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Brand: Allen Bike Racks
Category: Sports

List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $99.99
as of 11/25/2009 05:42 CST details
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Seller: Niagara Cycle Works
Rating: 28 reviews
Sales Rank: 3694

Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15
Dimensions (in): 34 x 18 x 4

MPN: 144a
Model: 104DB
UPC: 076527144008
EAN: 0076527144008
ASIN: B00005AM87

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Allen Deluxe trunk-mount bike carrier holds up to 4 bikes with a constructioned that's designed to easily install sedans, hatchbacks, minivans, and SUV's. The patented tie-down system helps keep the bicycles protected.

Amazon.com Product Description
Designed to fit most sedans, hatchbacks, minivans and SUV's, the Allen 104D Deluxe 4-Bike Trunk Mount Rack offers an easy-to-use and versatile option for transporting bicycles while on the road. It features a patented tie-down system, which individually secures and protects each bicycle. Its 22-inch long carry arms can accommodate up to four bicycles and can be released with a single pop-up pin when not in use for easier storage. The rack's streamlined, single-configuration design eases installation and requires only minor assembly. The rack also incorporates an extra-long receiver post, designed to get around most externally-mounted spare tires. It is finished with a rugged UV-resistant polyester powder coating, ensuring both durability and a sleek, attractive look.

Manufacturer's Warranty
Limited lifetime warranty

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.

Customer Reviews:

Great product November 15, 2009
Roberson (Abilene, Tx)
Greetings, I have used this rack many times with great success. We have two adult bikes, one medium bike, and one small bike, which all fit and ride perfect. The bikes have safely traveled many miles secure in the rack, some of the miles being over rough terrain. I recommend this rack to anyone needing to transport bikes on the trunk of a car.
Note: Please make sure pedals are not against the car trunk. This will cause paint damage!
Thanks


great product October 2, 2009
K Hobbs (Greenfield, IN)
This bike rack was exactly what we were looking for. We have a Susuki XL7 and it did not have a hitch and most racks for 4 bikes were for hitches. This product worked wonderfully with our vehicle. It was very secure and transported all 4 adult bikes without any shifting. I was able to hook it up without any difficulty. We drove about 7 hours total with the bikes on the rack.


Good Price, Not Easy to Use September 30, 2009
Parker (New York)
The price was good and I hoped to use the rack for four bikes. No way. Maybe for lean racing bikes, but my road bike and two kids bikes were a tight squeeze. Also, you have to lift the bikes over your head to get them on the rack since the bar is at a steep angle when trunk mounted. Once on, I felt the rack was safe and the bikes secure.