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Sporting Goods : Allen Deluxe 5-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) |
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List Price: $229.99Amazon.com's Price: $157.95 You Save: $72.04 (31%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Sports
Brand: Allen Bike Racks
Color: Blk/ Silver
EAN: 0076527550007
Label: Allen Bike Racks
Manufacturer: Allen Bike Racks
Model: 550RR
Publisher: Allen Bike Racks
Sales Rank: 3152
Studio: Allen Bike Racks
Variation Description: Blk/ Silver
Features:- Features a patented folding arm system
- Tie-down system individually secures and protects bicycles
- Included strap eliminates lower bicycle movement
- Lifetime warranty on workmanship and materials
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Product Description:
Coated arm saddles, tilts away for easy access
Amazon.com Product Description:
This Deluxe Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier by Allen holds five bikes and is ideal for weekend biking trips with friends and family outings. A tie-down system securely holds and protects each bicycle while 28-inch carry arms drop out of the way when not in use. Appropriate for two-inch hitches, this carrier includes a strap which eliminates lower bike movement. Minor assembly and simple set up of the carrier is required.
About Allen Bike Racks
This hitch-mount rack will hold up to five bikes and is easy to set up. | In 1967, after a few years of working on the aerospace technology for the Apollo missions, Dick Allen was out of a job. Government cutbacks led Allen, a Harvard-trained physicist, to transform his garage hobby into a new industry. A cycling enthusiast, inventor, and family man, Allen had a personal need for a bike-carrying device. On weekends, he would take his sons and wife to Cape Cod or the White Mountains of New Hampshire. What proved difficult time and again was the transport of his family’s bicycles. Rather than fight through inconvenience with twine and a dinged car, Allen sought an answer for himself as well as a market in which he foresaw major growth possibilities.
Always a pathfinder, Allen took to work in his Lincoln, Massachusetts garage in search of a more efficient way to transport bikes. Drafting designs during the day and constructing them throughout the night, he put together a model made of electrical conduit, metal strapping, and fire hose casings (for padding). At first, the Allens’ tested the prototype on weekend excursions. Finding the first trunk-mounted rack to be a success, Dick started Allen Bike Racks. Dealer acceptance came quickly, and by 1971 Allen Bike Racks were sold nationally through a number of major bicycle distributors. Today, the company owns over three dozen patents and offers a versatile product line of bike racks while Dick’s son Alex now owns and operates the business. What started out as a small garage run operation now operates three warehouses nationally, two factories abroad, and has products sold in more than a dozen countries around the world.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Allen 5 place bike rack
This bike rack is great. Hauled 5 mtn bikes on it no problem. Does not accommodate kids bikes very well since the frames are smaller. Otherwise, everything worked great. Assembled in less than 10 minutes. Folds down easily. The only think I don't like is the bolt you have to use in the hitch. Someone suggested drilling it out so you can put a normal hitch pin through, so I may try that to make it quicker to get it on/off. Very sturdy. Some bounce down the road, but not excessively. Great ... Read More
Rating: - No Complaints
A great 5 bike Hitch. I was a little nervous purchasing at first because of one reviewer saying the hitch sat too low on their car. Previousely we've been carrying our bicycles in a hitch mounted tray on our Honda Odyssey. Love my Odyssey but the only complaint on the car is it does sit too low, and the tray goes straight out from my hitch about 3' and it was allways bottoming out. I wanted to avoid this. The Allen rack only protrudes about 8" or so and is 8" above the ground. I had the rack since ... Read More
Rating: - Great rack, Great price, No sway.
This rack is great. Used it for a trip the day I received it. Only took 3 bikes with me but the rack never moved. It installs in no time and when loaded has no sway at all. It swings down nicely so I could lift the rear gate on the Envoy while the bikes were on the rack. Great product, no need to spend more money for the other two "name brands".
Rating: - Great Rack!
We just bought the rack for a trip up into the Colorado mountains. It performed admirably, holding two adult mountain bikes, a kid's bike, and a single-wheel "tag along" with no special modifications. Haven't loaded it up with five bikes yet, but we did not have any noticeable wobble with the load we did have. I particularly like the fold-down feature, which allows us to open the lift-back of our minivan without removing the rack.
Rating:  - Recommended
I have a family of 5, and am lucky to get them all interested in a family bike ride but once a month. I don't need the top of the line, but I want decent quality. This bike rack fits the bill, perfectly. Very easy to mount onto the vehicle and to mount the bicycles onto the rack. All bikes stayed plenty stable. I recommend the cross-bar adapters as they certainly help mounting bikes without a level cross bar. Don't bother with the locking bolt, if a theif has his sites set on your bikes, s/he is going to ... Read More
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