# 1
Thule Passage 3 Bike Carrier - Trunk Mount
Not had a chance to put this on our van yet or use it, but giving 4 stars for fast shipping!
Works perfect with our 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan! Highly recommend this product. Thanks team for the helpful "how to videos".
# 2
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - Hanging Style
Not had a chance to put this on our van yet or use it, but giving 4 stars for fast shipping!
I just assembled it and put it on my Dodge Grand Caravan last night. Took about a 5 mile ride with it this morning to see how it was doing. Seems to be fine. I've tightened all straps as tight as possible. The side clips seem to have a little play along the sides of the hatchback door but everything appears and seems to be solid. Even with the straps tightened all the way, you can still move/pull on them a bit, because they are nylon, so even though they seem to be secure now, I will check them at different intervals to see if they are retaining their hold. The sway bar option was a nice addition and I also cut some Velcro straps to tie down both wheels and the handle bars from swinging. Another nice surprise was that I was still able to open my rear van door with the bike rack attached. I would say, all in all, this is a great sturdy design and as long as I use due diligence to watch for any loosening of the straps over time, I should be just fine!
# 3
Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike - Roof Rack Crossbars - Frame Mount
Planning on bringing bikes while camping. I mounted 2 of the Swagman bike racks to my new Sportrack on my pop-up camper. The bikes fit perfectly. The racks seem sturdy enough. Not heavy duty, but for my needs they should be fine. Assembly was relatively fast and easy.
# 4
Thule Hitching Post Pro Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches
Received the product today with two major flaws. First, the Stinger was missing the whole for the pivot Bolt. There was basically a hole in each end of the Stinger but none at the bend where the horizontal and vertical tubes meet. I called customer service and explain the problem. The CS rep was not well educated and after giving him the part number for the 4th time, he finally pulled up the correct schematic. He informed me that I would need to return the entire track for warranty. That is not going to happen. I drilled the hole myself and continued. Then I found that the bike rack would not tilt fully because one of the plastic inserts on the horizontal tube of the Stinger was in the way. No way to fully extend or Tilt The Bike Rack unless I removed part of the plastic cap in the end of the horizontal tinger. After cutting Away part of the cap, the bike rack tilted to its full capacity. Haven't used it yet but based on what I've seen thus far, I am disappointed in the quality and would hesitate to buy another.
Easy to install, took maybe 5 minutes to put together. Seems to be very sturdy. Putting bikes on was very easy.
# 5
Swagman XTC4 Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
This is the second one i have bought, one for myself, and another for a friend. ...I have had excellent results with this rack and it keeps the bikes safe and secure. ...And it also is very easy and quick to load and unload the bikes.
So far I’ve just assembled it and took a quick test drive around the block. My initial thought is this thing is perfect. It’s super sturdy and easy to use. My only gripe and it’s not fault of the rack, but it’s heavy…
# 6
Curt Bike Rack for 5 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Tilting
It was obvious that we received a product that was returned by someone else when the box was overly taped shut, a support collar was broken, and most of the pieces were out of their ripped plastic bags. However, it was a great price to hold 5, 26" and/or 27" Trek bikes. I used a piece of the broken collar and went ahead and assembled the rack. Due to the weight of the 5 bikes it did not wobble that much when driving, as one of the bike tires was up against my car. I can only imagine that if we received an untampered product that this review would have been 5 stars. The picture is a little hard to see, but there are 5 Trek bikes on the rack on my 2020 Toyota Seinna.
We received a damaged box, damaged items, no instructions, the nuts and bolts are completely stripped and not inside a bag. This was obviously used, returned, not checked for quality and sent out. We are extremely upset.
# 7
Curt 2 Bike Platform Rack - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount - Tilting
Bought to use for a trip from upstate NY to Daytona Beach FL Attached to my 2” receiver hitch on my Dodge Caravan CV. Easy to set-up and hitch. Mounted two bikes no problems! Tilt and fold-up features came in handy for opening the hatch during the trip and keeping rake on but out of the way while in Daytona. Made the trip both ways and way unnoticeable while driving. Would definitely recommend this product!!
We are so happy with our new bike rack and hitch. My husband was able to bolt the hitch on without help. It was delivered within two days. The bikes fit securely on the rack. We love it!!!!! Can't wait to take our bikes on vacation with our new bike rack!!! Thanks so much!!!!
