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2 Bike: Pre-assembled, individual bike hold downs, fits regular trunks to square back SUVs & Minivans
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- Two-bike trunk rack with narrow frame configuration to fit wide variety of bikes- Fits regular trunks to square back SUVs and minivans
- Coated "S" gutter hooks fit a wider range of vehicle trunk hinge lines
- Bike hold-downs that separate and firmly hold bikes
- 4 straps secure rack to vehicle
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By J. Borjes
I purchased this rack to carry two bikes and all it took was one patch of bad road and it bent my trunk so bad that I can't latch my trunk anymore.
By Ian Robertson (Nottingham UK)
This rack by Schwinn is low cost and simple. It is also a potential disaster with deadly flaws!
The rack is easy to fit to a "compatible listed" saloon like mine, even if the printed instructions can be a bit confusing.
The rack's workings are based on having two sets of rubber feet resting on the top and rear of the outside of the car's trunk lid. The carrier is then held in place by two sets of 2 tensioning straps which clip over the top and bottom of the trunk lid. The bike(s) are then held in place in a cradle by two plastic "bangles" which are punched with holes which "pop" over four buttons on the other side of the strap.
Easy and simple! And so it seems. A bit of huffing and puffing to make sure the straps are really tight (and tying knots to keep them secure after running the straps through the buckles three times), and a bit of concern about the reliability of the plastic "bangles" and it is time to fit on a bike (in our case we tried only one first thank goodness).
Off we drove - and within a couple of miles the problems became apparent as I saw in my rear-view mirror the two lower straps flapping in the wind - detached. On pulling over I found that the two lower clips had indeed slipped off the bottom of my trunk lid and that the top ones were on their way to being loose as well. At which point of course the whole theory - and the rack with your bike - collapses in front of moving traffic if you haven't been quick enough to spot what is happening.
Enough sarcasm! The flaws are as follows:
(1) No matter how tight you manage to get the straps - and how securely you fasten them in the buckles - the weight of the bike when you drive over a bump in the road forces the whole rack down by the fractions of an inch necessary to allow the clips to start slipping off the bottom of your trunk lid. A few bumps and they are off. In our case it took around 4 miles on an urban road at less than 40 mph. The tensioning in the straps necessary to avoid this just cannot be applied by (most) human efforts.
(2) Once the bottom straps are loose there is more than enough "play" for the top ones to bounce out over a few miles too. There will be no downward pull to stop them coming free - at which point the rack ((with bike) falls off the car in front of following traffic.
(3) Those plastic loops or "bangles" holding the bikes do not look too secure either. We tied our bike down with twine as well to try to be safe.
Bear in mind we only loaded 1 bike. With 2 on the rack the problem mentioned in (1) above would be much worse as the downward thrust on a bump in the road would be that much more because of the additional weight.
In this case "cheap" is far from "cheerful". BE VERY VERY WARY OF THIS PRODUCT - which I honestly think Schwinn (and Target in our case) should withdraw.
By Roy E. Frady (Lakewood, WA United States)
I would give this rack negative numbers if possible. I mounted the rack on my car and attached it to my RV. We went 40 miles down the road and when we stopped for gas, the bikes and rack were gone. It had fallen off in traffic on the interstate. I lost over $600 inbikes plus the rack. DO NOT TRUST THIS RACK!!!
By kitty treats (Orlando, FL)
I bought this because it was Schwinn, and it was simply name recognition. Once the straps are tightened, the tension buckles do not remain so, and over time the straps will come loose from the car if left to their own devices. The straps must have too much play in them for the Florida weather because they don't stay tight on the car. Also not taken into account are the J hooks meant to keep the unit mounted/stabilized to the bottom of the trunk. They are not long enough to grip the trunk itself, instead hooking the plastic panel covering the trunk on my Saturn, warping it when the carrier is tightened. In addition, the straps that wrap around a bike's top tube and affix it to the rack are made of a flimsy plastic which has a tendency to come unsnapped as the bikes sway. This rack was purchased from my local Target store.
By Robert Allen Jr. (Boston , Ma)
The product is great in the sense that it does the job. It is a bike rack and nothing more. I have used this a dozen times and have had no problems. Great product for the price.
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