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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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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.
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.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
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. .
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.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
As usual, excellent service, excellent products. Nothing else to say! 282501
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
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
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
Les L - 03/05/2018Very 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
George E - 09/17/2015Easy to use. Product just as described. Good value. 726868
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
Rhino-Rack is an excellent product. Great design and very well made. 699096
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
Just what I wanted. Perfect transaction. Quick delivery. Thanks for doing business. 660828
Working great. Keeps the bike level and easier to install on the bike rack. 647948
easy to use 638447
Heavy duty easy on/off works perfectly recieved in 3 days. Holds the wife's bike level on the rack. 585160
Works like should! 560032
Easy on. Heavy weight. Can be a little difficult to open if you are not paying attention. 550110
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
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
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
Nice product, will get to try it out this weekend! 404229
John S - 07/11/2018Durable & easy to use. Will recommend! 396498
If it works as great as it looks and feels, it's a winner 390159
Used twice so far. Works as advertised; robust construction. Very easy to use 390158
Peter D - 06/08/2018Had 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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