# 8
SportRack Ridge Swing 4 Bike Rack - 2" Hitches - Swinging
Unit doesn't fit a Jeep Rubicon with a spare tire. I tried 4 times and contacted etrailer.com that the unit doesn't work as sold and they offered to sell me a 7 3/4 extension and reduce the load capacity 50%. The length of the 2" hitch needs to be 3" longer for a standard Rubicon to get past the spare. You not going to want to take your spare tire off for the hitch to work. It defeats the purpose. Customer service was excellent, however the product is a flawed design. Can't recommend this hitch. Its also heavy.
Perfect fit on 2004 Honda CRV utilizing Curt 13535 hitch. Easy to assemble, high quality construction, and ample clearance for the exterior-mounted spare tire on the rear hatch of the car. My only (slight) gripe is the concave stabilizing bracket on the rack (designed to secure to the downtube on a mounted bike) is too small a diameter to fit securely around any sizable downtube. Would be nice if the bracket was about another 1” across the concave portion to better fit many standard mountain bikes. I think most small diameter road bike frames should fit ok. I placed a rag between the bracket and my downtube to prevent the bracket from scratching the downtube.
# 9
Yakima FullSwing Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Swing Away
Installation today was pretty straight forward. We had no problems. It may require two people to install the bike rack onto the hitch because it is pretty heavy. But, as a 41 yo woman I was able to attach the bike rack to the hitch by myself. We haven't used it yet to transport our bikes, but I imagine that will be seamless too.
This is the best rack I’ve seen or used for being able to have full access to the trunk / back hatch of the vehicle. That said, it is very heavy and an awkward shape so storing it when not in use is no treat if you’re short on space. All in all, probably the best rack I’ve seen.
# 10
Curt 4 Bike Platform Rack - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount - Tilting
The rack worked out perfect for our shuttle up and down the mountain. It held all 4 of our 29ers with tires that are 2.5in wide
Bought to use for a trip from upstate NY to Daytona Beach FL Attached to my 2” receiver hitch on my Dodge Caravan CV. Easy to set-up and hitch. Mounted two bikes no problems! Tilt and fold-up features came in handy for opening the hatch during the trip and keeping rake on but out of the way while in Daytona. Made the trip both ways and way unnoticeable while driving. Would definitely recommend this product!!
# 11
Curt Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Tilting
This rack has worked well for us. I fits the Curt hitch perfectly. It is easy to attach bicycles securely. We can get three adult bicycles on this hitch (see photo). There are sufficient means to protect against sway.
After less than one year, and only 5 or 6 uses, the threaded stabilizer--the one just below the spring-loaded, T-shaped handle used for tilting the mast--stripped out the hole it passes through in the body of the rack. Now my rack wobbles like crazy. I'm still within the warranty period, but in order to get it fixed, I have to return the entire bike rack and cover the return shipping . I'll just keep the broken rack and find a way to deal with the issue. Hopefully you have a better experience than me.
# 12
Swagman XC-Extended Bike Rack for 2 Recumbent Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
I have bad shoulders and could no longer lift my long wheelbase recumbent bike up to my Thule rack. The new rack solved the problem and made it much easier to load the bike. Very happy I got the new Swagman rack.
Thank you again for such excellent customer service. I am including two pics from today showing the bikes mounted on my 2009 Honda Fit with the bike rack we purchased from you. Please feel free to use them in any of your publications, print or web.
# 13
Yakima RidgeBack Bike Rack for 5 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Tilting
The installation was really easy. What was no so easy was to get the rusty bolts out of the 10 year old van.
Great product, easy to set up and take down. Looking forward to taking our whole family out for a ride. Only thing to be aware of is if your using kids bikes or mountain bikes, you may need to purchase the adapters.
# 14
Yakima FrontLoader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier - Roof Mount
Overall I am happy with these bike carriers. They mount to the racks over the bed of my Tundra TRD Pro. Installation is simple. I think they could be just a bit sturdier because there is just a bit of wobbling when driving on bumpy roads but I'm not too worried about them coming dislodged. Take note that although they come with a cable lock to attach the bike to the carrier, the key is sold separately.
Very good product. It holds the bike securely on the roof without contacting the frame. It is easy to adjust from my road bike to my 29er mountain bike. Our drives are all relatively short, so I like that I do not need to remove the front wheel to lock in the bike. It's also nice that the SKS locking system allows me to use the same key for this rack that I use for my Yakima roof box and hitch rack. This is my first roof rack and I chose this route for a couple reasons. Some of the roads we travel to get to our trail heads are a bit rough and with a roof rack I don't have to worry about bottoming out a hitch rack hanging off the back of the vehicle. Also, it takes up less room in the garage. Our vehicle is a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee with an additional 4 inches of ground clearance. That makes it a bit of a reach for my 5'4" wife, so we take our two-step along to help her. This is my third time purchasing from etrailer, and each experience has been very good. They are a very customer service oriented company. I really appreciate all the additional information they provide on their products, especially all the videos they produce to aid in reviews, assembly, and use.
