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Stromberg Carlson Bike Bunk Trailer-Mounted Bike Rack Carrier for A-Frame Trailers - 2"-100 lbs
Unconventional Use. This was purchased not to hold bikes but as a frame to hold flag poles which were affixed to it with off the shelf hardware. The actual receiver tube will be used for a custom camp site sign identifying our family. Overall the frame exceeded our expectations for quality and functionality. I cannot comment on its originally designed use, but for what we use it for it was the perfect choice.
I ordered one of these a year ago and it arrived with critical welds missing. I contacted the manufacturer directly and they sent me a brand new unit. Mounting was easy (with the right tools). I did swap out the crummy fasteners that they supply for attaching to the trailer tongue with grade 8 yellow zinc plated fasteners from [online]. It is holding up great and makes bike carrying super easy. I like that I can see them in the rear view mirror and see if anything is coming loose. I used a cheap bike rack on this and flipped the arms of the rack around rearward to keep the bikes close to the front of the travel trailer. This also allows me to fully open the hatch of my tow vehicle when the bikes are mounted. So overall this is a nice addition that avoids trying to mount anything to the flimsy rear bumper of the travel trailer, although it does add some tongue weight. I am super happy with it so far and it looks nice a year later despite having sat outside 100% of the time.
# 2
Hollywood Racks RV Rider Bike Rack for 2 Electric Bikes - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
We love our Hollywood RV Rider Bike Rack. We have loaded it on our 87 Jeep Wrangler, our ‘06 Lexus, and our ‘83 Pilot. It is a perfect fit on all three! We needed the extra length to clear our rear mount tire on our Jeep. It worked! We have taken our 4”fat tire e-bikes on many roads from northern Idaho to southern Arizona. The bikes travel well and sturdy on this heavy weight rack. We feel very confident that they stay in place. We are able to load our bikes in a few minutes and hit the road in no time. It is very easy to load. We recommend using the bar grip extenders (which came in the package) to compact the storage area. This rack comes with a tip mechanism to allow you to tip the bikes down to access the rear trunk or hatchback.
I have had several name brand bike racks and the Hollywood Racks RV Rider is by far the best. The rack is very sturdy and lite weight. It was easy to assemble with very good instructions. The rack fits our fat tire e-bikes and my SUV perfectly. The rack is very easy to adjust and while it sits high as to not drag the bikes when exiting parking lots, loading our 60lb e-bikes is no problem at all with the appropriate nethod, one wheel at a time. It is also possible to lean the rack to access the rear hatch on my SUV. The main reason for purchasing the rack is it is certified to mount behind a motorhome or on an SUV while being flat towed. There is literally no movement or sway of the rack behind the SUV. Very happy with this rack.
# 3
Swagman Traveler XC2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Hitches or RV Bumpers - Frame Mount
Works great! Our bikes have low cross bars so it took a bit to figure out the "sweet spot" for the holding arms. Finally get the bikes out of the camper when traveling; yipee!
Work great on the back of my 5th wheel to carry two bicycles
# 4
Swagman Trailhead RV Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches
Unfortunately, I cannot make a great review for this bike rack. Two issues. The first, even though it is ‘designed’ for four bicycles, getting three on there is more realistic. The second issue is that it hasn’t held up very well. One of the support bars that the bikes rest on actually bent. The bike rack is supposed to be able to carry four bicycles and we only used it for two adult and a child’s bike. I am considering replacing it with a supporting design instead of this hanging design.
Swagman Trailhead 4 Bike rack on 2015 Nissan Xterra. Solidly built, easy to install and carry two mountain bikes. Stable at 75 mph and over bumps. An excellent value.
# 5
Swagman Original RV Bike Rack for 3 Bikes - 2" Hitches
I needed a small bike rack for my 5th wheel. I came to etrailer as my trusted source for info and availability since we live full time on the road. Plus these are hard to find in brick and mortar stores since COVID. I ordered the rack on a Sunday and received a confirmation and tracking number before I went to bed!! The package even arrived a day early. The rack is more sturdy than I had expected and look forward to safe transport of my bike. I also like I now have the ability to mount and use it on the rear of my pickup if needed. This is a 5 star rack but gets only 4 stars due to my one issue. The only issue was a small amount of what looks like welding slag in the threaded attachment hole to the trailer. (see picture) Having no other option, I just forced/re-threaded the bolt during installation. Since I hope to not need to remove the rack, I am just hoping for the best in the future.
