Transport up to 2 bikes securely on your RV ladder with this lightweight, rustproof aluminum rack. The bike-carrier arms clamp to the vertical support bars of the ladder. Pivoting design allows full use of ladder when bikes are not mounted.
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Stromberg Carlson's two-bike carrier for RVs easily clamps around the vertical supports of your exterior ladder. The non-marring material on the clamps helps to keep the carrier from scratching your RV ladder. Simply insert the included pins into the brackets to secure the arms in place so the rack does not sway while you are driving. With your bike's front wheel hanging toward the ground, place the seat post in the cradles on the carrier's arms. Then secure your bike in place with the straps on the cradles.
When bikes are not mounted, the carrier's arms pivot out left and right to allow access to your motor home's ladder. To move the rack arms, just remove the pull pins from the top of each bracket. Swing the arms out and reinsert the pins so that the arms are tightly secured in place. This allows you to use your RV ladder without having to remove the entire bike rack. When you are ready to use the carrier again, the arms easily pivot back in place and secure with the pull pins.
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 Stromberg Carlson Ladder Mounted 2 Bike Rack for RVs. Part number is LA-102. This ladder mounted bike rack is going to allow us to easily transport up to two bikes to wherever we're headed. It offers a light weight aluminum construction, it's going to stand up to the elements very nicely. We've got two sets of cradles, of two a piece, these are designed to hold the down tube of the seat of the bike. The rubber strap is easily removable. It's got a good length to it, this is going to allow us to get up to a two inch diameter bike frame taken care of.
The construction of it, nice heavy duty but still light weight. It's going to give us all the way up to twenty five pounds per bike for a total of fifty pounds. The inner liner of the cradle is a rubberized material. It's got grooves or indentations all the way in it to help get the cables and stuff like that of your braking system down out of the way so they don't get crushed. Then to adjust for different size bikes or different widths of bike, we have the fully sliding cradles. Just giving them a little wiggle forward and back is going to allow us to get those adjustments made.
Installation is simple, you've just got eight small lock washers and screws that we have to put in. Those will go in through the rear into our clamps here. The inside of those are ribbed to try to help protect the ladder from any scratches or any damage. As you can see here, at our top mounting location, we put this on top of the rung of the ladder. In the instructions, they kind of had it up here in the middle a little bit, I just like having it right above there to give us some extra support. Do what you wish with that.
Pulling the pins that we have here at the top, this will allow us to swing out our arms. We'll then reinsert our pins to hold it there in that position. With our rack swung out of the way, as you can see, we're now going to have access to get onto our ladder and get up to the roof or whatever we need to do. Now we're ready to load up our bikes. We'll start on our inside cradle here. We're going to release the straps on both of our cradles.
We can then place our bike right up into our cradles. We'll be using the down tube of our seat. We'll rotate our cradles up into position. It may move a little bit when we're putting our bike on, when we bring our straps around and we can hook it right in. As you can see, we've got our tire mounted towards the inside of the RV. That's going to keep any overhang to a minimum. We've got our handle bars and our seat both well inside the rear of our RV, so we're not going to have anything hanging out. Let's grab our second one, place it right up in there like we did the first. Again, as you can see, those adjustable cradles make it nice. We've got these out here on the end, allowing us plenty of room to get our bike on. There we go, we're ready to head down the road and enjoy our next ride. That will complete today's look at the Stromberg Carlson Ladder Mounted 2 Bike Rack, part number LA-102. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (70 Customer Reviews)
Transport up to 2 bikes securely on your RV ladder with this lightweight, rustproof aluminum rack. The bike-carrier arms clamp to the vertical support bars of the ladder. Pivoting design allows full use of ladder when bikes are not mounted.Instructions could be better. 481988
Sorry but this bike carrier was of no use to us; our bikes are too heavy 620437
Delivery was quick. Bike rack is easy to install. I have not loaded or used it, so I can’t report on function, or I would have rated it higher. 490479
found dificulty on setting bike rack up. Could not get bikes to set on hooks properly. one of the bands btoke when trying to load both bikes on. Bikes are normal his/her 10 mountian bikes. There was nothing special about the bike that they would not go on correctly. After bending a hook and breaking a band we ended up throwing out bike rack. We would not tell any one to buy this type of bike rack. Thank you, Sandra Wagner 377882
Appears to be good quality, fits well on my trailer. Product is pretty much exactly what I expected. Installation was fairly simple. Bolts were a bit short as others mentioned in their reviews. Start by getting a few threads on one side, clamping the other side together with vise grips makes getting the nut on the other side of the clamp much easier. Have a 10mm wrench handy. 300978
Haven't installed yet but the service and shipping - AWESOME. Prices don't even compare with the local markets here in the metro area. 554001
just installed the bike rack. It appears to be sturdy and made well however as in all the other reviews the screws were not long enough. we had to make a trip to the hardware store to get longer screws to use on one side of the bracket. we had to use the original screws for the other side because it could only be accessed with the allen wrench. It took 2 hours to put together including the trip to the store. Hopefully it will hold up! 274821