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're gonna be test fitting the Inno Aero four bike rack, part number INH640. We already have a bike installed on our rack; let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. We're gonna go ahead and start from the outside and work our way in. Looking on the end here, you see this locking point. That's for an integrated cable lock that comes with the bike rack. You pull it out of the side mast, wrap it around all four bikes, and then attach it to this point here and lock it into place, and it does come with two keys for this.Moving on to the cradles, these are adjustable back and forth and side to side like you can see here.
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Speaker 1: Today in our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're gonna be test fitting the Inno Aero Light, two bike rack, part number INH620. As you can see, it can carry up to two bikes. And we're going to start looking from the outside in and show off some of the features of this.First off, you're going to see this locking point here, and that's going to be utilized with our integrated cable lock that stores in our side mast here, to pull it up and wrap it around the bikes and attach it to this point here, and lock it into place with the lock here. And it does come with two keys for this, and then your bikes will be secured once they're installed.Moving on to the cradles, these can be moved back and forth or side to side as needed to accommodate different styles of bikes, but also to help out with loading and bike spacing. Where you bike sits, there's gonna be three points of contact. We're gonna have two straps up at the top, and then one off to the side, and that's gonna be anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and causing bike-to-bike contact.
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Solo one bike platform rack for an inch and a quarter, and two inch hitches. This is going to be part number RKY10007. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features.Now, unlike most of the single bike platform racks that you see, this one actually has a couple neat features about it. This one can tilt away from the vehicle, as well as fold up, while the others are either stationary like you see here, or they only fold up and that's it. To tilt it away from the vehicle, we have this very clear to see blue handle here.
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Speaker 1: Today we have a 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan. We're gonna be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Backstage Two Bike Platform Rack. This is part number RKY10002. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. This is a pretty unique bike rack in that it is able to tilt away or swing away from the vehicle for rear hatch access.So, for this example, let's say we're gonna tilt it away. You come to the base here, and there's a blue handle underneath.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is NV22G. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We can actually tilt it away with our bike installed. We're going to pull down on this lever while lifting up on our bike rack.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on this 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint T-Track Roof Bike Rack, part number TH569. As you can see, we already have a bike installed so let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, how it's connected, we actually connect it by the forks up front here. As well as a wheel strap in the rear. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Just push this button on the side of the wheel strap, here, pull it through. Now at the front, here, and this is lockable, you just turn this knob out to the left to loosen it up and the right to tighten.
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on this 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat trio roof bike rack, part number TR02. We already have a bike installed, lets go ahead and show you how it detaches. You're going to have 2 points of contact. One's going to be the forks at the front here, secured by the skewer. The other is going to be this wheel strap here securing the rear wheel. Lets go and take the bike off and set it aside.
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on this 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Raceway PRO 2-bike rack, Part Number TH9001PRO. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How it attaches is going to be three points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up at the top here plus one off to the side which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from swinging too far back and forth hitting either the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Also we have this integrated cable lock which you'd wrap around the bike in the front and snap into this area here for added security. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.
Saris Bones Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on this 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Bones 3 Bike Rack. Part number SA801. As you can see we already have the bike attached to the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches is it's going to have three points of contact with the bikes frame. We're going to have two straps up top here and one off to the side here, which will act as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on this 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior rooftop bike rack, part number RBC036. We already have a bike installed on it. Let's go ahead and take a closer look to show off some of the features. How the bike is installed, there's going to be 2 points of contact with your bike. It's going to connect up here at the forks, using this skewer, which is lockable. We also have this wheel strap in the rear.
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on this 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Racks Mountain Trail Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC 035. We already have a bike installed. Let's go ahead and show you how it installs. There's going to be two points of contact with your bike. It's going to be connected with forks here using the skewer, which is lockable. There's also going to be this wheel strap at the rear. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside; to do that we'll just push in on this tab here and loosen up the strap.
