List Price : $239.99 Price : $167.77
Product Description
Premium 4 bike carrier for 2" Hitch
Amazon.com Product Description
Carry your bicycles securely and avoid the hassles of piled bikes or high threshold rooftop mounts, with the Allen Premium 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack. Fitting vehicles with a 2-inch trailer hitch only, the Allen Premium Hitch Mount Rack boasts the new Quick Carry Arm Release, making it both easy to operate and super secure for your bikes. Constructed out of steel with a durable black powder finish, the rack is built to last and is backed up by a lifetime warranty by Allen.
The Allen rack boasts a patented tie-down system and individually cradles up to four bikes in the 22-inch carry arms. A separate tie down strap is included with the rack and eliminates lower bike movement completely. As easy to install as it is to use, the rack sets up in less than 5 minutes with a no-wobble bolt that holds it still within the hitch. When the rack is not in use, the carry arms quickly drop out of the way and fold down flat with a patented single pin mechanism and the rack tilts up to allow easy access to the lift gate.
Specifications:
- Fits vehicles with a 2-inch trailer hitch
- Holds up to three bikes
- 22-inch carry arms
- Individual bike cradles
- Steel construction
- Black powder coat finish
- Patented single key release system
- Tie down strap
- Minor assembly required
About Allen Bike Racks:
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.
Manufacturer's Warranty
Lifetime warranty
- 4-bike rack fits vehicles with a 2-inch trailer hitch only and features the new Quick Carry Arm Release
- 22-inch long carry arms individually secure bicycles with Allen's patented tie down system
- Folding carry arms quickly drop out of the way when rack is not in use
- Rack sets up and installs in less than 5 minutes
- Sturdy steel construction with black powder coat finish; Lifetime warranty
Allen Premium 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) Reviews
4 bike carrier : Allen Premium 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) Reviews
| 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful  Worth Every Penny, By GT (Trabuco Canyon, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Allen Premium 4-Bike Hitch Mount Bike Carrier (Sports) I have been very impressed with this rack. It is very sturdy, doesn't wiggle or rattle while driving without bikes. The new clasp allows you to swing it out and back with bikes on it however, it is very difficult to get the pin back because it it is a very tight fit. This may wear in. I have friends with more expensive Thule and Yakima racks and the quality and functionality of the Allen 552R is on par with those brands. The rack is very light and easy to use.I have driven about 600 miles using this rack with no problems. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful  Wobbles, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Allen Premium 4-Bike Hitch Mount Bike Carrier (Misc.) We installed this rack into our UHaul 1.25 inch hitch then loaded 4 bikes. It wobbled quite a bit, and after a concerning test drive we called Allen. The woman who answered confirmed it should not wobble in the receiver. She told us that the engineer/expert had gone for the day (it was Friday), and would call us after the weekend. We never received a call back.We returned this item and purchased a Thule. The extra money is well worth it. The entire product is better, more thoughtfully made and is rock solid in our hitch. I guess you get what you pay for; in this case, you get a safer, more solid, and easier to use product with the Thule. 12 of 15 people found the following review helpful So close and yet so far...., By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Allen Premium 4-Bike Hitch Mount Bike Carrier (Misc.) I purchased this rack, my second 4 bike hitch rack, and was pretty pleased with what's in the box. It's light. It's easy to assemble. I like the ease in which the bicycle cradles and strap holders rotate around the bike support arms making it easy to load up bikes. It doesn't seem to wobble (in my limited use so far.)So what's not to like? Poor engineering and customer support: It came with a broken retaining spring clip, used to keep in place the bolt that holds the bike rack up. Grrr. The retaining spring clip for the retaining bolt is itself retained by a retaining cable, but the cable seems to be semi-permanently attached to the bike rack main post and crimped in place. I both emailed and called Allen Bikes over two weeks ago, and they never acknowledged either communication. A week and a half ago, I called again, and they said, oh yeah, they mailed me the new retaining clip -- but I haven't seen it yet in the mail. It could be the... Read more |
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