ordered a number of things from etrailer. I have always received my order in a timely fashion and they have always been in excellent condition. The helpful videos they provide are invaluable in assembling and or attaching the products. I will continue to buy from them in the future. 355084
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by: Joe C03/02/2017
I received the Rhino-Rack frame adapter bar and I'm very satisfied with the item. It works just as advertised and is extremely strong and holds my bikes (I bought two) securely. I highly recommend it for transporting bikes. 347822
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George E - 09/17/2015
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by: George E.08/13/2014
Very pleased with overall experience dealing with customer representative Wayne. Placed my order and asked a number of questions regarding the Thule rack that I wished to purchase. All questions were answered in a highly professional way. Received a quick delivery of product in 3 days although a 4 day window was given. Very happy with my purchase. Have not used the rack yet, but feel content that it was a good choice. Will get back to you in future after using rack, and hope to be able to give a good review along with some photo's. Thanks again, Wayne and E-Trailer. 146546
Comments
Have been using the Thule Rhino Rack to transport my wife and grandchildrens bicycles over the past year and find product very easy to install and does just what it is intended to do very well. Keeps bikes stable and level while transporting. Good product. George E.
George E - 09/17/201515051
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by: Matt04/08/2015
I received my bike rack and adapter bar within a couple of days after ordering. The instructions were simple and easy to understand. I installed the rack on my truck in just minutes. 184151
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Les L - 03/05/2018
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by: Les L.02/28/2017
This was part of my third order from etrailer.com. We needed something to make carrying my wife's bike easier. Shipment arrived this morning along with the rack. This is extremely well made and should last a lone time. This makes carrying a girls bike really easy. Have already installed rack and bikes on RV and took it for a test drive. Perfect!!! Would recommend the adaptor bar over similar products I looked at locally. 346830
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After my last review we went on a 7000 mile RV trip through 9 states which lasted 27 days. The rack and bar were great. At night all we had to do was easily remove the bikes and lower the rack out of the way for access to RV storage if needed. I would periodically check the bikes and all were really secured. Getting ready for another trip 0f 5000 miles. Don’t have to worry about our bikes.I had previously purchased a hitch mounted motorcycle carrier which has been used on a3500 mile trip. Performed great. No problem in loading or unloading our scooter. Thanks for great products.
Les L - 03/05/201835461
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by: John B08/03/2017
The Product looks great and seems to be easy to follow directions this shipment is one of two that I have ordered my other order will be in tomorrow. Thanks for the follow up . 414483
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by: Susan11/20/2019
Easy to use. Product just as described. Good value. 726868
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by: Alton09/13/2019
These seem to be very well made. I haven’t hauled my bike yet but have snapped one on my bike. It seems like it will do a great job when I do get to haul my bike. Both products I ordered came very quickly. I really appreciate the fast service. 703130
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by: Mike M.09/08/2019
Rhino-Rack is an excellent product. Great design and very well made. 699096
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by: John06/21/2019
The product was delivered in a timely matter and exactly what I expected. I appreciate etrailer website. Their videos and detailed product descriptions help the consumer select the product they need. 661013
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by: Ronnie06/20/2019
Just what I wanted. Perfect transaction. Quick delivery. Thanks for doing business. 660828
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by: Rick05/29/2019
Working great. Keeps the bike level and easier to install on the bike rack. 647948
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by: Jorge05/05/2019
easy to use 638447
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by: Rick11/25/2018
Heavy duty easy on/off works perfectly recieved in 3 days. Holds the wife's bike level on the rack. 585160
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by: Carl08/30/2018
Works like should! 560032
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by: James08/05/2018
Easy on. Heavy weight. Can be a little difficult to open if you are not paying attention. 550110
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by: Paul07/14/2018
Nice product. Works as advertised. Would kind of like to see a tension spring to pull the ends together but it works great! Nice padding on the end hooks to protect the bike. 541471
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by: Tammy A.06/12/2018
I bought this frame adapter so my woman's bike would pretty much hang straight. It is made very well, and worked perfectly!! High quality product. I would recommend it to others! 521127
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John S - 07/11/2018
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by: John S07/11/2017
Nice product, will get to try it out this weekend! 404229
Comments
product works good a year later, no issues
John S - 07/11/201840800
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by: jhnyce06/20/2017
Durable & easy to use. Will recommend! 396498
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by: Rich P06/07/2017
If it works as great as it looks and feels, it's a winner 390159
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Peter D - 06/08/2018
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by: Peter D06/07/2017
Used twice so far. Works as advertised; robust construction. Very easy to use 390158
Comments
Continues to work perfectly.
Peter D - 06/08/201839421
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by: Kevin H04/12/2017
Had product at my door within a few days. All equipment was a perfect fit and as advertised. Would recommend for bike riders on a budget. 365994
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by: MikeO02/18/2017
Thanks for the excellent service - everything looks great!! 345232
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by: Kevin R.11/17/2016
The Rhino-Rack Bike Frame adapter bar worked perfectly on my wife's Trek hybrid. A must-have accessory for any womon's bike that will go on a bike rack like the Hitching Post Pro. 317431
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by: Rob E.09/19/2016
etrailer helped me find the perfect tools for my adventure! 297123
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by: Steve W08/29/2016
This was a great solution for a frustrating problem. This absolutely did the trick for transporting a woman's-style bike. And a great value, too 289108
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by: Marc08/12/2016
Gets the job done with atypical frames. 283194
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by: Jessica M.06/24/2016
Sturdy, well designed, simple. We bought a second one. And to top it off, the customer service was on point! 264776
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