jill g - 07/23/2017I drove almost 3,000 miles with one mountain bike, a reclining deck chair and captains chair on the rack, and it didn't move at all. For assembly, I did need to get longer screws as the ones sent with it weren't long enough for attachment around the ladder uprights. They are metric screws for anyone else running into this problem. I also used locking washers and nuts as a precaution against them coming loose during all the driving. It's easy to swing the arms out of the way, as I did need to climb onto the roof of the camper after the trip. 99771
Very satisfied with the Product and the timely delivery. I will definitely Order from etrailer again.... Thanks for great service !!!! 330650
Received product in great condition. Easy to use directions. 83776
Vicky H - 12/11/20141. Had I not read earlier reviews and did not purchase longer screws, installation would have been even worse than it already was. 2. The metal used arrives "marred" and the padding on the bike arms has discoloration spots. 3. There is protective material (plastic wrap) on both arms. However; the material is not the same on both arms. why would you wrap the arms in two differing types of plastic wrap 4. Screws were metric as was the nuts. Makes it tough to "hold" locking nuts if you don't have a metric wrench or rachet 5. Normally when you have a bolt and nut situation, the attachment process proceeds from the outside to the inside......bolt goes through the brackets (towards the RV) and the nut is on the backside (nearest the RV). The quality of the engineering made getting a "grip" on the bolt was almost impossible (no room for wrench heads) and having clear access for the hex wrench was all but impossible. In order to sanely complete the installation, the bolt had to come through from the backside and the nut was on the "outside" of the install. Even from a safety standpoint this makes no sense. The working surface of the rack faces outward and now you have unprotected bolt ends creating a potential injury producer. 6. If you are seeking good help from the instructions, you won't find it. Black and white photos clarity and detail leave much to be desired. 7. If it looks to good to be true, it probably is. Run when you see this product - or at the very least be prepared to be an octopus during the install. 282032
This product was great, would have been simple to install with 2 people, but I managed to get it done by myself. I was particularly impressed with etrailer.com's quick shipment! I placed the order on Tuesday night and forgot that I needed it by Friday morning before I chose economy shipping. I went back to the site Wednesday midmorning to see if I could have it 2 day shipped instead. It had already been shipped. My original thought was "great it is already on the "slow boat to China" Much to my surprise it arrived Thursday mid morning! Truly impressed with the efficiency of this company! 156410
Yes I did receive the racks and they look great, my husband put them on and his comments were he wished the screws were longer, and the latch down loops were tough to get hooked over the bikes. Also we thought it would be nice if it came with some pads to keep the bikes from banging together or against our spare. Overall we lke the product, and the construction it seems sturdy and we like that it swings out of the way for ladder access. Your service was very prompt, which is always appreciated. 100583
Rack installed really easy only issue was with the screws being a little hard to get in once you started the first one but with the help of a pair of small vice grips i was able the pinch the two pieces of the bracket together to get the second screw started. The picture of the parts shows plastic mounting brackets but mine came with aluminum guess they upgraded for the better from what the older models came with. Haven't had a chance to use it while traveling but all in all looks well made and would recommend to others. 202844
lance j - 06/11/2016We installed the bike rack on our class A motor coach. Product is as described. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is that the Allan wrench is difficult to use because the end is 1/4 too long to be easy to use on the inside screws. 523320
The bike rack works fine. We have been on the road for 6 of the last 12 months, and bikes stay put. Couple of small issues though. The plastic sleeves that keep the shafts tight in the clamps tend to become loose and slide down. not a big problem, but does allow more vibration. Also, the rubber straps the clamp the bikes down are hard to use. One of them actually broke while trying to remove a bike. Again, not a big problem as I use bungee cords to help secure the bikes to the ladder. The product does what I wanted and for the money, was a good deal. 708497
Overall well designed product. We have electric bikes and wish it could handle 100lbs and the rubber strap for securing bike frame was longer to accommodate bigger frames. 639166
just installed this on my camper ladder and first time pulling pin out to swing the bracket the ball bearing n spring shot out ,trying to get a replacement pin is a procedure they want me to disassemble the unit send it back n reassemble a new unit, not happy with manufactures customer service process :( 637832
Received in good condition. I am using the Ladder Mount Rack LA-102 on my RV to carry my pedal assist, Sondors Electric bike. Due to the location of the battery box in the triangle portion of the frame, I have to carry the bike upside down. That is with the front wheel up and using the seat post frame but on the opposite side. I think this will work well except for not being able to use the rubber straps because the space between the battery box and frame post is too small. I have to use a total of three bungee cords to hold the bike on and in an upright position. I have included pictures. Please let me know if you think there will be problems using the rack in this manner. 558787
Does exactly what was expected. Love ordering from etrailer! Easy to setup less than 15 minutes. 548676
Works great. 514022
good product Thank-you 494598
Arrived on time and as described. The box and contents were in great condition. 476698
Mark - 02/17/2019Well made a substantial, appears to be a sturdy, easy to install and convenient design. Not yet using as it is the winter. 461329
Well made and easy to install 443719
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