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Saris Bones Tilting 2 Bike Rack. That's part number SA882. I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan just to give a good idea of what it's going to look like and how it's going to hold our bike. It secures our bike in three spots. We have two straps for our top tube and then one for our down tube. The one for our down tube's going to be our anti-sway strap and it's going to help reduce a lot of the movement and play in our bike from side-to-side as well as prevent bike-to-bike contact and bike-to-vehicle contact. Let's go ahead and take our bike off.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman Quad 2+2 2 Bike and 4 Bike Platform Style Rack. That's part number S64692. I've already got it loaded up on the Dodge Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea what it's going to look like. It's going to secure our bike in three spots. We have this nice frame hook on the top, putting down pressure on our top tube and to our two front and rear cradles. Then we've got the straps, of course come in between our spokes and keeping our bike firmly in place.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test for the Thule T2 Pro Tilting Platform Style 2 bike rack. That's part number TH9034. I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea what it is going to look like. It is a platform style rack as I said. It secures our bike in two spots. We have our rear wheel strap here and then we have our front wheel hook. All-in-all, the best part about it is that it has no frame contact, excuse me. One of the greatest features about this is its ability to tilt away so we can gain better access to our rear hatch.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test of the Swagman G10 platform style tilting 2 bike rack. That's part number S64682. So I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan, just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like. It secures our bike in three spots. We have a frame hook on top here that pushes pressure on our down tube into our two cradles, front and rear, and then the strap goes between our spokes, keeping our whole bike in place. But one of the greatest features of about this bike rig is the ability to tilt away, so we can gain access to our rear hatch. We come back here, pull up on our black tab, or lever, and as promised, we can get into our rear hatch.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be testing fitting the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see, we already have the bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look at it and show off some of the features. Now how the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact to your bike's frame. You're going to have two straps up here and one strap off to the side here, which acts as an anti-sway to keep it from going back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove the straps and take the bike off.
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XTC4 bike rack, part number S64665. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the rack We're going to have 3 points of contact. We're going to have one on top on the frame with the frame hook here. It's nice and padded.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC-2 bike rack, part number S64650. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, there's only one point in contact with your bike, and that's going to be the frame hook here, holding it down in position. Let's go ahead and remove that. To do that, you have this button here. You just push in while holding onto the bike, so it doesn't fall into the vehicle, and lift up.
Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today in our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram Tilting 4 Bike Rack. Part number SR26248. As you can see we already have a bike attached to the rack, and first off I would like to show one of the most important features of this rack. This can actually tilt away from the rear of the vehicle to get to your cargo area with the bike still attached, which is pretty significant for a hanging style bike rack. To do that, you take the handle here, you pull out, just let it tilt away, and then you can gain access to your cargo area. In this case it works out just find.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Transfer 3 Bike Rack, part number TS03G. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's look at some of the features. Now the most interesting feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle so you can get to your cargo area with the bikes still installed. Now to do that, going to have to lift these out of the way, you go to this lever here, you can push down with your foot. Gently let it down like so and you can gain access to your cargo area. However, unfortunately with the Dodge Grand Caravan model, you are going to run into a little bit of static with the bike rack, or with the bike, excuse me.
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Fulltilt 4 bike rack. Part number Y02462. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of those features. How the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have 3 points of contact to the bike's frame. We're going to have the 2 zip strips up here, then the one off to this post here. This is going to act as an anti-sway strap, which is going to keep it from coming back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove those.
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Curt Premium Four Bike Rack. Part number is C18064. Now we have a bike already on our rack, I'm just going to show you a few things. How our bike is tied down, we have two straps up top, we have our anti-sway strap to the side. What we're going to do is we're going to unload the two on the top first, then our anti-sway strap. Now if you we're loading your bike up, you'd just do it the opposite way.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Thule vertex swinging 4 bike rack, hanging style. That part number is TH9031XT. Now, we have the bike on our rack. Why they call it swinging, it actually swings away so let's show you how that operates real quick. What we've got to do first is the black knob right here, you want to loosen this first. Give it a little pull on the T-pin here then we're going to pull the T-pin right here. Pull that out.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of a Thule Vertex full hanging-style bike rack. Part number is T89029XT. We already have a bike on our rack. I'd like to show you a few features of it. How we have our bike tied onto our rack: we have our three straps. We have two straps up top, a anti-sway strap to the side.
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of a Saris Thelma 3 bike platform style, part number is SA4239B. We have a bike already in the rack, just going to show you a few things about it. Our front wheel is actually sitting in a wheel cradle with a strap around it. This actually moves, I'll show you that in a little bit. Then we have our back wheel just sitting in the wheel cradle also, with one strap. We're going ahead and remove this one first, set that out of the way. Then we're going to come up here and do the same for the front one.
What our customers are saying:
"I ordered a trailer hitch and a bike rack carrier the order was shipped with in three days. To put the hitch on only took about 30 mins. only had to drill two 1/2 holes. fit like a glove."