Product is better and sturdier than I expected. I was shocked at how fast it shipped. It was extremely well packaged. I have not seen this type of care in shipping for a long time. I am very happy with the product especially at the price. It had several features I was looking for: 1. It is rigid to the hitch with no flopping. 2. The bikes can be securely locked to the carrier. 3. The unit can easily be locked to the hitch (with the additional locking bolt that I would recommend purchasing. 4. When not in use it can easily be stored FLAT in the storage area of my RV without taking up a lot of room. I would highly recommend etrailer and this bike carrier. I will be doing additional business with etrailer in the future!
# 6
Lippert Components Flip Down Slotted Bike Rack Tailgate Storage System
I like this rack because it’s a good size and is built sturdy I had to extend my bumper out 6 inch’s in order to install the mounting brackets because my bumper was so close to my trailer but it was worth it to get the extra storage.
Oversize your holes for pins to allow for powder coat build up. Possible an additional fold up Stantion for the back side (camper side) to protect camper. Good quality, great paint. Tighter tolerance on the stantions would make the user feel a little more secure but works well.
# 7
The bicycle rack mounted easily by myself without help from another person. It is very strong and holds our two bicycles just as I had hoped. I slipped a pool noodle over the upright support bar to prevent scratching the inside bicycle. The only thing I can suggest is that the product would have been better if it included the cover for the upright support pole and some strapping material to keep the bicycles solidly in place while traveling. The strapping material is not a big priority for me though because I have lots of it.
This was a great compromise in cost, ease of install and use. Easily attached to the bumper (and saved cost as I didn't need to install a hitch on the RV). Bikes went in well, but needed to use pool noodles to insulate the bikes from each other and from the central pole. (Will switch to more sturdy pipe insulation next time). Add some bungies and velcro straps (to hold the wheels) and you're all set. Held our 2 mountain bikes flawlessly over our 8,000 mile road trip last summer.
# 8
Thule Range RV Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches
This is the best bike rack for a 5th wheel that I have ever seen or used. I have had it for a year now and used it multiple times. We travel for work and my wife follows me in the car, so she can see the bikes on the rack and what they are doing. She says they hardly move at all. It holds them very solid even when going over rough roads, where we see the bikes on the back of other RV's bouncing all over the place.
I combined this with the Mount-n-lock bumper hitch receiver as well as the safety struts bumper reinforcements. We have gone on one of the bumpiest roads and while this thing takes a beating, it does the job. It does a fair amount of bouncing as I see it in the camper rear camera, but I think that’s part of the engineering to let a little absorption of the bounce happen. Overall, great product and I highly recommend. (By the way, don’t forget to do your calculations for the weight of your bikes as they go further away from the inner most part of the bike rack, they weight heavier).
# 9
Yakima LongHaul RV Bike Rack - 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Silver
Not RV rated. Mine bent on the main tube going up and the arms going out holding the bikes. I contacted etrailer and Yakima without any warranty support. Both stating I loaded the bikes incorrectly. etrailer's website does not provide any instructions for how it should be loaded. Rating is for 37.5lbs per bike and you can not go over that limit even 0.5lbs. Good thing I didn't have 4 full size bikes on there. I purchased Yakima specifically because of the name brand but I guess it is what it is.
This was a huge fail for me. I attached a few pictures to show my issues. To start with, my wife has a small frame bike. The frame of the bike will not fit on this rack. Even if I bought the bar that goes across making a flat top bar to attach to, the two frame rails that the bikes sit on will not fit in between the frame or the seat and the front frame. (Hard to explain, see picture of light colored bike) 2nd was my bike. I have a medium frame bike that did fit on the rack, but the handle bars and pedals are wider then all 4 bike positions available. There is absolutely no way that I could ever get 4 bikes on the rack. I don’t see 4 kids bikes fitting on this. I guess this is the issue with hanging style back racks. Now I have to pay almost $[XX] to ship it back to etrailer. So I basically payed $[XX] to have this rack out of the box for all of 30 minutes. I’m happy they are taking a return but having to pay to return this item is going to keep me from buying from etrailer again. This is why Am**on is doing so well. You can return things for free.
# 10
Swagman RV 4-Bike RV Bumper Mount Rack
Junk absolute junk never used it through it in the trash very disappointed.
For the few times we take bikes with us, it has worked out well. I use pool noodles over the bike frames and rack bars to keep from scratching the paint off the bikes. I spaced them for adult bikes, so the kids bikes don't sit down tight. I've just used the 1" tie ratchet straps and rubber straps to hold everything down. It can be challenging to get 4 bikes secure, but I haven't lost one yet. There really aren't any good spots to hook into, so I may modify accordingly. I would probably by them again.
# 11
Swagman Around the Spare Deluxe 2 Bike Rack for RV Bumpers
Terrible product as it sits too low on the bumper. I mangled a bike wheel backing up to a slight swale. The bike wheel was only six inches off the ground, the swale was seven. My bad for backing up without a spotter but the bike rack is not adjustable & therefore worthless to me.
