Allen Deluxe 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver)

by Allen Bike Racks

Product 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

Product Description

Product Description

This Deluxe Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier by Allen holds four bikes and is ideal for weekend biking trips with friends and family outings. A tie-down system securely holds and protects each bicycle while 22-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
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.

Product Description

Deluxe Hitch Mounted 4-Bike Carrier for 2-Inch hitch

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 28.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000ELUXGG
• Item model number: 540RR
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,134 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good., December 17, 2006

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Tyler Forge "realist" (Sunnydale, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Allen Deluxe 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) (Sports)

It was really easy to put together and use. It was well packed - it emerged unscathed from a very scathed box. The steel seems thin until you relaize that it is just carrying bikes, not a trailor. It is strong enough and doesn't weigh a ton.

However... It comes in three main pieces that you bolt together. The resulting rack does exactly what it is supposed to. And it is solid. That's almost enough. The problem is that a thief must remove, at most, two bolts to steal your bikes. I used some Locktite on the bolts and cured that little failing. Now the bolts can't come out and the rack is about perfect.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EASY TO USE, great bike rack!, August 15, 2006

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K. Lloyd (Santa Clarita, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Allen Deluxe 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) (Sports)

We bought this bike rack to replace a strap-on rack that was a mess to put on. This Allen rack is AWESOME!!! My daughter and I have no trouble at all putting it on, taking it off, stowing it inside the minivan. It doesn't weigh so much as to make it difficult to do this. It is a wide rack and gives more stability than others I considered. My husband loves it too because we ALL pitch in, putting the bikes on off! I did have to purchase an "Allen 900B Tension Bar Bicycle Cross-Bar Adaptor" for my bike, (women's frame) because the design of its crossbar made it difficult to install on the rack without a tension bar. My daughter's frame was a more traditional women's bike frame and fit perfectly on the rack without a tension bar. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS BIKE RACK! We love it -- we even gave it a name -- Herbie!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This carrier is great!, July 27, 2006

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chicogolfer (Chico, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Allen Deluxe 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) (Sports)

Very easy to put together and well constructed. Wobbles a little when inserted into the 2" receiver but the "no wobble" hitch pin included with the rack fixed it. If you want a locking hitch pin with the "no wobble" feature, you will need to order the one made by Allen (part number 500L). I found it here on Amazon. A standard 5/8" pin won't work as I found out.