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Heavy-duty 4-bike rack is perfect for carrying e-bikes and bikes with carbon frames or custom paint jobs. Front 2 bike positions can be removed to create a 2-bike rack or 3-bike rack.
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The SplitRail has ratcheting hooks that grab your bikes firmly by the front wheel - not the frame. It's perfect for carrying carbon bikes or bikes with a custom paint job. To load a bike, simply place your front wheel in the cradle, rotate the arm up and over the wheel, and press down firmly on the ratcheting hook.
The sliding rear-wheel straps allow the rack to accommodate bikes with wheelbases up to 48" long. The ratcheting, rubber straps hold your bikes' rear wheels securely in place on the tray and fit tires up to 3" wide.
The front and back trays adjust 4" side-to-side to ensure you have enough space when loading your bikes. Just remove the 4 bolts where the tray attaches to the top of the rack, slide the trays left or right to achieve the desired spacing, and then re-install the bolts. This will prevent your bikes' handlebars from becoming tangled, and it eliminates bike-to-bike contact.
The rack tilts down - with or without bikes loaded - so you can access your vehicle's rear cargo area. Because the tilt-release lever is located at the front of the rack, you don't have to worry about crawling through bikes or squeezing between the rack and the vehicle to pull it. When you raise the rack back up, you'll hear a click to indicate it's secure.
When the rack is unloaded you can pull the lever to fold it up for storage. This means you don't have to remove it to park in small lots at the trail head or in cramped parking garages.
It installs into your 2" hitch receiver. Insert the shank into your vehicle's hitch receiver, then install the hitch pin and tighten it down. As the pin tightens, it engages the 3-axis anti-wobble bolt inside the shank. This system will reduce noise and movement while the rack is installed.
Included locks secure your bikes to the rack and the rack to your vehicle. The integrated cable lock threads around your bikes' frames and inserts into the lock that slides along the cable.
The hitch pin also comes with a hitch lock to help prevent the rack from being removed from your vehicle.
An included mounting hook bolts to a secure attachment point so you can hang the rack when not in use. Simply remove the rack from your vehicle, reinstall the hitch pin and then set the shank in the middle of the bracket, inserting the hitch pin into the bracket's cradles.
To mount the storage hook, use a pair of 5/16" x 3" lag bolts (sold separately). Select a sturdy location, such as a wall stud, and make sure the location is at least 36" off the ground so the rack can hang unobstructed.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (8 Customer Reviews)
Heavy-duty 4-bike rack is perfect for carrying e-bikes and bikes with carbon frames or custom paint jobs. Front 2 bike positions can be removed to create a 2-bike rack or 3-bike rack.
The rack is sturdy and works well, way better than my old hanging racks. It was the best for the $$ when I bought it in Nov 2019.
Some negatives:
Biggest detractor is that you have to unweight the rack while you are pulling the handle to get it to raise back up. Just annoying enough that I don't always raise my rack, and it got hit today, the base bent and it's out of stock.
The screws loosen often and I have to retighten them.
It's sometimes not easy to get all handlebars and saddles just right so all the bikes sit properly in their trays.
I wish I would have spent the extra $$ and bought the OneUp.
Sometimes it's hard to depress the locking button on the arm so you can push it down to secure the wheel.
You can't go from four trays to three, just four to two. Another reason I should have purchased the OneUp.
Clearance isn't the best, but that's surely vehicle dependent. I scraped the bottom once going over a dip in the road, despite driving an SUV (Highlander).
Lisa G - 11/02/2021Can’t say enough about this awesome bike rack. Ours has been used regularly as a 4 bike rack and 2 bike rack for over a year now. We’ve traveled 100s of miles all over CO, UT, and WY with no issues. Rock solid and well built. No sign of product fatigue and no material failures of any kind. 100% satisfied!
Zack S - 11/01/2021Well made rack came packaged well, shipped fast and works great.
Immediately after purchasing went on a 14 hour road trip with all four bikes - eight hours of which was through a driving rain and substantial winds - the bikes did not move once. Installation takes a bit of time and the instructions could be a little clearer but very impressed with the product (which came on time) so far.
Very sturdy. Supports the bikes well, love it.
Great rack, great deliver - all good!
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