I am very satisfied with the bike rack. Instillation was simple. The package had been previously opened and was missing 2 nuts but I had them in the garage. The product stated it would not fit on a bike with less than 18” between the seat and handle bar post but I drilled 2 holes in the top cross bar and set them on an angle as allowed in the instructions and they fit my mountain bikes with a cradle of 14”. I added a web strap from the tire support post, over the tire and around the bike cross bars to eliminate any swaying which did not appear to be a problem even before the strap. My 2 mountain bikes weigh 35.5lbs each and appeared very secure for a 700 mile trip.
# 12
Swagman Nomad Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
Great product! Easy to install. Easy to adjust to bikes. Solid construction. Nothing moves or loosens up in travel. Installed on a travel trailer. By far the best we’ve seen in any campground. Price is fair! Nice to have the bikes with us, secured on a carrier and not bouncing in the back of the truck. Highly recommend this bike carrier!!
Great rack, I like the extended, elevated shank, it allows the bikes to easily clear the back of the travel and makes it easy to work around the spare tire. Well thought out design.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Jeep Cherokee
Hi everyone. Aiden here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Thule Hitching Post Pro on the back of our 2022 Jeep Cherokee. This is a hanging style bike rack, so the bike's gonna be hanging by our frame up top here. We've got straps running over the top, holding it down in these deep cradles, and a third strap around the seat post to limit our side-to-side movement, helping with our bike to bike contact. Hanging style bike racks are really popular because you can get a lot of bikes up here pretty easily.
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Jeep Cherokee
Hi everyone, It's Evangeline here at Etrailer, and today we are looking at the Yakima HoldUp 2-Bike Rack here on our 2020 Jeep Cherokee. Now this is a nice bike rack in terms of it has a really decent weight capacity, It can compact down really small, and it has a good record. It's been around for a while and people still like it for some good reasons. So one of its features is that it can tilt away, and to do so we have a lever right over here that we're gonna slightly lift up on the bike in order to release and pull out that lever, and that creates this tilt away feature. And you'll want to do this if you wanna access your hatch. So notice here on our Cherokee how actually our door kind of comes close to handlebars but it clears allowing us to get into our trunk grab whatever we need, whether it's our water, our bags, our helmets, without having to take our bike off, which is nice and convenient.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Jeep Cherokee
Hi everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we are looking at the Swagman XC2 two-bike rack here on our 2020 Jeep Cherokee. Now, the Swagman XC2 is the bike rack you would be going for if you just want a basic bike rack that gets the job done properly, and you don't wanna have to pay for extra features that you might not even want or need. So, the way this carries our bike here is we have wheel hoops, front and back. So, those can be moved back and forth to accommodate different wheelbases.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Jeep Cherokee
Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2020 Jeep Cherokee, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule hitching post pro four bike rack. So this is going to be a great way to carry around a lot of bikes on the back of your Jeep. It's going to be able to hold up to a total of four.The way it's going to work is really simple, and that's one of my favorite things about this rack. It's going to hold our bike down in three different spots. So we're going to have two straps here on the top tube.
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Jeep Cherokee
Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby. Today we're taking a look at the Curt Premium Four Bike Rack Carrier here on our 2019 Jeep Cherokee. Now, this can be an excellent way of getting a bunch of bikes to the trail ahead with you. Now with hanging styles, you're gonna find yourself having a lot of sway right out of the gate. So a couple of nice things with this guy, you are getting some nice little anti-sway control.
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Jeep Cherokee
Hey everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the Curt Premium 4 Bike Rack Carrier here on our 2017 Jeep Cherokee. Now, when you're thinking about a way of getting a lot of bikes to the trailhead with you, hanging style is definitely gonna be one of your better friends. You're gonna get four bikes on here with no trouble at all. However, you are gonna start run into a few key issues.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Jeep Cherokee
What's going on everybody Adam here with the etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Swagman XP5 on our 2017 Jeep Cherokee. This is gonna be a great rack for getting the whole family's bikes on. What you need is a class three hitch or higher. And this is gonna be able to go on your vehicle, but also a motor home as well which is always a plus. We're gonna have five cradles here and we're gonna have a 35 pounds per bike capacity on the cradles.
Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Jeep Cherokee Y02459
Hi everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer.com. And today we are looking at our Yakima Ridgeback five bike hanging style rack here on our 2017 Jeep Cherokee. Now, this is a really good bike rack if you're looking to bring your friends, your family and you need to carry a bunch of bikes with you. This is a good option because it has one, two, three, four five cradles for that full experience. So the way our bike is mounted to this bike rack is we have one, two, three mounts.
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